Ministry nod to Jewar Airport may boost Noida realty business

NEW DELHI: It takes over an hour and half to drive from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi to Noida, a distance of about 35 km, compared with a 20-minute ride to Gurgaon.

That's probably why companies, both domestic and international, have preferred to set up shop in Gurgaon. Property prices and office rentals in Noida have been significantly lower than in Gurgaon.

A ray of hope, however, is around the corner and may reset the rivalry between the two suburbs of the national capital. The civil aviation ministry has approved a new airport at Jewar, located along the 165-km Yamuna Expressway connecting Greater Noida and Agra. The airfield could turn out to be an inflexion point for Noida and its extended surroundings, kick-starting the revival of home sales and infrastructure development, real-estate experts say.

"It is a huge thing for Uttar Pradesh. A big international airport is required to service big cities such as Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra, among others," said Sanjay Dutt, executive managing director, South Asia, at property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield, pointing out that this will improve corporate demand in Noida and areas around it. "Noida is still significantly cheaper than Gurgaon and this can level the playing field."

Noida's property prices at the upper end are barely half the rate of Rs 20,000 per square foot in the most expensive parts of Gurgaon. While this relative affordability prompted developers to start a large number of projects in the city and the middleclass has lapped up homes, corporate demand has been weak. The new airport is expected to generate jobs and drive the state's economy.

"Warehousing could become a very big trade booster because of the airport here. Manufacturing will pick up and that will lead to job creation," said Getamber Anand, national president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India and managing director of ATS Infrastructure.

"With that, the demand for housing and office space will go up." Home sales in most parts of the National Capital Region, especially in areas along the Yamuna Expressway, where developers such as Supertech, ATS, Gaursons and Jaypee have launched real estate projects over the past few years, have been slow for the past year or so.

Dutt of Cushman & Wakefield says that with the announcement of the new airport, home sales will pick up in the short term and later, when office demand goes up, prices will start to rise. Builders and property experts hope the new airport will change the profile of Noida.

Ref - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/real-estate/news/ministry-nod-to-jewar-airport-may-boost-noida-realty-business/articleshow/47837561.cms

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Dhoni tense due to dressing room atmosphere, says his former coach

Chanchal Bhattacharya, former coach of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Monday defended the Ranchi lad and said that it seems he is unable to deliver results expected of him as skipper because of the prevailing atmosphere in the dressing room.

Bhattacharya told ANI that Dhoni has a lot of pressure on him as a captain and added that may be he is unable to adjust with the dressing room's environment.

"I don't know the inside story but we have seen Dhoni play and fight till the last over. If one's mind is not at peace then it is impossible to play," Bhattacharya added.

"He is unable to deliver his best because of mental pressure and because of the dressing room's environment as well as the media. I haven't spoken to him but I feel the environment of the dressing room is bad," he added.

He said that Dhoni still has immense talent and will be in the side for some more time taking into consideration his current form.

Bhattacharya, however, said that the dressing room environment may have been the reason behind Dhoni's recent remark suggesting that he was ready to step down as the skipper.

"It was for the first time that India lost so badly against Bangladesh. As far as Mahendra Singh Dhoni is concerned, he gave a statement yesterday that if the BCCI wants he can play as a player. Whosoever be the captain, winning the game for the country is more important," Bhattacharya said.

"The way he is playing suggests that he would be in the game for some more time, but may be he may step down as the skipper," he added.

Dhoni has offered to step down after the side suffered the first-ever series defeat against Bangladesh on Sunday.

Bangladesh took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series with a six-wicket win over the World Cup semi-finalists in Dhaka on Sunday.

Ref - http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dhoni-tense-due-to-dressing-room-atmosphere-chanchal-bhattacharya/1/446365.html

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Best Things About Buying A Residential Property In Noida

The strategic location of Noida makes it a best choice for buying a best residential property in Noida. It is connected to the NCR via road and Metro. The city Noida is highly planned and offers a comfortable travelling in and around with its deep roads and a good traffic management. And the DND Flyway can make a person reach South Delhi within a few minutes. When travelling on Metro routes, one can keep to each and every part of Delhi and even enter Gurgaon and Faridabad. Though the distance of Greater Noida is quite long but it takes very less time to go to Greater Noida through smooth Yamuna Expressway. And Ghaziabad is adjoining to Noida so there was never a problem in reaching out there.

Residential projects in Noida, in the form of residential plots, group housing units and apartments has seen a persistent growth and progress in the last few years. Many well known and reputed builders, namely, Jaypee, Amrapali, Assotech, Ajnara, Mahagun, Logix, Stellar, Supertech and many more builders have already launched their top projects in Noida, Noida and Noida Extension and on Yamuna Expressway. The residential and housing projects in Noida are being developed with proper planning, taking care of environment and greenery at the maximum. Latest earthquake contrary techniques are being used in the residential apartments towards an effective disaster management.

