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HoABL invests ₹200 cr in affordable housing, plans 7 more sites in Mumbai

Realty firm House of Abhinandan Lodha is investing Rs 200 crore in an affordable housing project in suburban Naigaon, and looking at seven more sites to have similar developments in metropolitan Mumbai, a top company official said on Monday. HoABL chairman Abhinandan Lodha told reporters that it has started discussions on one of the sites, while the others are only identified ones. The seven sites include one near the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport, he added. "All these will be joint developments with people holding the land. We will look for over 20 lakh sq ft of development potential which will get delivered in about five years," the son of BJP leader Mangalprabhat Lodha who started this company in 2020, said. The Naigaon project, where it has partnered with Mittal Builders, is spread over 12 acres and will be built in two phases over the next five years, he said, adding that HoABL is investing Rs 200 crore in it. Lodha said his group which is also into plotted ...

Top 9 Indian cities see 4% dip in housing sales in Q3 2025: Report

Housing sales in India's top nine cities fell 4% Y-o-Y in Q3 2025 to 1,00,370 units, while new launches stayed flat at 92,229 units, says PropEquity report

Rera reshapes India's housing market, boosts investor confidence: Report

Knight Frank-Naredco report says Rera has curbed speculation, moderated prices, restored consumer trust and attracted long-term investor inflows into India's housing sector

Property prices rise in 45 of 50 cities in Q1 of FY26: NHB report

As many as 45 cities out of 50 registered an increase in property prices during the first quarter of 2025-26, according to data released by the National Housing Bank (NHB). "Out of the 50 cities covered, 5 cities registered a decline in the property prices on an annual basis. Howrah registered the maximum decline of 6.1 per cent followed by Kochi (5.5 per cent) and Thiruvananthapuram (4.8 per cent)," the latest residential housing price index NHB RESIDEX released on Thursday said. The 50-city Housing Price Index (HPI), based on valuation prices of properties collected from banks and housing finance companies, recorded an annual increase of 5.7 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal compared to 6.6 per cent a year ago, it added. Seven key primary residential markets witnessed an appreciation in property prices during April-June 2025, it said. Primary residential properties in Ahmedabad witnessed an increase of 6.8 per cent while those in Bengaluru rose by 9.1 per ce

Indian homebuilder Sobha's Q1 profit up 125% on premium housing demand

Indian real estate developers have capitalized on a post-pandemic shift in buyer preferences towards larger, amenity-rich apartments by securing land deals and swiftly launching new projects

Signature Global to launch homes worth ₹6k cr in Gurugram: Chairman

Realty firm Signature Global plans to launch homes worth Rs 6,000 crore for sale in Gurugram in the current quarter to cater to the demand from end-users and investors. Signature Global was the fifth-largest listed real estate firm in 2024-25, in terms of sales bookings, falling behind Godrej Properties, DLF, Lodha Group and Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. The company had clocked record pre-sales of Rs 10,290 crore last fiscal. In an interview with PTI, Signature Global Chairman Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal said the company launched one housing project in Gurugram during the June quarter with total revenue potential of around Rs 3,500 crore. "We are planning to launch 3.5-4 million square feet in the current quarter. The total sales potential would be around Rs 6,000 crore," he said. Aggarwal said the demand continues to be strong, especially for good brands. "The maximum demand is in the Rs 2-4 crore category," he observed. Recently, on the sidelines of a real estate conference, Aggar

China's home prices dip in May, extending two-year slump despite support

New home prices fell 0.2 per cent month-on-month in May after showing no growth the previous month

DLF secures RERA approval for Privana North project, launch by Q1-end

DLF has received RERA approval for Privana North in Gurugram, the third phase of its Privana series, and may launch it by the end of the first quarter of FY26

Housing prices rise 10% in Oct-Dec in 8 cities, Delhi-NCR tops list: Report

Housing prices appreciated at an average of 10 per cent during the December quarter across eight major cities on strong demand, higher input cost, according to a report by CREDAI, Colliers and Liases Foras. Realtors' body CREDAI, real estate consultant Colliers India, and data analytic firm Liases Foras on Tuesday released their joint report, which showed that Delhi-NCR saw a maximum appreciation of 31 pc annually during the October-December period of 2024. "Interestingly, average housing prices have been on a rising spree for the 16th consecutive quarter, starting 2021," the report said. Price appreciation was evident in all the eight major cities. CREDAI National President Boman Irani said, "The sustained growth in housing prices underscores the strong confidence among homebuyers, driven by a preference for spacious living and lifestyle upgrades." "While evolving preferences and lifestyle upgrades remain key motivators, cost pressures in construction and land acquisition are als

