रीयल एस्टेट (Real Estate) कीमतों और होम लोन की ब्याज दरों में कमी से बाजार में हलचल फिर तेज हो गई है। नए प्रोजेक्ट्स लांच हो रहे हैं और उनके खरीदार भी फिर नजर आने लगे हैं। ऐसे में ग्राहक के सामने होम लोन और घर के विकल्पों की संख्या बढ़ रही है, तो खुद खरीदार को भी काफी सावधानी बरतने की जरूरत है। रीयल एस्टेट कंसलटेंसी फर्म ‘डीटीजेड’ के अनुसार पिछले 6-9 माह में बड़े डिवेलपर्स द्वारा लांच किए गए लगभग सभी नए प्रोजेक्ट्स अफोर्डेबल हाउसिंग कैटेगिरी में हैं। खास बात यह है कि ये टियर 1 सिटीज जैसे- दिल्ली-एनसीआर, मुम्बई, बेंगलुरू, पुणे जैसे बड़े शहरों में हैं, जहां आम आदमी के लिए अपने बजट में घर खरीदना कभी सपना होता था। लोगों ने इनके प्रति उत्साह भी दिखाया है। कंपनियां लांचिंग के पहले ही दिन 100 प्रतिशत तक की बुकिंग का दावा कर रही हैं। उधर, डिवेलपर्स मकान ...

Chhattisgarh : Full of Surprises & Possibility: Chattisgarh was created out of 16 districts of Madhya Pradesh on 1st November, 2000. With a 44% forest area, an overwhelmingly large tribal population and abundant mineral resources, this young state has embarked on a multi-sectoral growth plan to achieve the targets of the Chhattisgarh - Vision 2010.While the State administration is based in Raipur, a new capital for Chhattisgarh at an investment of Rs. 40,000 crore on an area of 36,000 hectares to accommodate 5.4 lakh people is being planned. In the 1st phase of the project to be completed by 2011, ambitious commercial and residential projects in Chhattisgarh will be executed. An IT Park, a township with a golf course, a capitol complex and a five-star hotel will be developed by IL &FS Infrastructure Development Corporation, partners and advisors to the project. The 2nd and 3rd phases of the city will be ...

Jones Lang LaSalle has been named ‘Best Overall Global Advisor and Consultant’ at Euromoney’s Real Estate Awards 2009, announced this week. The firm also picked up another four global awards: Agency/Letting; Transaction Execution; Corporate Real Estate Services and Research in the Asia Pacific region.Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, adds, “Asia Pacific is now an extremely critical market in the global real estate context. India, in particular, numbers among the few countries whose real estate markets hold real-time potential even as the global economy swims for firm land again. Any real estate market is only as good as its contingent of satisfied clients, and this recognition of our efforts in the Asia Pacific region stands testimony to the fact that we have been successful in delivering real value to our clients in both boom time and downturn scenarios.”Colin Dyer, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global CEO says, “It ...

Some of the country’s largest real estate developers such as DLF, Unitech and HDIL have started hiring again, as they look to launch new projects and speed up execution of existing ones to cash in on a pickup in home demand. “We are launching new projects and plan to hire in large numbers,” said a spokesman for DLF, India’s largest real estate firm that fired more than 300 people during the downturn. He said the company hired people with specific skills such as mall management even during the crisis. DLF on Tuesday launched a project in Delhi and sold the entire stock of 1,250 apartments in two hours, he said.The companies expect high demand in the coming fiscal quarters with the economy showing clear signs of a revival in the fiscal year started April 2009. The financial year ended March 2009 recorded 6.7% growth after two bad quarters pulled down ...