The property in Noida is being built with lots of common amenities like 24 hours power back-up, Landscape Garden, covered parking, swimming pools, gymnasiums, yoga and meditation centre, and clubs and community halls. It's not all; there exist lot of amenities even outside the residential premises like reputed fitness clubs, golf club, Noida stadium, high standard schools and colleges, multi-specialty hospitals, large shopping malls and multi-screen cinema halls, international food courts and other famous eating joints, shopping hubs like that of Sector18 market area with a variety of international clothing and jewelry brands.

It is estimated that within 2-4 years, most of the on-going residential projects in noida would reach to their completion and would be ready to move for the buyers for the possession. But by that time, the rates of the residential property in Noida would be at the highest. Therefore, it is advisable that interested citizens or NRIs should immediately take a decision to buy a residential property noida. With the help of a reputed real estate firm, one can easily avail all the information regarding the rates and the infrastructural facilities associated with residential schemes. And start with the booking procedures and apply for loans as well, if required.

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Delhi's Connaught Place 5th most costliest prime office market in world

Delhi's Connaught Place has ranked fifth in the list of most expensive prime office markets in the world, owing to rupee depreciation.

According to a survey by property consultant CBRE, at nearly USD 157 per sqft per annum, Delhi's central business district (CBD) of CP has gained the fifth spot in the list of most expensive prime office markets in the world.

Mumbai's alternative business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), however stood at the 15th position, while Nariman Point was ranked 30th on the top 50 rankings for global prime office properties.

"Although Connaught Place moved up one spot in the rankings, due to the rupee depreciation, occupancy costs in this market remained largely stable due to a positive market sentiment," CBRE South Asia Chairman and Managing Director Anshuman Magazine said.

The office occupancy costs in Bengaluru rose by about 2.2 percent in the Bengaluru CBD, broadly in line with global inflation, he said.

According to the survey, London's West End remained the world's costliest prime office market, while Asia continued to dominate the most expensive office locations, accounting for four of the top five markets.

London West End's overall prime occupancy costs of USD 267 per sqft topped the 'most expensive' list, while Hong Kong's total prime occupancy costs stood at USD 254 per sqft, followed by Beijing's Finance Street at USD 196 per sqft, Beijing CBD (USD 188 per sqft) and New Delhi's CBD of Connaught Place at US 157 per sqft rounded out the top five.

"Occupancy cost trends were mixed, with regional surveys showing stronger hiring intentions among employers in India, Taiwan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Japan while corporate hiring activity remained muted in other locations. India and the Philippines continued to benefit from growing IT back office services looking for operational and costs efficiency," Magazine said.

The study also found that the real estate recovery in Ireland remained on track, with Dublin (26.1 percent) and Belfast (13.3 percent) showing the largest and fourth-largest year-on-year prime occupancy cost increase, respectively, among the 127 cities surveyed.

The change in prime office occupancy costs mirrored the gradual recovery of the global economy, he said.

According to the survey, global prime office occupancy costs rose 2 percent year-over-year, with the Americas up 2.9 percent, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) rising 1.5 percent and Asia Pacific up 1.4 percent.

"Occupier caution has declined and corporate confidence has been on the rise and this confidence is starting to translate into a degree of expansionary momentum," CBRE Global Chief Economist Richard Barkham said.

Ref - http://zeenews.india.com/business/realestate/latest-news/delhis-connaught-place-5th-most-costliest-prime-office-market-in-world_129313.html

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How To Identify and Avoid Technical SEO Optical Illusions

Without a clean and crawlable website structure, you’re dead in the water SEO-wise. For example, if you don’t have a solid SEO foundation, you can end up providing serious obstacles for both users and search engines. And that’s never a good idea. And even if you have clean and crawlable structure, problems with various SEO directives can throw a wrench into the situation. And those problems can lie beneath the surface just waiting to kill your SEO efforts. That’s one of the reasons I’ve always believed that a thorough technical audit is the most powerful deliverables in all of SEO.

The Power of Technical SEO Audits: Crawls + Manual Audits = Win“What lies beneath” can be scary. Really scary… The reality for SEO is that what looks fine on the surface may have serious flaws. And finding those hidden problems and rectifying them as quickly as possible can help turn a site around SEO-wise.

When performing an SEO audit, it’s incredibly important to manually dig through a site to see what’s going on. That’s a given. But it’s also important to crawl the site to pick up potential land mines. In my opinion, the combination of both a manual audit and extensive crawl analysis can help you uncover problems that may be inhibiting the performance of the site SEO-wise. And both might help you surface dangerous optical illusions, which is the core topic of my post today.

