Indian investors are circling the Dubai property market
Massive deals and throwaway prices are enticing wealthy Indians like never before to buy a piece of Dubai’s hot properties. But this is a land with which India has had relations for centuries.
Covid-19 has unlocked unexpected opportunities in India
With the adoption of virtual technology, the maturing of the prop tech market, an exponential growth in demand for warehouses and the looming prospect of 100 per cent FDI in completed projects, Indian realtors might even thank Covid-19 for being the unexpected game changer for the industry.
MPowered bags $21mn from a group of US based HNIs
MPowered will use the proceeds to invest in real estate verticals such as warehousing, residential, and commercial space and also develop tech-solutions.
M3M raises $76 million from Oaktree Capital
The funding will reportedly help the company spruce up its ongoing projects.
#BeTheRevival: Global Indian hotelier looks beyond Covid-19
Global Indian hotelier Rishi Sachdev’s Shiva Hotels Group has clinched a £230-million development financing package to fund the construction, through to completion, of its new 199-room luxury lifestyle hotel in Marylebone, central London.
India’s real estate sector adopts largest remote working experiment
Retailers shift to e-commerce and expand to online strategies for business continuity. Highlights: The present lockdown to halt the spread of COVID-19 has brought about the largest remote working experiment seen in India. The retail industry has been hit hard and companies that had set up tech support centres are hampered, causing both industries to resort to online channels. It is now critical for landlords and developers to ensure risk-mitigation measures to infuse confidence and attract occupiers as soon as [...]
Real estate opportunities in India are going to be unbelievable
Jyotsna Hegde, President of Sobha Realty in Dubai, discusses what makes India a promising real estate market in the future. Jyotsna Hegde, President of Sobha Realty in Dubai, has recently been recognised as one of the ‘Women of Influence in the Middle East’ in the corporate and business workspace this year. Hegde wears this honour lightly, even though it captures the fruitful journey that she had embarked upon ever since she showed up with an appointment letter which tasked her [...]
2020 Indian real estate – limping back to a functioning liquidity cycle
A real estate expert breaks down the causes for the poor performance of the sector in 2019 and suggests measures the government could adopt to revive it. Highlights: The IL&FS crisis caused a domino effect on the NBFC and banking system with institutions declaring higher than anticipated non-performing assets (NPAs) and going into a conservative lending mode. The real estate sector was probably the worst hit given that it had a sequence of poor performing years. The government mooted a [...]
India’s strong IT sector makes it a key market for CapitaLand
In this interview, Jonathan Yap, President of CapitaLand Financial, discusses the company’s plans to double their assets under management in India and the various trends that are gaining popularity in the country’s real estate sector.
Election year impact on the property market
An expert explains the important developments that are likely to impact the Indian realty segment as the country edges towards its phased-out General Elections from April 2019. In the past, the annual Budget during an election year in India tends to be reasonably populist, with measures focussed on the mood of the general public to benefit the ruling party. This year, the national Budget had quite a few measures to ensure support for the realty sector across segments – the [...]