 | Online searches of housing properties up in June; Delhi-NCR tops among 42 cities: Housing.comThe index has been created with the objective of giving an in-depth view of buyer activity in India by tracking 42 key cities driving the residential market. |
 | Property market to touch USD 1 trillion by 2030; number of people employed in sector to grow at 7 crore: Housing secyThe number of people employed in the sector is also expected to rise to 7 crore in coming years, from 5.5 crore in 2019, he said while addressing a CII event on the real estate sector. |
 | Real estate prices dipped during pandemic: ReportSite visits dropped drastically due to restriction on movement till mid-June |
| Spiralling project cost may slow down realty growthPrices of construction materials such as cement, steel go up; projects getting delayed owing to shortage of labour and aggregates |
 | Real estate, rentals feel pinchIn addition to this, scores of real estate businesses including property rentals have been severely affected because of the work from home policy. |
| Hyderabad sees 150% rise in home sales, says reportAccording to a recent report titled ‘India Real Estate’ by Knight Frank, Hyderabad saw a 278% year-on-year (YOY) increase in new housing launches. |
 | Chennai logs 93% rise in residential demand in first half of 2021: ReportThe report, which was released on Thursday, stated that new project launches grew by 54 pc to 5,424 units in the first half of 2021. |
 | E-auction of prime lands in Hyderabad’s Kokapet starts at base price of Rs 25 crore per acreHMDA has put up its prime plots in the bustling green field project in Kokapet under the hammer after a gap of two years. |
 | VMRDA draft master plan: Demand grows for more time to file objectionsHowever, the land owners, whose lands were proposed under the master plan, will be in a piquant situation about the fate of their land. |
 | Chennai gets $29 mn of India’s $2.7 bn private equity real estate investment: ReportIn the first half of 2020, private equity investment inflows across India stood at $870 million. |
 | What separates equities from other available asset classes?Equity markets are open each trading day to make money without the risk of illiquidity that real estate and private equity bring. All you need to know is which ones to buy. |
 | Story of a gritty woman breaking into male bastion of real estateDhanya Vishnu, a single parent, has overcome multiple career breakdowns to find success as a real-estate agent, reports Anu Kuruvilla |
 | Institutional investment in real estate in June quarter jumps nine-fold to USD 1.35 bn: JLLInvestment in retail real estate stood at USD 278 million during the second quarter of this calendar year as against nil inflow in the year-ago period. |
 | Unsold inventory overhang in Mumbai reduces on higher home sales: ReportIt can be noted that the state government had halved duties levied on real estate transactions to prod housing sales in the aftermath of the pandemic. |
 | Amaravati Land ‘scam’: CID notice to former Bhumiputra stafferYallamati Prasad revealed that Bhumiputra owner Brahmananda Reddy was the mastermind behind the land deals and that he registered hundreds of acres of land in the staff’s name. |