Uncovering Optical SEO IllusionsOptical illusions can be fun to check out, but they aren’t so fun when they can negatively impact your business. When your eyes play tricks on you, and your website takes a Google hit due to that illusion, it’s not so fun.

The word “technical” in technical SEO is important to highlight. If your code is even one character off, it could have a big impact on your site SEO-wise. For example, if you implement the meta robots tag on a site with 500,000 pages, then the wrong directives could wreak havoc on your site. Or maybe you are providing urls in multiple languages using hreflang, and those additional urls are adding 30,000 urls to your site. You would definitely want to make sure those hreflang tags are set up correctly.

But what if you thought those directives and tags were set up perfectly when in fact, they aren’t set up correctly. The look right at first glance, but there’s something just not right…

That’s the focus of this post today, and it can happen easier than you think. I’ll walk through several examples of SEO optical illusions, and then explain how to avoid or pick up those illusions.

Abracadabra, let’s begin. :)

Three Examples of Technical SEO Optical IllusionsFirst, take a quick look at this code:

Did you catch the problem? The code uses “alternative” versus “alternate”. And that was on a site with 2.3M pages indexed, many of which had hreflang implemented pointing to various language pages.

Now take a look at this code:

All looks ok, right? At first glance you might miss it, but the code uses “content” versus “href”. If rolled out to a website, it means rel canonical won’t be set up correctly for any pages using the flawed directive. And on sites where rel canonical is extremely important, like sites with urls resolving multiple ways, this can be a huge problem.

Now how about this one?

OK, so you are probably getting better at this already. The correct value should be “noindex” and not “no index”. So if you thought you were keeping those 75,000 pages out of Google’s index, you were wrong. Not a good thing to happen while Pandas and Phantoms roam the web.

I think you get the point.

How To Avoid Falling Victim To Optical Illusions?As mentioned earlier, using an approach that leverages manual audits, site-wide crawls, and then surgical crawls (when needed) can help you nip problems in the bud. And leveraging reporting in Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is obviously a smart way to proceed as well. Below, I’ll cover several things you can do to identify SEO optical illusions while auditing a site.

SEO PluginsFrom a manual audit standpoint, using plugins like Mozbar, SEO Site Tools, and others, can help you quickly identify key elements on the page. For example, you can easily check rel canonical and the meta robots tag via both plugins.

CrawlersFrom a crawl perspective, you can use DeepCrawl for larger crawls and Screaming Frog for small to medium size crawls. I often use both DeepCrawl and Screaming Frog on the same site (using “The Frog” for surgical crawls once I identify issues through manual audits or the site-wide crawl).

Each tool provides data about key technical SEO components like rel canonical, meta robots, rel next/prev, and hreflang. Note, DeepCrawl has built-in support for checking hreflang, while Screaming Frog requires a custom search.

Once the crawl is completed, you can double-check the technical implementation of each directive by comparing what you are seeing during the manual audit to the crawl data you have collected. It’s a great way to ensure each element is ok and won’t cause serious problems SEO-wise. And that’s especially the case on larger-scale websites that may have thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of pages on the site.

Google Search Console ReportsI mentioned earlier that Google Search Console reports can help identify and avoid optical illusions. Below, I’ll touch on several reports that are important from a technical SEO standpoint.

Index StatusUsing index status, you can identify how many pages Google has indexed for the site at hand. And by the way, this can directory-level (which is a smart way to go). Index Status reporting will not identify specific directives or technical problems, but can help you understand if Google is over or under-indexing your site content.

For example, if you have 100,000 pages on your site, but Google has indexed just 35,000, then you probably have an issue…

International TargetingUsing the international targeting reporting, you can troubleshoot hreflang implementations. The reporting will identify hreflang errors on specific pages of your site. Hreflang is a confusing topic for many webmasters and the reporting in GSC can get you moving in the right direction troubleshooting-wise.

Fetch as Google

Using Fetch as Google, you can see exactly what Googlebot is crawling and the response code it is receiving. This includes viewing the meta robots tag, rel canonical tags, rel next/prev, and hreflang tags. You can also use fetch and render to see how Googlebot is rendering the page (and compare that to what users are seeing).

Robots.txt and Blocked ResourcesUsing the new robots.txt Tester in Google Search Console enables you to test the current set of robots.txt directives against your actual urls (to see what’s blocked and what’s allowed). You can also use the Tester as a sandbox to change directives and test urls. It’s a great way to identify current problems with your robots.txt file and see if future changes will cause issues.

Summary – Don’t Let Optical Illusions Trick You, and Google…If there’s one thing you take away from this post, it’s that technical SEO problems can be easy to miss. Your eyes can absolutely play tricks on you when directives are even just a few characters off in your code. And those flawed directives can cause serious problems SEO-wise if not caught and refined.

