The government is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India to allow borrowers facing financial stress due to Covid-19, put-off their loan repayments further than August 31. Nirmala Sitharaman said her ministry and RBI are working on loan restructuring for certain sectors such as real estate and hospi... Read more...
Jul 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in Interviews
CBRE and SAPFI survey on Shared Accommodation – one of the growing segments of the real estate sector in the country. The impact of pandemic on shared living segment The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted the booming shared accommodation industry including student housing and... Read more...
Jul 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in Interviews
John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County is of the view that COVID-19 has forced us to rethink city living. We should take the opportunity to reimagine a livelier, more interesting and more equitable post-pandemic city. Cities around the worl... Read more...
Jul 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in Latest News
The Pandemic Has Thrown Life Out Of Gear For Many Professionals. Salary Cuts, Job Loss And Fear Of Catching The Virus Is Driving Urban Professionals From Indian And International Cities Back To Their Towns And Villages. Realty+ Looks At How This Reverse Migration From Blue Collared To White Collared... Read more...
Jun 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in EXPERT ZONE
While we are facing the pandemic, a new thinking emerges to manage nature and its resources. Jitendra Kumar, Adviser and Rishika Surya, Professional, NITI Aayog So far, our policy response to the Covid-19 outbreak has been based on the principle of 'safe living', with precedence on th... Read more...
Jun 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in INTERNATIONAL
Canadian house prices will rise at a much slower pace this year than predicted will fall in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic pushes up unemployment, curtailing immigration and the demand for homes. Lockdown restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, which has infected over 100,000 people in Ca... Read more...
Jun 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in Interviews
Subhash Goel, MD & Chairman, Goel Ganga Developments What will be the long term impact of COVID on the industry? As the world comes to terms with the unforgettable impact that the novel corona virus has had across economies, the future of real estate in India does not look as ble... Read more...
Jun 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in News/Views
Global ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded India’s sovereign rating to the lowest investment grade. The lowering of the rating — from Baa2 to Baa3 — brings it on a par with S&P and Fitch which rate India at BBB (minus), the lowest investment grade. Firstly, the pandemi... Read more...
Welspun One has launched its humanitarian initiative to bridge the demand-supply gap for Personal Protection Gear (PPE) among the frontline logistics workers and will donate 100,000 masks to India’s warehousing and logistics community by end of May 2020. Compliant with guidelines issued by the ... Read more...
May 2020 ,
by Realty Plus in INTERNATIONAL
Home prices are holding up during the coronavirus pandemic despite lockdowns. The most recent sign of resiliency comes from the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index for April, a composite of 11 major markets, is up 5.3 per cent from a year earlier. It’s up 1.3 cent compared to the previous mont... Read more...