All stories by Raghavendra Kamath
Piramal turns out to be real estate developers' saviour
Rediff.com11 Jul 2016Piramal Fund Management has emerged as the largest lender to real estate developers at a time when the sector is facing severe slowdown.
If banks are allowed to fund land purchase, properties will become affordable
Rediff.com28 Jun 2016Banks are not allowed to lend to developers for purchasing land parcels.
Malls go all out to lure fashion brands
Rediff.com17 Jun 2016Footfall at malls are down 20-25 per cent in the past couple of years.
Connaught Place world's 7th most expensive office market
Rediff.com16 Jun 2016Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex moved down from 18th to 19th position.
Luxury malls catch realty developers' fancy
Rediff.com13 Jun 2016At least half a dozen are in the works with increasing brand awareness and growing purchasing power in upper classes.
Baba Ramdev's products: Retail chains opt for loyalty points
Rediff.com23 May 2016Big chains such as Star Bazaar, Future Group and D Mart have set up separate shelves to sell products of Patanjali.
Indian builders turn to global icons to trump the slump
Rediff.com19 May 2016Zinedine Zidane, Donald Trump, Steve Waugh have all lent their name to realty projects in the country.
Global buyers roll back into property
Rediff.com16 Apr 2016Phonemaker Apple is said to be in talks to take 30,000 sq ft retail space at plush property Maker Maxity, in Bandra Kurla Complex
Guwahati sees highest growth in home prices
Rediff.com11 Mar 2016Mumbai and Delhi NCR, country's two largest markets, do not fare very well.
SHOCKER! Office space vacancy hits 5-year low
Rediff.com19 Jan 2016According to property consultant JLL, the vacancy in office spaces is expected to be around 13%.
Realtors' deals with foreign funds rose threefold this year
Rediff.com31 Dec 2015Bigger companies are signing equity JVs with global investors.
HDIL, Wadhawan Group in mega realty deal
Rediff.com22 Dec 2015The two signed the deal almost six years after a business restructuring announced by them.
Bandra property of Congress-owned Associated Journals worth Rs 200 crore
Rediff.com11 Dec 2015Associated Journals was allotted 3,478 sq m of land by the Maharashtra govt in 1983 for building a Nehru Memorial library and a research centre.
Guess what? Mumbai finds no takers for its most expensive homes
Rediff.com9 Dec 2015Where are luxury flat buyers? 6048 apartments unsold in Mumbai.
Kolkata only big city to see jump in home sales
Rediff.com19 Nov 2015Bengaluru saw a 23% decline in home sales and a 3% fall in prices.
Developer suicide puts spotlight on Mumbai-Thane realty mess
Rediff.com11 Oct 2015While Mumbai is home to India's costliest real estate, Thane is the fastest growing housing market in the country
Builder suicide: Policy paralysis, corruption suffocating developers
Rediff.com9 Oct 2015Housing market in Mumbai Metropolitan Region recording worst half-yearly performance since global financial crisis in 2008 has worsened the situation for them
Abbott, Godrej deal might not push up prices in Bandra Kurla Complex
Rediff.com4 Oct 2015The BKC commands Rs 28,000-29,000 per sq ft for office property and monthly rents are Rs 250-300 per sq ft
Mega commercial deals boost India's property mart
Rediff.com1 Oct 2015Carnival group buys project in Chandigarh from L&T for Rs 1,785 cr.
Retail king Yusuff Ali's amazing success story
Rediff.com31 Jul 2015Ranked 737 in the Forbes global billionaire list with personal wealth of $2.4 billion, Yusuffali's diversification does not stop here.