The good news is that you can start checking your own site today. Using the techniques and reports I listed above, you can dig through your own site to ensure all is coded properly. So keep your eyes peeled, and catch those illusions before they cause any damage. Good luck.

 Ref - http://www.hmtweb.com/marketing-blog/technical-seo-optical-illusions/ 

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Unitech plans to raise Rs 200 crore for ongoing housing projects

Realty firm Unitech plans to raise about Rs 200 crore from private equity players to part finance its ongoing housing projects as real estate market continues to remain sluggish.

Unitech has increased the pace of construction works significantly during last two months to complete ongoing housing projects and improve cash flow, its Mananging Director Sanjay Chandra told PTI.

The company has no plans to launch new housing projects this year and would focus on delivery of existing projects.

Chandra further said that the company has cleared about Rs 1,000 crore liabilities of telecom business and it would not have to service the telecom debt. Unitech had exited from the telecom joint venture with Telenor in October 2012 by selling its entire 32.75% stake to the Norwegian firm.

"In the last two months, we have ramped up construction activities substantially and increased the labour force by four times. This has helped in improving the cash flow cycle," Chandra said.

To further accelerate construction work and delivery, he said the company is looking at raising funds at project level.

"We plan to raise Rs 150-200 crore funding through private equity and structured financing to meet the working capital need of our ongoing projects," Chandra said.

The company is in talks with some PE players and the deal is likely to be finalised in the next three months.

Unitech presently has ongoing projects in Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. It would raise funds in projects where substantial sales bookings have been achieved.

Asked about debt reduction plan, Chandra said: "We have retired all our telecom related liabilities during last fiscal aggregating almost Rs 1,000 crore rupees. Accordingly, our debt servicing requirement has come down to that extent".

He said the net debt, which stood at Rs 6,332 crore, would remain around same level this fiscal and would start coming down from 2016-17 ownwards as the real estate market improves.

On debt worries, Unitech's shares on June 3 fell by 35.27% on the BSE. Intra-day, it had plunged 51.63%.

Chandra said there is a "huge pent-up demand" for housing as people are on wait-and watch mode. He expected the market to pick up after further softening in interest rates.

The company has been facing problems in one of its housing projects in Gurgaon and it recently lost a case at the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).

After being approached by the buyers in the project for delay in possession, the top consumer court ordered the company to pay a delay penalty of minimum 12%.

According to Unitech, the matter relates to 24 people who have paid about Rs 11 crore towards booking of apartments.

During 2014-15 fiscal, Unitech's net loss stood at Rs 128.33 crore against Rs 69.74 crore profit in the previous year. Income from operations increased to Rs 3,431.18 crore in the last fiscal from Rs 2,953.44 crore in 2013-14.

Ref - http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-unitech-plans-to-raise-rs-200-crore-for-ongoing-housing-projects-2094625

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Godrej ICON Sector 88A Gurgaon – Review

In the privacy of your apartment, Godrej Icon provides you a world of high end luxury. Sit back and get pleasure from the show as we put mutually a fine band of facilities and advantages to treat you. In this residential project at Sector 88 A & 89 A Gurgaon, style rules the settle.

In this 2.5 & 3 BHK project, every apartment has been cut to excellence. The facilities have been specially selected to suit high-end way of life. The site looks like the haute couture of constructions. Godrej Icon is designed to spread over wide acres of land, and the complete project will house an iconic tower and non iconic tower with all basic amenities and more, as is customary with Godrej Properties Projects.

These apartments have been planned to present luxurious space that you can mould to your taste. Every apartment, every common space like lobby and gardens has been carefully shaped to join utility and artistic value. The flats are modern in taste, ground-breaking in design and masterfully crafted. Your home would be the talk of the late afternoon as you play host, sure sign that you have arrived in life.

This residential project is located in Sector 88 A & 89 A Gurgaon, a prime location in the map of Gurgaon, with many IT industries and call centers have made this area as their latest base. Being one of the posh residential neighborhoods this location is the nearby Dwarka Expressway & Pataudi Road, has very good connectivity making it an ideal investment proposal.

Godrej Icon would be a perfect option for investments in the most prestigious location and for those desiring to have a home of their own; this would be the exact choice. It is an opportunity in wait for you.

Ref - https://www.realtyfact.com/godrej-icon-sector-88a-gurgaon-review/

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BUYERS AND DEVELOPERS OF NOIDA EXTENSION GET A MUCH NEEDED RELIEF

After years of high pressure and tension amongst the buyers and developers of Noida extension, the Supreme Court has upheld an earlier order by the Allahabad high Court on land acquisition in Greater Noida West region, wherein 10 percent of the developed was to be given to the farmers of the region along with additional compensation. As much as 64 percent of additional compensation will be given to farmers, i.e. from Rs. 850 per sq. yard to Rs. 1,400 per sq. yard along with 10 percent developed land.

