Tag «Real Estate Sector»

REAL ESTATE SECTOR DOMINATES ABU DHABI FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Property laws and regulations increase investor confidence as developers prepare to launch new projects at Cityscape Abu Dhabi next month Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19th March, 2017: Foreign investors continue to pour billions into the Abu Dhabi real estate market, as new international standards and property regulations increase investor confidence in the sector. According to Abu …

Home and Hearth, anyone? Nistha Sharma

Traditionally, investment in Gold and Real Estate has provided the best hedges against inflation. As a matter of fact, those who swear by the land they own also point out the fact that real estate investments have historically withstood everything – from stock market crashes to economic meltdowns – and have provided a fair return …

INCREASED SERVICE TAX TO DENT REAL ESTATE SECTOR

Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley had announced changes in the service tax structure in the Budget 2015 – 16. The new service tax would now be applicable commencing 1st June, 2015. Recently, the finance minister declared that the new Service Tax Rate would be increased to 14% from the existing 12.36% with effect from 1st June …

REAL ESTATE SECTOR DOES ITS BIT FOR THE EARTH DAY

In the recent era, one of the biggest global issues is pollution. Due to rapid urbanization, technological advancement and job opportunities; majority of our country’s population is migrating to cities. As the population in urban areas increase, the effect of this change is visible on our environment and thus, climate. It is a complex issue …

RBI’s NEW YEAR GIFT TO BOOST REAL ESTATE SECTOR

The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) provided a much needed respite to the public and the sector by announcing a 25 basis point reduction in the repo rate this Thursday. This drop in the rate is RBI’s first positive step of this year which has brought the interest rate down to 7.75 percent from 8 …

Why Does Everybody Love To Hate The Indian Real Estate Sector?

Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India   Over the years, Indian real estate has been a seemingly limitless source of negative hype. Scams, controversies, rumblings about delayed projects, agitations by consumers and debates about the over/under-regulation of the real estate sector have all provided ready cannon fodder for countless publications, internet forums and …

JLL: Reaction To The RBI Monetary Policy – Cautious But Positive

Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India The monetary policy announced today indicates that the RBI is of keeping a close eye on inflation rather than facilitating growth just as yet. This makes sense. Globally, emerging markets (including India) continue to remain vulnerable from decisions by US Federal government on withdrawal of stimulus, as …

Magicbricks & IIM (Bangalore) release India’s first robust “Housing Sentiment Index” for the Real Estate Sector

Global academic leaders, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and India’s No.1 property portal,Magicbricks.com (MB) collaborate and release the first robust “IIMB-MB Housing Sentiment Index” (HSI) for the real estate sector in India. October 23, 2013: The IIMB MB HSI is a sentiment index of the Indian real estate market that captures buyer ‘mood’ and …