ndian Real Estate: “Undeniably tremendous!”
And, that is the undeniable verdict of a Price Waterhouse Coopers study conducted on the investment environment in terms of Indian real estate. Ever since the Government of India gave its stamp of approval to 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in housing and real estate, NRIs, overseas real estate developers, hoteliers, and others have been tracking a path to the sub-continent. Sensing the business potential for developing serviced plots, constructing residential / commercial complexes, business centres / offices, mini-townships, investments in infrastructure facilities e.g. roads, bridges, manufacture of building materials, etc., FDI is flooding in to take advantage of the tremendous real estate opportunities.
Indian Real Estate: Growing Potential
The increasing demand for Indian real estate has not only generated employment, it has also been instrumental in the growth of steel, cement, bricks and other related industries. Estimated to be in the region of US $12-billion, real estate development in India is growing by as much as 30% each year. Already, eighty percent of Indian real estate has been developed for residential space, and 20% comprises of shopping malls, office space, hospitals and hotels. Fuelled largely due to off-shoring / outsourcing of BPOs, call centres, high-end technology consulting and software development and programming firms, real estate growth in India has great investment prospectives. Read the rest of this entry »
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