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India’s first Global Real Estate Securities Fund launched by PGIM India Mutual Fund

PGIM India Mutual Fund announced the launch of PGIM India Global Select Real Estate Securities Fund of Fund, an open-ended equity fund of fund scheme investing in PGIM Global Select Real Estate Securities Fund.India's first Global Real Estate Securities Fund launched by PGIM India Mutual Fund

The fund is India’s first Global Real Estate Securities Fund. The NFO will open for subscription on November 15, 2021 and will close on November 29, 2021.

The benchmark index of the fund is FTSE EPRA NAREIT Developed Index. The primary investment objective of the scheme is to generate long-term capital appreciation from investing in the units of PGIM Global Select Real Estate Securities Fund, which primarily invests in REITs and equity-related securities of real estate companies located throughout the world.

Rick Romano, MD, PGIM Real Estate and Head of Global Real Estate Securities Business said, “Today’s investment opportunities span a wide range of categories, including capitalizing on favourable occupier momentum linked to accelerated changes in how real estate is used, investing in assets that require some short-term repositioning and finding value in parts of the market that have undergone a long-term correction.”

“As concerns around new variants of COVID ease, allowing workplaces and service-oriented industries to reopen more fully, occupier sentiment is expected to return quickly supporting a rebound in real estate space demand,” said Romano.

Ajit Menon, CEO, PGIM India Mutual Fund said, “It is our endeavor to bring relevant and timely investment ideas to Indian investors and advisors. We are therefore proud to present our parent PGIM’s global expertise in this asset class. It’s various sub-themes like grade A commercial, self-storage, logistics, last-mile retail, senior living, cold storage, etc. are either not available in India or not available at scale as investible securities compared to global markets.”

Menon added, “With interest rates and inflation where they are today, this strategy will be an important addition to build resilience in client portfolios for times ahead.”

During the first week of November over 1,400 homes registered in Mumbai

In October 2021, the city recorded a 10- year best sale registration of 8,576 units, said a property consultant. The registration is more than 8% from the same month last year.

During the first week of November over 1,400 homes registered in Mumbai

On strong demand during the Diwali festival, during the first week of November Registration of residential properties in the Mumbai municipal region stood at 1,441, according to Knight Frank India. All details of the properties bought in both primary and secondary (re-sale) markets are in registration data.

Knight Frank India, Chairman, and Managing Director said that the COVID pandemic has fuelled the idea of homeownership.

In October 2021, the city recorded a 10- year best sale registration of 8,576 units, said the property consultant. The registration is more than the 8% from the same month last year.

“…At the ongoing registrations rate, November is likely to mark a cumulative 1 lakh units for the year 2021,” it said in a statement.

Chairman said, “The ongoing festivities have complemented the already positive outlook that home buyers had exuded over the past year or so. The same is reflected on the property registration numbers, wherein we are seeing best levels in consequent months of September and October.”

Baijal said the superior sense of the economic environment and the speedy COVID vaccination scope across the region has advanced assurance to homebuyers.

“Hence, even while the government stamp duty incentive has been rolled back, a combination of positive factors like multi-decade low home loan interest rate, affordable property prices, and developer offerings on new products and payment flexibility has pushed fence-sitters too to take the purchase decision sooner than later,” he observed.

In Mumbai’s primary housing market, major players are Macrotech Developers (Lodha group), Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty, Hiranandani group, Kalpataru Ltd, Tata Housing, Shapoorji Pallonji, Piramal Realty, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Rustomjee Group, and K Raheja group.

Tata Group is planning to sell the non-core real estate assets owned by its operating companies

As per Livemint report, Tata Group is considering selling its residential and commercial real estate assets.

Tata Group is planning to sell the non-core real estate assets owned by its operating companies

Tata Sons Limited, the holding company of India’s largest conglomerate, has already involved consultants to identify and value the group’s non-core real estate assets in India and abroad. Through this procedure, the company hopes to raise at least a few thousand crores of rupees.

Meanwhile, Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company Limited, the country’s second-largest hotel chain, on Tuesday set its rights issue price at Rs 150 per share. The issue will open on November 24 and close on December 8. Through this, the company plans to raise Rs 1,982.10 crore from eligible shareholders.

The Tata Group has also been in the headlines for the acquisition of Air India (AI). According to the share purchase agreement that the group signed with the government last month, it has to start running AI, AI Express, and AI-SATS by January 23, 2022. So far, the Tata Group has not revealed whether it will run AI as a mega airline or a low-cost and full-service carrier.

As of March 31, 2021, the 29 publicly-listed Tata enterprises had a combined market capitalisation of Rs 17.8 trillion.

DLF to add 6 retail hubs to portfolio spread across 2.3 mn sq ft

In a statement they said that the new properties will include three premium neighborhood plazas, two office retail spaces and one premium mall.

DLF to add 6 retail hubs to portfolio spread across 2.3 mn sq ft

On November 10, DLF Retail announced six new properties spread across an area of 2.3 million sq. ft. as part of their expansion plans. These would come up in Delhi, Gurugram, Chennai, and Goa.

Three premium neighborhood plazas include Summit Plaza in DLF 5, Gurugram, Midtown Plaza in Moti Nagar, Delhi and New Gurgaon Plaza in Sector 91, Gurugram and two office retail spaces, The Hub in Chennai and Cyber Park in Gurugram.

In addition to this, DLF Retail will be entering the Goa market with Patto Plaza, a 0.3-million-square-feet premium offering. The addition signifies DLF’s continued growth not only in Delhi NCR but also across India with newer regions such as Chennai and Goa.