With this move, there is no further obstruction left for construction purpose. The region of Greater Noida west was heavily under pressure which shifted its burden greatly on the real estate market. The demand over the years saw a dip in the region due to construction process being halted several occasions along with public unrests. With this decision, there is clarity and now this will help the buyers and builders immensely. Over 1.5 lakh buyers were affected for several years due to this issue being stretched and this resulted in delay in construction which gave way to possession delays. On the other hand, the developers will now have to stick to their timelines as clear directions are being laid. The step taken by the apex Court is pro-public and development centric which will allow a better growth in the region. Realty sector is overjoyed with this move and has welcomed this decision which was not only affecting the present customer base but future demand for the rapid emerging destination like Greater Noida West.

Welcoming the move, Mr. Prithvi Raj Kasana, MD, Morpheus Group said “Somewhere it is important that the apex body takes a firm step to make sure that all barriers and hindrances are removed from the path of development. This decision might sound against the farmers, but somewhere it is a pro development step which had to be taken sooner or later. The compensation amount is good, but now it will be interesting to see whether this hike is passed on or not”.

Mr. Mahipal Singh Raghav, CMD, MMR Group said “For a governing body, it is hard to satisfy everyone’s needs. Farmers are feeling left out and cheated, but this step is a crucial move to make sure development takes place without further halts and the compensation amount is now better than before. Because of this issue, already a lot of infrastructural decisions have delayed and thus, this decision was pretty much anticipated”.

Mr. Rupesh Gupta, Director, JM Housing said “This is great news for the buyers and developers of the region as already a lot of hurdles were faced by both due to delays caused over the years. A new problem might arise after few years as now the land will cost more; the burden of which might be passed on to the customers. But looking at the decreasing demand graph, developers will have to play a wait and watch game before taking any move”.

Mr. Deepak Kapoor, President CREDAI Western U.P. & Director, GulshanHomz said “Looking behind at the delays caused on land issue over the years, this is great news for the buyers as well as for the developers of the region. It’s very crucial to remove all the obstructions to boost the development of the region. Farmers may feel neglected but this step had to be taken either now or later for the economic development”.

Mr. Ashok Gupta, CMD, Ajnara India Ltd. said “Satisfying needs of buyers, developers and farmers is hard on a single go. Still, farmers are offered a good amount of compensation. As this move is for the betterment of our nation, it should be accepted by everyone and all the hurdles should be removed and this can only be done by the mutual understanding between all the parties”.

Mr. Naveen Goel, MD, Radhey Krishna Group said “Supreme Court’s decision on compensation clause is a well thought move which will benefit the development and growth. It might not be acceptable for farmers but logically in future the cost of land will definitely go up for which the burden might be passed on the customers. So,it’s better that land is acquired at present without delaying the process further”.

Mr. VikasBhasin, MD, Saya Homes said “This move is a win-win situation for all; buyers, developers and farmers also. Farmers are getting around 64 percent of compensation along with 10 percent developed land, which is a good move. Now the only question will remain whether the burden in future will be passed on to the customers and this region will become costlier or not”.

Ref - https://www.realtyfact.com/buyers-and-developers-of-noida-extension-get-a-much-needed-relief/

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Oasis Grandstand – Luxury On Yamuna Expressway Noida

Oasis is coming up with the new residential project in Noida named “Oasis Grandstand” at Yamuna Expressway. The project is built according to today’s buyers requirements and needs. This new residential project aims at delivering quality in terms of user friendly approach with a investors. The core strength of the Oasis group’s is to personalize the services which ensure its comfortable hold in the real estate market in coming times.

Oasis Group offers apartments of the forms: 1 BHK, 2 BHK and 3 BHK. Oasis Grandstand Noida is the project basically accommodates your dreams perfectly. Oasis Grandstand Yamuna expressway is dressed up with the wide avenues and the contoured lawns embellished with swaying trees. Making your life satiating, the premium apartments thereby boasts all lifestyle features.

The main attraction of Oasis GrandStand Noida is its location. Bang on the main Yamuna Expressway, it is amidst the fastest emerging expanse of Delhi NCR in close vicinity to the Formula 1 Circuit. With its unparalleled infrastructure, this area is becoming a preferred destination for people working in South Delhi, Noida & Greater Noida. Moreover being part of a modern integrated township, the civil infrastructure will boost of Schools, Hospitals & Shopping Centers in close vicinity. All these make Oasis GrandStand sector 22 yamuna expressway Noida one of the most sought after upcoming residential developments in this region.

