India: News Archive

NOVEMBER 2008

• Realty scandal in Goa: Dead men get to 'buy' property - Economic Times
• Construction poised to pick up: Demand for realty to get a boost again - Economic Times

OCTOBER 2008

• Optimism wanes as crisis reaches India - BBC
• New Delhi one of the top three preferred investment destinations in Asia - RightNReal
• Indian real estate: boom or bubble? - RightNReal

SEPTEMBER 2008

• Enduring the Subprime Tsunami - FEER

AUGUST 2008

• High interest rates pulling down property prices - Times of India

JULY 2008

• Dip in Mumbai property market prompts developers to offer freebies - Property Wire

MAY 2008

• UK citizens of Indian origin look to homeland for property investments - Property Wire
• Off plan still popular in Goa - Property Wire
• India's top second homes spots - Forbes
• India to become 8th wealthiest place by 2017: Barclays - Times of India

APRIL 2008

• CRR hike may spell bad news for realty sector - Economic Times
• India and China housing markets on the bubble - NuWire Investor
• Realty: Has the middle class stopped buying? - Economic Times
• Citibank puts another property on sale - Business Standard

MARCH 2008

• UAE real estate developer signs up 60 agents in India - Thaindian News
• You may have to shell out more for your dream house in Goa - Economic Times India
• On Asia: Indian property sale flop could cause wider flap - Financial Times

FEBRUARY 2008

• The ever growing Indian real estate sector - Indian Realty News
• Real estate news - Zameen Zaidad

JANUARY 2008

• High end property in India unlikely to fall - Daily News $ Analysi
• Tier II cities in India the best bet for real estate - India Times

DECEMBER 2007

• Asia property digest (pdf - requires free registration) - Jones Lang LaSalle
• Banks line up schemes to lure NRIs into real estate - The Times of India
• Indian cities are urban without being urbane - CNN-IBN

NOVEMBER 2007

• Real estate investment basics - Hindustan Times

OCTOBER 2007

• Rich investors sell $1.4 billion since Fed-driven market rally - Business Standard
• Market surge unlikely to push up real estate prices - The Economic Times

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Investment considerations - The Economic Times
• Income property - Economic Times India
• Market unrest set aside as private equity savours big returns in India - Times online

AUGUST 2007

• Indian firm raises $800 million for real estate fund - IHT
• A 225 sq ft house in Dharavi to cost Rs 9 Lakh!!! - Indian Realty News
• In Hyderabad, a tale of two cities - Rediff News
• Heady days ahead for real estate market - The Hindu
• "Real estate prices set to grow" - The Hindu
• Settlement issues hold up interest rate futures - Business Standard
• Indian Equities Slump More Gently - Forbes
• Surge in foreign investment - The Telegraph
• Developed India by 2020? - Economic Times India
• Real estate prices to grow in India: Ansal - PTI News
• India will be 2nd largest economy in world by mid-century’ - The Hindu
• ?Time will tell? if all the sub-prime bad news has been priced into the market - The Hindu
• Big guns queue up for prime city property - Economic Times India

JULY 2007

• What peaking interest rates mean for investors - The Hindu Business L
• Rise of the Rupee - Business Week
• The real estate bubble: How soon before it bursts? - propmart
• India elects first female president - MSNBC
• Rate cut will drive growth’- - Hindu Times
• For Indian investors, structured products are the way to wealth - Indian Express
• The bigger fool and real estate - Economic Times India
• Overseas Indians keen on real estate investment - New Kerala
• Bogged down by depressed property mkt? - Economic TimesIndia

JUNE 2007

• A 3yr lock-in for FII investments in real estate? - Daily News and Analy
• Mumbai buildings soar, rates drop - CNN IBN
• It’s raining homes in Chennai - CNN IBN
• Realty bubble set to burst? - Money Control
• India’s expat attraction - BBC News
• Mumbai is trying to curb soaring rents and prices for offices and homes - IHT
• India’s real estate sector on a surge - Forbes.com

MAY 2007

• Housing perquisite: a half-way measure - The Hindu
• What is holding India’s economy back - BBC News
• The exotic beach paradise where apartments cost only ?10,000 - The Independent
• Interest rate rises will dent India’s runaway growth - Gulfnews.com

APRIL 2007

• Home loan buyers feel pinch of successive rate hikes - Money Control
• Interest rates unchanged - Mail & Guardian

