Knight Frank's Prime International Residential Index (PIRI), Mumbai's report says real estate witnessed an average price increase of 0.5% in 2012. Going ahead, the prices in Mumbai are going to shoot up by another 2 to 4% this year, and upto ten% by 2014

Mumbai 16th most expensive city in the world

Business Standard

Both state government and real estate industry set to build a slew of residential units for low and middle income groupsIt's raining affordable homes in Gujarat with both the state government and real estate industry set to build a slew of affordable residential units. On one hand, the state government, as promised in assembly polls manifesto, plans to start work for building 120,000 homes for the year 2013-14. On the other hand, organised real estate players like Tata Housing, Adani Township & Real Estate, DBS Affordable Home Strategy Ltd. and Arvind Real Estate have announced low cost housing schemes for low and middle income groups.Almost all the players are offering residential properties in the sub Rs  20 lakh category, thereby catering to the lower income group (LIG) and middle income group (MIG). Add to that, city-based DBS Affordable Home Strategy Limited recently announced a project of providing 25,000 affordable homes in next five years in the sub Rs  10 lakh and Rs  15 l

It's raining affordable homes in Gujarat

These can be misused to launder someone else's black money

Close dormant bank accounts, lapsed insurance policies

With administered prices keeping food inflation high and loan rates unlikely to go down, life won't get any easier

Household budgets will continue to bleed

Realty players said that more such steps are needed to bring growth back to the sector

Realty players seek more cuts in RBI rate to boost sector

Press Trust of India

Real estate prices in the Guntur and Vijaywada have gone up by close to 25 per cent in the last one year, aided by NRI money and local investments by rich financiers and owners of transport companies

Real estate prices surge in Vijayawada-Guntur belt

The Prahalad Nagar Model Township, being developed in close proximity to the Gandhinagar-Sherkhej highway on the rapidly developing western parts of the city, has become a hot spot for the real estate

Real estate hub of Ahmedabad

The Maharashtra government is set to place before the Cabinet a proposal to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling Act. 


Urban Land Ceiling Act to be repealed

The 'Standard Proposal Form' as notified by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)

Life insurers to have standard form for policyholders: IRDA

Over the last seven to eight months, Bangalores real estate market has seen a big boom. This has been true of both commercial space and housing. While property prices have gone up by 25-35 per cent

City just seen massive property boom

North Bangalore will soon witness a surge in real estate activity, according to B M Jayeshankar, president of the Karnataka Ownership Apartments Promoters Association (KOAPA). 


`Real estate boom might shift to north`

Real estate developers are shedding their regional tag to build a pan-India presence. While most are expanding independently, some of the heavyweights are entering into joint ventures to enter new

Realty majors seek pan-India presence

Foreign players have committed $5 bn, domestic developers to bring in $2 bn.


$7 bn headed for Indian realty

Real estate developer Rahul Saraf is venturing into the IT space with Kolkatas first green building, Technopolis.


Technopolis to be Kolkata's first green IT park

Sanjay Gupta, general manager, marketing, at a Mumbai-based maritime company, had been toying with the idea of buying a home for a year, but somehow never got around to doing something about it. 


Home loan melas a win-win deal

To bring all retail finance businesses under an umbrella brand. 


GE gets into home loans business

Deepak Parekh, the chairman of HDFC, today warned that any further rise in rates will put pressure on the interest to income ratio of home loan customers as well as the non-performing assets (NPAs) of

Further rate rise will hurt home loan takers, says HDFC chief

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