Oasis Grandstand Salient Features :

1. same vicinity as to the Formula 1 Circuit

2. On yamuna Taj Expressway

3. Near Gautam Budh university

4. Surronded by Vast Green belt

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Lodha reopens bookings for world’s tallest residential tower In Mumbai

After a gap of three years, Mumbai-based Lodha Group has reopened bookings in its luxury residential project World One — the tower holding the benchmark of being the world’s tallest residential building under construction.

The apartments are being priced at Rs 70,000 per sq ft on carpet area for apartments sized 2,500-3,500 sq ft. This takes the ticket size of the apartments to a whopping Rs18 crore - Rs25 crore.

The project located in central Mumbai, close to the upmarket Worli, was initially launched in late 2010, however, after almost a year of sales, the bookings were stopped in end 2011.

Abhishek Lodha, managing director, Lodha Group, told FE that the company had sold 50% of the project in the first 12 months of the launch and decided to take a break on bookings as it wanted to reach a certain threshold of construction before starting bookings again. The project will be 423 metres, or 1,400 ft, in height — almost 4.5 times the height of the Statue of Liberty in the US.

“The apetite for luxury developments is quite high and we felt this is a good time to re-open bookings on the project,” Lodha said.

The company has seen a total of Rs2,000 crore of sales in World One till date, Lodha said. In the last two weeks, the company has seen Rs500 crore in sales and has sold 30 units. The current round of bookings is for 3- and 4-bedroom apartments and will go on till December 14, 2014.

The project, though back again after a gap, had faced its set of challenges. The height of the project had raised concerns that the tower may hinder the aircraft movement from the Mumbai International Airport as the project is in the centre of the city. In 2011, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) had also conducted a study to understand if there were any risks to the movement of flights in and out of Mumbai.

Lodha on Tuesday said, “All the necessary clearances, including civil aviation permissions, are in place for the entire project. It will be a 117 storeyed project as envisaged.” He added that 74 floors in the project are completed and the construction is currently on for the 75th floor.

Some of the other features of the World One include having India’s fastest elevators travelling at 8 metres per second, first project in South Asia to have Armani/Casa design its interiors and first project in India to be constructed with latest construction technology called Jump form shuttering system.

The entire project called World Towers will have three towers — World One, World Crest and World View.

According to real estate experts, the demand for luxury residences continues in India. Om Ahuja, CEO (residential services), JLL India, “Demand continues to be robust for options in bonafide premium locations of the key Indian cities, but newly tailored luxury addresses are also seeing their share of action as long as the projects on offer meet certain parameters”.

Ref - http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/lodha-reopens-bookings-for-worlds-tallest-residential-tower/17461/ 

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Buying a Residential property in Noida? 5 Tips that can help you

Buying a property can be a daunting task. You can't take the buying process so lightly. But you don't need to bother yourself, we will make it easy for you to get engaged in a city of dreams Noida. It is a millennium city which is rapidly growing with the settlement of many reputed MNCs. With increase in demand for employment, developers are coming up with commercial affordable projects in Noida to make it a largest commercial hub. So, If you are thinking to buy property in Noida, we would like to share something with you.

Here few tips are given, which will make your buying process easier and can help you in a better way:

Plot vs. Apartments

If anyone wants to own independent land to make your home according to their requirements, then he will go for plot and can build a house as per the choice. Whereas, on the other hand apartments are semi finished, you can't modify or make changes in the shape and exterior according to you but you will get proper security in it. So, decide it according to your wants.

Choosing a builder

Secondly, you need to choose a right builder. Are the previous buyers satisfied with it or not? Whether he has done on-time delivery? Any financial crisis is going on or not? All these questions must be coming in your mind so just get to know about the reputation of the builder and choose it accordingly which can satisfy you.

Property specification

You must consider the property specifications before buying any property, what a builder is providing you. As nowadays, builders are coming with numerous residential affordable projects in Noida but they can't provide you the ultra luxury world class facilities in it. So, if you are looking for any property just keep your preferences according to your budget. Property with more better specifications will be having a high price tag.

Connectivity

The most important thing that matters a lot is the connectivity of any particular area from different parts of the city. Without connectivity nothing can be possible. 

Location

The property which you are buying must be located in a close vicinity to schools, hospitals and all the basic necessities. It should be in close proximity to Major links of the city and the proper habitation should be there. 

These are the basic things you need to focus on so that you can easily fulfill your dream. These are the basic parameters which will help you up to the mark in your buying process. For more detailed information, you can also visit our website. Our expertise will solve all your queries with relevancy.