MARCH 2007

• What is adjustable rate in a home loan? - Rediff
• Interest rate war set to push up cost of deposits for banks - The Hindu Newsupdate
• House price rise alert - The Telegraph (India
• Mumbai?s first realty bust was in 1865 - Daily News & Analysi
• India Real Estate, Make Hay While the Sun Shines! - Businesswire India
• Reducing risk the REITs way - Express Estates
• Goa... Going... Gone! Real estate booms - Daily News & Analysi

FEBRUARY 2007

• Campaign to mobilise property taxes - newindpress.com
• Realty takes a roller coster ride - Times News Network
• Calcutta’s digital vision - BBC News
• Govt banks will not raise home loan rates - Indian Express
• PM talks tough on inflation - Business Standard
• Indian developers target wealthy non-residents - IHT
• India overheats - Economist
• Indian developers target wealthy non-residents - IHT
• Indian developers target wealthy nonresidents - IHT

JANUARY 2007

• Another interest rate hike on the cards - Business Standard
• Indian market ?correction? looms - Financial Times
• Interest rates set for yet another rise - India Business
• Bangalore’s Boomtown Blues - BBC News
• Inflation at 2-yr high, heat on interest rate - Indian Express
• Global hot spots - Business online
• The road to Lavasa - Business Standard
• Rents go up in India?s top cities - propmart
• Retail surge to drive realty demand higher - India Times

DECEMBER 2006

• Real estate boom of ’06 to gain momentum in ’07 - The Economic Times
• Real estate - a major asset in India - The Hindu Business L
• Don’t wait to buy a home; prices won’t drop - rediff.com
• A real estate giant awakens - India Real Estate Bl
• Rate rise more likely as growth surges in India - Financial Times

NOVEMBER 2006

• The realty bubble: will it survive when reality bites? - Indian Express
• Property market to get more FDI - The Hindu
• For non-resident nationals who wants to buy property in India - The Economic Times
• Real estate boom likely to continue - Economic Times
• Mumbai houses priced out of market - BBC News
• India Rolling In Rupees - BusinessWeek
• Govt plans area-wise cap on realty prices across country - India Times
• India property market overview (pdf) - Colliers Internation

OCTOBER 2006

• Makeover boost, first-ever housing policy for Mumbai - Munbai News Online
• Introduction of Indian real estate mutual funds expected to attract capital (pdf) - Ernst & Young

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Can India Inc. make India continue to shine at 8% growth? - India Daily
• One is not enough - India Times

AUGUST 2006

• Realty offers huge opportunity here? - India Times
• Space sop in realty FDI may up land cost - India Times
• Insight: Rates & resources - DNA India
• If octroi goes, property tax may rise - DNA India
• Realty on the upsurge - India Times
• India would continue to witness high GDP growth in spite of higher interest rates and energy prices - India Daily
• Building plans to get nod sans floor details - India Times
• Trouble in paradise - Telegraph
• PNB hikes home loan rates - India Daily

JULY 2006

• INDIA: Property prices may fall by 20% - Overseas Property Bl
• Realtors plan buybacks to arrest price fall - India Times
• Real Estate Takes - Hindu Business Line
• Indian real estate: boom or bubble? - Fortune Magazine

JUNE 2006

• Number of Foreigners Owning Property in State Alarming - Daiji World
• In India, demand and volatility - IHT
• In India, demand and volatility - IHT

MAY 2006

• High-end Jakarta: Butlers, pools and a Mona Lisa - IHT
• High demand heats up India real estate - IHT
• Keeping it legal: How to buy safely on Goa - Telegraph.co.uk

APRIL 2006

• Why real estate prices are so high - Business Standard (R

MARCH 2006

• Interest rates on housing loans - India Times
• Mumbai set for real estate boom - India Times
• Banks warned on real estate exposure - Hindu Business Line

JANUARY 2006

• Drop in property prices not seen hitting lenders - DNA India
• Homes are hard to find in Mumbai - BBC
• Real estate boom to stay - India Times
• Home owners can rest easy, tax breaks on loans to stay - India Times
• Property prices to be stable in NCR - India Times
• Bangalore’s Property Market Booming - Shelter Offshore
• Real estate prices in the city set to hit the roof - India Times
• Global dealers zero in on hot properties here - India Times

DECEMBER 2005

• Mumbai realty mart: On cloud nine - India Times

NOVEMBER 2005

• Underpriced acres - Express India

JANUARY 2005

• Investing in homes - Businessworld