DLF Retail is planning to cover 6.5 million square feet of futuristic retail spaces with these six properties. The expansion will aim at offering focused and curated shopping as well as F&B districts and cultural experiences, the statement said.

Pushpa Bector, Executive Director- DLF Retail said, “We are introducing a new line of growth with the introduction of premium neighborhood plazas. These will complement our premium residential developments enhancing the quality of our DLF customers. Goa is an exciting market and our premium offering will offer the urban Goan resident a boost to the lifestyle experience. DLF has pioneered the evolution of retail offerings in offices space, and DLF Cyber Park and The Hub will further this focus.”

DLF Malls has 4.2 million square feet of retail space, with 673 unique brands including over 300 international and 168 F&B outlets and 26 movie screens across malls. It has signed 158 marquee brands across categories in its eight premium and luxury properties in Delhi-NCR.

Reasons Why Young NRIs Should Investment in Indian Real Estate

Reasons Why Young NRIs Should Investment in Indian Real Estate

Indian real estate has not only attracted domestic investors but also enticed young NRI investors for property investment. This segment has become quite favorable for NRIs as it offers various opportunities to invest in the Government real estate investments.

Favorable Policies

A number of investment-friendly policies are introduced by the Government of India to secure maximum foreign investments such as treating non-repatriable investments from NRIs as domestic investments and lowering the minimum built-up area requirement for FDI from 50,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. NRIs will surely get benefit by these incentives if they invest in these investment-friendly policies of India and eventually the Indian economy can be revived by an increase in investment from young NRIs.

Affordable Pricing

Due to the difference in currency values, investing in Indian real estate is affordable, as NRIs currency value against the Indian currency is more. Now-a-days, even builders are focusing on projects aimed at young NRIs that are in compliance with the Indian real estate investor rules. All these factors, combined, make India a lucrative investment option for young NRIs.

Steady Source of Income

An increasing number of foreigners investing in Indian property in order to secure regular rental income. Countries like India, where more and more people are moving to metropolitan areas in search of better job prospects, leads to an increase in demand for rented properties. As a result, investing in real estate ensures quick-bucks as rental income.

Rooted to the Country

One of the motives why younger NRIs choose to spend money on Indian real estate is to stay connected with the land of their ancestors. No doubt, better salary quotes and higher increase components tempt NRIs to settle overseas for long term however, proudly owning a property in India is constantly an element of significance for them. According to a current survey with the aid of using Sumansa Exhibitions “younger NRIs, elderly among 18 and 35, in UAE account for 43% of investments in Indian actual property segment.”

Promising Prospects of Real Estate in India

According to the reports, Indian real estate sector is anticipated to witness an outstanding boom and expected to attain up to $180 by 2020.  Young NRIs are searching on assets in India with the attitude of long-time period asset funding and unearths it a cash-spinning choice of funding.

With the real estate sector observing tremendous growth, younger NRIs pumping in cash paves a manner to marvelous boom in India’s infrastructure.

Things To Keep In Mind Before Investing In Real Estate!

Things To Keep In Mind Before Investing In Real Estate!

No doubt, Real estate sector is a promising marketplace and best for folks who make investments after diligent studies. One want to be successful as an investor because it attracts a massive funding that concludes lifetime earnings. Hence, it’s miles fantastically helpful to keep away from even small errors whilst making an investment in actual property and make the funding best after examining all of the professionals and cons of every project. Avoid errors as mentioned below in order to hit funding in real estate.

Absence of Planning

Right from your investment model to your budget constraint, to make your real estate transaction a profitable deal, you should know the exact purpose of your investment. Pen down your strategy before buying property as an investor.

Hasty Decisions

Real estate positively allures you as a fast path to the material resource however don’t forget that it involves an enormous quantity of investment and one wrong call might finish you up with losing your hard-earned cash in one go. In depth analysis is needed to be disbursed in classifying the good class of asset. With the power of risk tolerance, one shouldn’t forget to evaluate the long-term prospect of any property to speculate in.

Avoid Over-Priced Property

With lack of analysis, one may end up over-paying the costs for a property and therefore, the angle of immediate profits gets blocked till the property starts doing higher within the market. To avoid such state of affairs, elaborate analysis shall be done for the valuation of properties in neighborhood to the property you select to take a position in to access its actual value.

Miscalculations

Avoid turning your asset into liability by marinating a decent income to hide its maintenance. Just in case you’re aiming to obtain a property for renting, make sure you have a correct budget that considers its different maintenance prices also to avoid hassles on later stages.

Restricting Your Transaction

It is always suggested to “hatch your eggs in different baskets”. Completing a lot of transactions at same time helps you in leverage with hunting down uncertainties to an extent. However due caution is needed to undertake with wide eye open for every deal.

Lack of Research

Before processing any form of massive financial transaction, one must keep an update of its trends via news and other channels of information. A project may sound profitable initially however with the reversing market trends, it can lose its vital features. So, to seize a terrific deal, indulge yourself into active discussion with other investors as well.

Missing Out Strategies

Every investment in real estate is formed with a view of fixing it as a supply of financial gain via rental or to sell it to grab the profit margins on its appreciated price. Sometimes, due to unforeseen market circumstances, one may find both the options not as promising as expected. Then how to go about? Under such circumstances, try and get rid of your losses by selling off your property at marginal profits to avoid monthly maintenance prices. One should diligently work-out on such out-of-box methods to avoid loses.

Investment in property could be a full-time job for a few, whereas alternative suggests it as a part-time job. But, with these preventative measures, one will avoid the risk to an excellent extent.

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