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Green Homes: Living Tomorrow’s Lifestyle Today

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group Green homes can be defined as living premises that are comfortable, healthy, cost efficient, energy saving and environmentally sustainable. They are designed to make optimal and efficient use of building materials during the construction process, and energy and water throughout their life cycle. Their larger objective is to …

How Infrastructure (Or Lack Of It) Influences Home Buying

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group   In India, it is a real estate maxim that most people on the lookout for homes will always seek out localities that are close, or as close as possible to their places of work. Consequently, residential projects with good connectivity – specifically road and rail infrastructure – …

Pune: India’s #1 Property Investment Destination

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group There are many excellent reasons why more and more property investors are now focusing on Pune. This city, nestled between the Sahyadri mountain ranges and renowned for its excellent climate, no longer depends on its proximity to Mumbai in any respect. Pune is now home to large corporates …

Drop In Lending Rates Positive For Property Sector

Kishor Pate, CMD – Amit Enterprises Housing Ltd: Some of the leading banks have set the score by picking up on the RBI’s signals and reducing their lending rates by between 0.15-0.25 basis points. Several other banks have now followed suit. I expect this to be only the first of more reductions to follow. There …

Common Regrets Of New Home Owners

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group How satisfied are you with the property you’ve bought? There are both satisfied and unsatisfied home owners at large.  Sometimes a purchase is made without proper planning and thought – the result is regret. If we poll any given group of unhappy property buyers, a remarkably consistent list …

The Role Of Market Conditions In Real Estate Investment

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group   Home buying is one of the most significant financial investments, and it is natural that one would be concerned about the worth of this investment. Consequently, one should take one’s time to do proper research when one is purchasing a property. Hurried decisions on this front invariably …

‘Walk Score’ Driving Demand For Residential Real Estate

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group   Abroad, a new trend of evaluating neighbourhoods by their ‘walk score’ is being seen among home buyers. The idea behind this is simple, and in fact the very basis of that favourite real estate mantra ‘location, location, location.’ And it has great pertinence for the Pune real …

What Investors Look For In Indian Real Estate

Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group Foreign investors into Indian real estate are looking at two primary aspects – an investment-friendly policy environment and project opportunities by established, credible developers. They are taking the long-term view and not looking at immediate gains, but at sustainable and assured returns on investment. In particular, the policies …

Developers’ Expectations From Budget 2015-’16

  Anil Pharande, CMD – Pharande Spaces:   From the real estate sector’s perspective, there are many aspects that the Union Budget should address this year. One of the foremost is further reducing the bureaucratic red tape involved in project development. Expedited clearances for a larger segment of residential projects will be a key for …