Ref - http://www.assuredreturnproperties.com/affordable-property-in-noida/buying-a-residential-property-in-noida-5-tips-that-can-help-you/

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Real Estate Investment India

Real Estate Investment in India is one of most successful investment phenomenon in the last few decades. Real Estate industry in India has reached a culmination point ever since, the gates were opened to the foreign investors. This is the reason why many foreign investors are investing huge amounts of money in this sector. 

The real estate developments in the country consist of the following:-

1. Constructing houses
2. Townships
3. Residential complexes
4. Office buildings
5. Shopping malls
6. IT parks

FDI in Real Estate Sector in India

FDI, popularly known as Foreign Direct Investment is encouraged in the country. It helps to boost the national economy. FDI is encouraged in the following sectors in India:-

1. Development of Hotels
2. Travel and Tourism Industry
3. Hospitality
4. Development of Township
5. Development of Commercial Real Estate
6. Infrastructure development
7. Construction of Resorts
8. Constructing Educational institutions and recreational sites
9. SEZ (or Special Economic Zones)

Real Estate Laws in India

1. India Transfer of Property Act
2. Indian Registration Act, 1908
3. Indian Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976
4. Stamp Duty
5. Property Tax

With a healthy growth rate of 30%, the commercial market in India portrays a truly ascending curve. More than 10% of India GDP and close to 8% of employment, retailing has enabled India to reach a comfortable position among the other progressive nations of the world. In fact, the retail industry in India is booming with a bang and has emerged to be a very promising sector in recent future.

One of the other advantages of the Real Estate industry in India is that nowadays, the real estate dealers are looking forward to influence the SEZs as well. As a matter of fact, since the year 2005, FDI in real estate sector in India has earned a promising amount of US$ 8 billion approximately.

Real Estate Investment in India is not only a bright prospect, but also, from a magnified dimension, it is a potential opportunity to optimize the benefits of the economic growth in India.

Ref- http://business.mapsofindia.com/investment-industry/real-estate-investment.html

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Five Super Smart Tips to Save More and Invest Better

There’s so much you want to accomplish in your lifetime. Undeniably most of your dreams cost money. The key to fulfilling them is to learn to manage money.

Once you learn the basics of saving, budgeting and investing money, you will undoubtedly achieve your goals.

In today’s economy with skyrocketing energy and food costs, and rising unemployment rates, managing money can be an arduous task, but surely not an impossible one.

How do you go about it?

Here are the top six tips to save more money and invest better.

1. Making a Budget is Priority

• Regular and one time spends
• Each and every expense, even discretionary ones

If your budget includes both these elements, you will probably never be out of money. You can control your finances just by budgeting. This way you can prioritize your spending and allocate your money to things that are of utmost importance to you.

Farnoosh Torabi, financial author and expert, stresses on the importance of paying attention to the little things that add up to a big amount.

Of course you want it all, but prioritize what you need first and what can wait for later, and spend accordingly.

2. Maintain an Expense Record

You need to look more closely at where your money is going and where exactly you can cut corners.

Sandwiches, magazines or those coffees at Starbucks – everything counts. Regardless of how small the amount you spend, it all adds up to a bigger number. Hence, you need to keep a track of it.

The best way out is to maintain an expense record. Try making a note of what you spend for at least a month, including every purchase. If you can do it for longer, you’ll get a clearer picture of exactly what you spend your money on and how you can cut costs there.

In addition to this, you can divide your expenses into two: regular and irregular. This will help you have greater control over your monthly expenditures.

3. Clearing off the Debt

If you’re in debt or are struggling financially, one of the easiest ways to cope with it is to crawl into your shell and ignore your bank statements and payment demands. But this, by no means, is going to make things easier.

Instead, face the problem. Know what you need to deal with. Once you are clear on this, you will be fully aware of the next step.

Dave Ramsey, an American financial author, advocates getting out of debt with the debt snowball plan. By this he means, it’s wise to keep your debt as low as you can without crippling your business. And keep your personal debt nonexistent, if possible. These are some of the top tips that he offers:

• Stop adding on to your debt
• Set up automatic bill payments
• Organize your debts
• Pay attention to one debt at a time

Rachel Cruze, Dave Ramsey’s daughter states that by setting up an emergency fund, you will be able to stay focused on paying off debt when emergencies pop up.

4. Insurance is the First Step

One of the basic steps for your and your family’s future is insurance.

There are various types of insurance, but the focus needs to be on the most important ones such as health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, auto insurance, and homeowners insurance.

5. Establish Saving Goals and Save Regularly No Matter What

Look at yourself in the mirror and say this – by the end of this month, you will be able to buy your dream car from your savings, one that you have been desperately waiting for all this while.

How does that make you feel?

Excited, of course!

This, however, will not become a reality until you wise up and start saving money to achieve your desired goal.

