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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Even as the housing markets in major economies such as the US, China, the UK and Canada seem to have entered their worst phase in 15 years, things couldn’t be different in India. In the South Asian nation, housing demand never really recovered fully after the COVID-19 pandemic, but are starting to revive now. According […]
One of the hottest topics of debate in investment circles in recent years has been around the disruption caused by e-commerce to brick-and-mortar entities. Many experts have warned that the rising popularity of e-commerce giants like Amazon would inflict a heavy toll on brick-and-mortal retailers, leading to downgrades of organized retailers and mall operators — […]
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 […]
A Supreme Court-monitored bail-out of nearly 41,000 customers of the erstwhile Amrapali Group, which went into insolvency four years ago, has kicked off with the sale of the first 150 flats, said Anarock, the real estate agency hired to sell the stock. Amrapali Group, at one time one of the biggest names in real estate […]
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 […]
The year 2021 saw 17% more residential real estate units achieve completions in top Indian cities than could be sold, according to the latest numbers from real estate consultant Anarock Property, leading to a substantial increase in inventory in markets such as National Capital Region and Pune. According to the agency, a total of 2.78 […]
Real Estate developer Puravankara Group said it will set up its first project under the Provident brand in Kerala. The project, Provident Winworth, will have properties worth Rs 3,000 cr, and is being set up with the help of investment from International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the IFC Emerging Asia Fund. Purvankara has several projects […]
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 […]
Sales of residential real estate have bounced back to 90% of their pre-pandemic levels, said real estate consultant Anarock Property, adding that this has led to a sharp fall in unsold inventory. “Resultantly, the housing inventory overhang across the top 7 cities plunged to 32 months [less than three years] by 2021-end, closing in on […]
DLF, one of India’s top real estate developers, said it has sold Rs 1,500 cr worth of luxury flats in ONE Midtown, its upcoming addition to the high-end Midtown township project being created west of Patel Nagar in Delhi. Midtown is designed as an ‘ecosystem of luxury residences, office and commercial spaces’ in ‘rolling acres […]
Hospital group Max India said it has sold 200 out of the 340 apartments coming up at Noida Sector 150 dedicated to seniors. The Antara Noida project, which was launched last year, will be ready for possession in 2024. This is the second such dedicated living quarters designed for elders created by the company, with […]
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 […]
Havells India, one of the country’s largest electrical equipment makers, said it expects organized players such as itself to benefit as raw material price increases put pressure on unorganized players. The company, a prominent player in the switchgear, wire and lighting segments in India, also said that demand for electrical goods in India is on […]
Mumbai-based Raymond Ltd said it has abandoned its two-year-old plan of splitting its garments, or lifestyle, business into a different company, and will instead focus on monetizing its engineering business. The company also said it will spin off its real estate business into a new company, but wholly owned by Raymond Ltd. In 2019, Raymond […]
Sunteck Realty reported a sequential decline in its collections for the first quarter of FY22 compared to the immediately preceding fourth quarter of FY21, as COVID-19 curtailed new launches. Nevertheless, collections were far better than the year-ago numbers. Collections refer to the actual cash that the company collects from its buyers. Total collections for the […]
Puravankara Ltd, the biggest residential real estate brand in Bangalore, said it is making changes to its apartment designs to attract work-from-home customers, but believes that employees will shift back to the work-from-office model in another 12-18 months. STRONG DEMAND The company has been seeing strong demand for its residential flats, as buyers increasingly prefer […]
Sobha Ltd, one of India’s largest real estate developers, said it will build a ‘Manhattan-like’ mini city at Yadavanahalli, which lies between Electronics City and Hosur towards the south east of Bangalore. Despite its somewhat removed location, the project is targeted at the well-to-do, with the three-bedroom flats costing upwards of Rs 90 lakh. Chairman […]
