Property Prices

How Much Will Houses In India Cost? Delhi Prices Worst Hit

Business | Thomson Reuters | Friday November 16, 2018

India, Asia's third-largest economy is also grappling with a liquidity crunch after IL&FS, defaulted on a short-term debt payment in June.

"Industrial Chic" - The Latest In Hong Kong, World's Priciest Home Market

World News | Shawna Kwan, Bloomberg | Monday August 27, 2018

Hong Kong's stratospheric property prices are pushing some residents beyond the law.

Dubai's Recipe For Economic Success Looks Stale As Markets Slump

World News | Reuters | Sunday July 22, 2018

In Dubai's posh Jumeirah Beach Residence district, luxury apartment rents are down about 15 percent from a year ago - a sign, some fear, that the wealthy emirate's recipe for economic success is getting stale.

Hong Kong's "King Of Haunted Flats" Strikes Gold As Property Prices Rise

World News | Reuters | Thursday June 28, 2018

Dubbed the "King of Haunted Flats" by local media, Ng Goon-lau has made a name for himself for speculating on such "hongza", or haunted flats - defined here as the places where tragedies, such as suicides and murders, took place. He has been able to buy some of the homes at as much as a 40 percent discount

In Mumbai, Delhi, How Once-Hot Property Market Has Tanked

Business | Pooja Thakur, Upmanyu Trivedi and Dhwani Pandya, Bloomberg | Wednesday January 31, 2018

The property developers are adding to a pile-up of bad loans in India's banking sector, which is already struggling to manage a spike in stressed assets across several industries.

Opinion: Expect Pro-Consumer Measures To Continue For Realty Sector

Business | Srinath Sridharan | Monday January 15, 2018

Infrastructure status accorded to the affordable housing sector came as the most significant announcement for the consumers and the industry players and gave them reasons to rejoice.

Residential Property Demand Unlikely To Improve In 12-18 Months: Crisil

Business | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Demand is unlikely to revive in the next 12-18 months as the fundamental problem of lack of end-user buyers is unlikely to change any sooner, says Crisil.

Blog: Affordable Housing - The 'Maruti' Of The Indian Real Estate

Blog | Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal | Tuesday October 10, 2017

When the demand is high and the supply is low, the market goes up and vice versa. There is a lot of demand for housing in our growing economy.

Housing Rents In IT Hubs May Dip By 10-20%,Says Report

India News | NDTV Profit Team | Monday July 10, 2017

House owners in Bengaluru, India's 'Silicon Valley',are slashing house rents while offering better amenities to lure tenants.

GST Impact On Real Estate: Will Property Prices Come Down?

India News | Reported by Smitha TK | Wednesday July 5, 2017

Amid the issue of double taxation, it has been made clear that all under construction flats would be charged only at 12 per cent.

Post GST, New Properties To Cost Less While Ready To Move In Flats To Cost More

Business | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 2, 2017

Under GST, the effective tax on under-construction projects has gone up by 6.5 per cent to 12 per cent.

Housing Prices To Dip After GST Rollout, Says Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 30, 2017

"GST plus RERA will definitely bring big relief to house owners, the minister for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, said.

GST Impact On Real Estate: Will Property Prices Come Down?

India News | Edited by Surajit Dasgupta | Thursday June 29, 2017

As the country switches to GST from July 1, the new indirect tax regime will subsume nearly a dozen of central and state taxes, including excise duty, value-added tax (VAT) and service tax.

Delhi's Connaught Place Is The Ninth Most Expensive Office Space In The World

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Friday June 16, 2017

Occupancy costs Connaught Place were higher than Dubai, Downtown Boston and Shanghai

A Parking Space On First Floor Sold For Record $664,000

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 15, 2017

The property prices are famously sky-high but now a Hong Kong parking space has been sold for an eye-watering HK$5.18 million ($664,200) in what local reports said was a world record.