India's student housing market expected to expand as demand rises

Student enrolment in higher education was 43.3 million in 2021-22, increasing 26.5 per cent from 34.2 million in 2014-15, according to data from the Ministry of Education

Macrotech Developers exploring to enter Delhi-NCR housing mkt: MD Lodha

Realty firm Macrotech Developers is exploring entry into the Delhi-NCR's residential market as part of its strategy to grow the company's business beyond Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Pune and Bengaluru, its Managing Director Abhishek Lodha has said. Macrotech Developers, which markets its properties under the Lodha brand, is one of the leading real estate developers in the country. "We are exploring to enter Delhi-NCR housing market," he told PTI in an interview. The company is looking to acquire lands, either outright or joint development agreement with landowners, he added. Macrotech Developers has already bought a land parcel in Delhi-NCR to develop industrial and logistics parks and is now looking at entering the housing business. After establishing a significant presence in both MMR and Pune housing markets, Macrotech Developers had in 2022 entered Bengaluru. The company has already launched two housing projects in Bengaluru and plans to launch three more in the IT ...

UK housing market gathers pace despite cloudy outlook, shows survey

RICS' monthly house price gauge jumped to +25 in November from +16 in October, its highest level since September 2022. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a reading of +19

China's new home prices post steepest annual decline in nine years

In annual terms, new home prices slid 5.9 per cent in October, in their 16th consecutive month of declines, after a 5.8 per cent drop in September

Signature Global Q2 bookings jump nearly 3-fold on strong housing demand

Realty firm Signature Global has achieved a nearly three-fold increase in its sale bookings to Rs 2,780 crore during the second quarter of this fiscal year on better demand for its housing projects. Its sale bookings or pre-sales stood at Rs 980 crore in the year-ago period. "Despite the Shradhh period, Q2, FY25 pre-sales amounted to INR 27.8 billion, a 184 per cent increase against the Q2, FY24," Signature Global said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The company's sale bookings jumped over three-time to Rs 5,900 crore in the April-September period of 2024-25 fiscal from Rs 1,860 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year. Signature Global, which has a significant presence in the Gurugram market, clocked sale bookings of Rs 7,270 crore in the 2023-24 fiscal and has given a target of Rs 10,000 crore for the current fiscal. "As we move forward, we're confident in maintaining this momentum and building on our shared achievements," its Chairman Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal ..

RBI status quo on interest rates to boost demand for realty sector: CEOs

The real estate industry experts are expecting the move to continue the growth momentum in the sector

Ahmedabad continues to be most affordable housing market in India: Report

Pune and Kolkata rank next in Knight Frank India's index, which says Mumbai is 'unaffordable'

China keeps lending rate unchanged as housing market still struggling

China's central bank kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, choosing not to loosen credit as data for May showed signs of persisting weakness in the world's No. 2 economy's manufacturing and real estate sectors. The central bank kept its rate for 1-year medium-term lending facility loans, used as a benchmark for other lending rates, at 2.5%. The decision aligned with expectations: instead of cutting already low interest rates Beijing has focused on channeling spending to areas considered to be high priorities such as high-tech industries. The government reported Monday that factory output fell 5.6% in May from the year before, slowing from 6.7% in April, though analysts noted some impact due to more work days in this year compared with the year before. Property investments fell 10% year-on-year and home sales sank 30.5%, suggesting a raft of measures to try to turn around a real estate slump have yet to take hold. Home prices in major, so-called Tier 1 cities like Beijing and

Signature Global to invest Rs 2,500 cr on housing projects in FY25: CMD

Realty firm Signature Global will invest around Rs 2,500 crore this fiscal on the construction of its various housing projects, its Chairman Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal said on Wednesday. He expressed confidence that the company would meet the sales bookings guidance of Rs 10,000 crore for the current 2024-25 financial year, a significant growth from Rs 7,270 crore in the preceding year. "We have speeded up the construction work across all our projects. We will be investing around Rs 2,500 crore during this financial year on pure construction activities," Aggarwal said on the sidelines of the Assocham real estate conference. He said the company is expecting to collect Rs 6,000 crore from customers this fiscal. The company would also utilise the surplus internal cash flow to acquire land and reduce debt, he added. "We are looking for land in Noida and Delhi markets for the development of housing projects," he said, adding that the company intends to launch projects in these two new citi

Rich Chinese spend millions on Shanghai's luxury property, defying crisis

Shanghai's luxury real estate market is a bright spot in China's bleak property sector

Real estate 'popular hedge' against inflation in last two years: Report

Investors can leverage real estate assets to borrow funds for further real estate acquisitions, says Anarock