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With the constant chatter about sustainable real estate in general and green homes in particular, you may wonder what the deal really is. Why live in a green home? Are conventional apartments not good enough? Is the concept of green homes even relevant to the Indian real estate market? There are very good reasons why …
The demand for luxury housing in India varies from city to city, and also the definition of the label ‘luxury’ for a particular city. As such, a 2 BHK in a central location or a location close to major employment hubs in Mumbai, Pune or Bangalore would be defined as luxury based on the location …
There has been a decisive resurgence of interest by NRIs in Pune property investments. The scale of rise has not spectacular, but it does indicate that NRI investor confidence is returning. NRI property investors tend to stay away from unfamiliar, historically over-speculative cities and focus on either on their cities of origin or on those …
Two building collapses have received a great deal of media coverage thus far in 2013: the building collapse in Thane, Mumbai and Savar, Bangladesh. Whereas 74 people lost their lives in the Thane building collapse, the death toll was more than 700 in the Savar building collapse. In the South Asian cities that are witnessing …
Property exhibitions are one of the most popular and often used property marketing platforms in Indian residential real estate. Almost all cities in India have their yearly share of regular property exhibitions – booming markets like Pune, Navi Mumbai and Thane have as many as four or five a year. Property exhibitions serve a valid …
There are many variables that can have a negative effect on one’s property investments. Being aware of these is an inalienable part of successful property investment. The Rising Cost of Money Increasing inflation is the first factor that inhibits the profitability of a real estate investment. While investing in any kind of property, one should …
Over the past two decades, Pune has seen rapid growth of the IT culture. In the beginning, this culture was limited to employees of the city’s many IT/ITES parks – today, it has touched almost everyone who lives in Pune. The cyber revolution in this city is inescapable – those who do not own computers …
In February of this year, Union Housing Minister Ajay Maken had indicated that the Centre is considering the possibility of according infrastructure status to affordable housing. While we have still not been given greater clarity on the progress of this initiative, it is certainly a great need of the hour for India’s larger cities. As …
Over the last decade, lifestyle has evolved as an important and often decisive factor in the Indian real estate industry. With the increasing presence of the IT / ITeS sector in many cities of the country, a large segment of Indian home buyers have entered a higher level of affordability and therefore tastes in homes. …
Nothing that we see or know of on this planet has remained the same over the last decade. We have used science and technology to improve the quality of our lives, but the very progress that we are so proud is also proving to be a major danger to the planet. In the papers and …