DB Realty Divests Rustomjee Crown for Rs 231 Crore

DB Realty Limited has executed a share purchase agreement to sell its entire stake in wholly-owned subsidiary Real Gem Buildtech Private Limited (RGBPL) to Kingmaker Developers Private Limited for approximately Rs 231.42 crores. As per the regulatory filing by DB Realty, the share purchase agreement was signed on November 6, 2023 and the deal is […]

Kolte-Patil Developers reports robust growth in Q2 FY24 despite macro uncertainties

Pune-based real estate developer Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd (KPDL) has reported strong operational and financial performance in the second quarter of FY 2023-24 (Q2 FY24), with healthy growth in new sales, collections and revenues compared to the same period last year. In its earnings release, KPDL said it achieved new sales of 0.98 million square feet […]

Lodha Delivers Strong Q2 Results Amidst Improving Real Estate Market Conditions

Real estate developer Lodha Group reported its best ever quarterly pre-sales of Rs. 35.3 billion for the second quarter of FY2024, registering a 12% year-on-year growth despite Q2 being traditionally the weakest quarter. The company’s strong performance comes on the back of improving real estate market conditions since the Covid-19 pandemic. Lodha has rebounded strongly […]

Mahindra Lifespace reports strong bookings in Q2, but revenue growth remains sluggish

Mumbai-based real estate developer Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd (MLDL) announced a mixed set of results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 on October 27th. The company reported consolidated total income of Rs 25.7 crore, down 65% from Rs 73.8 crore in Q2 FY2022 and 76% lower than Rs 110.1 crore in Q1 FY2023. […]

Affordable Housing Finance Market Remains Crowded Amid Fierce Competition

The affordable housing finance market in India continues to see healthy demand but faces intense competition, according to a new report by Incred Capital. The report highlights that while demand for affordable housing loans is expected to remain strong in Q2FY24, heightened competition between banks, small finance banks (SFBs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) has […]

Sobha Ltd’s hard days seem over, time for a relook- HDFC Sec

Leading brokerage HDFC Securities has come out with a positive outlook on real estate developer Sobha Ltd, stating that headwinds are largely priced in and risk-reward is now favorable for further rerating. The brokerage believes the stock’s underperformance versus real estate sector makes valuations compelling for investors to make a fresh entry. In an in-depth […]

Brigade Ent to build new project on Pfizer land plot in Chennai

Brigade Enterprises said it has acquired a plot of Rs 139 crores from Pfizer Healthcare India Ltd in Chennai to build a residential project. The 6.54 acre land-plot has been acquired in Sholinganallur, on the Old Mahabalipuram Road. “We will be developing a residential project on this land parcel with an overall development of over […]

Brigade Group enters villa segment with Devanahalli project

Brigade Group, a Bangalore-based real estate developer, announced its entry into plotted development or the villa space, responding to post-COVID changes in the market. The company said it plans to announce several gated community villa projects in the coming months. It will start off with a 66-acre project in Devanahalli, near the Bangalore airport, on […]

Mahindra Lifespace announces new real estate project at Kandivali

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, a real estate construction company within the Mahindra & Mahindra group, has agreed to buy 9.24 acres of prime land from its parent, auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, for development. “This new project is Mahindra Lifespaces’ second residential development in Kandivali after its successful ‘Mahindra Roots’ project and will offer […]

Godrej Properties says evaluating investment in DB Realty

Godrej Properties, one of India’s fastest growing and most profitable real estate companies, said it has got the approval of its board of directors to explore the possibility of acquiring a stake in rival and listed real estate developer DB Realty. “..the Board of Directors of the Company has at its meeting held today, i.e. […]

Happy with work-from-home, no plans to go back to office- HGS

Hinduja Global Solutions, one of India’s largest BPO providers with nearly 47,000 employees, said it was quite happy with how things are going under the ‘work from home’ mode, and has no immediate plans to shift employees back to the office. The comments come even as IT firms like TCS have asked employees to be […]

Kolte-Patil has a good quarter on strong real estate market

Kolte-Patil Developers reported a strong second quarter for the financial year, as the real estate recovery seen in earlier quarters continued apace. The company’s collections — a measure of the cash it managed to collect from buyers — zoomed 86% compared to the COVID-ravaged second quarter of last year, and was up 34% compared to […]