The point to bear in mind while saving money is to focus on what you will be able to do once you have successfully built a considerable corpus, rather than only thinking about setting money aside.

Award-winning journalist and savings expert Cameron Huddleston emphasizes on the importance of setting goals when saving money.

So, you want to save money on a regular basis but don’t know how?

Enter savings account.

Set up a standing instruction, so that every month the money gets transferred to your savings account directly without you worrying about it. And don’t wait till the end of month for this.

There are three benefits of doing so:

• The money gets transferred into your savings account as soon as you’re paid your salary.
• The amount you save increases if you get a pay raise.
• You get a competitive rate of return on your savings.

6. Evaluating Your Risk Tolerance

Risks play an important role in making all investment decisions.

The golden rule is, the higher the returns from a particular investment, the greater will be the risk involved.

Some of the most important factors that can help you determine your risk tolerance are:

• Income
• Expenses
• Financial goals
• Liquid Cash
• Insurance Cover

If you want to make wise investment decisions, you need to evaluate your risk tolerance before venturing into anything.

Conclusion

One of the hardest things about managing and saving money is the very first step – getting started. It can be extremely difficult to use your savings prudently in order to pursue your financial goals. The above tips will help you develop a realistic saving and investment plan. Moreover, it will help you understand money related matters in a much better way. Follow them and nothing can stop you from achieving financial success.

Ref - http://www.businessblogshub.com/2015/05/five-super-smart-tips-to-save-more-and-invest-better/

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How Social Media Marketing Can Benefit Your Business

If you’re a small business owner or even if you’re just considering starting a small business, you might be wondering if establishing a business presence on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn will really be worth it. Sure, social media platforms give customers another option for engaging with your business. But can your presence on these platforms really translate to increased sales?

In order to determine the exact ROI of your social media presence, you’re going to need to do some experimentation and a little math. But even if your social media presence doesn’t enhance your bottom line as much as you might have hoped, a social media presence can have less tangible benefits for your business. It’s one of the best ways to increase brand awareness, legitimize your brand, distribute great content, and improve customer service.

Make More Customers Aware of Your Brand

It doesn’t matter how great your products are if no one knows you’re selling them. The only way to get bodies through the door is to make your customers aware of your business and why they need what you’re selling.

Research shows that social media platforms are one of the most effective ways to reach customers today. Seventy-right percent of small businesses successfully use social media profiles to draw in new customers. Seventy-five percent of American consumers say they base shopping decisions on information found through social media, and 26 percent of Millennials say that they’re most likely to learn of new products, services, and providers through social media.

Give Your Business an Air of Legitimacy

A website alone is no longer enough to give your business the air of legitimacy it needs if it hopes to survive in today’s marketplace. That’s because websites don’t change much from one day to the next. Sure, there might be a new blog post every week or so, but for the most part, your website’s going to always display the same information.

Some crucial info it probably doesn’t display is whether or not your business is still active, whether there’s a special promotion going on, or whether you’re experiencing an exceptional closure.

Sixty-three percent of customers depend on a business’s social media page to find up-to-date information about that business. You can, and should, use a Facebook or Twitter platform to publish pertinent information and make daily posts that engage customers.Offer your customers something of value – share great content relevant to your business. Social media is great for content marketing, and there are plenty of online communications programs that can teach you more about building a strong online presence across multiple platforms.

Just make sure to keep your profiles active; an old profile that hasn’t been updated in weeks or months will put a customer off just as quickly an active, vibrant one can draw that same customer in.

Enhance the Customer Service Experience

Many customers these days don’t use the phone, or even email, to resolve customer service complaints. Instead, they make their complaints via social media message. Often, these complaints are visible to the wider online public. They constitute an opportunity for your business to establish greater brand loyalty not only with that customer, but with everyone in his or her network and the rest of the online audience who may be viewing the exchange.

Handle complaints promptly, courteously, and professionally, and you’ll improve your relationships with untold numbers of consumers.

Know Your Social Media ROI

While your business may amass thousands of followers on social media, you’ll need to do a little math to figure out how much cash each one is worth to your business. Start by offering the same promotion to followers on each one of your social media accounts. Then see which platform generates the most sales to learn which holds the most value.

To calculate the average value of followers on a specific platform, first determine how many of your followers on that platform have purchased your products within the past year. Find out how much the average customer spends per year, and calculate your profit on those sales. Then subtract the amount you spend on advertising or on social media management fees. That will tell you exactly how much your social media followers are worth in cold, hard cash.

Social media marketing can do a lot for your business. It can bring in new customers, help you build stronger relationships with existing customers, and become a trusted leader in your industry. Make the most of what social media has to offer, and soon you’ll find your business growing by leaps and bounds.

Ref - http://www.businessblogshub.com/2015/06/how-social-media-marketing-can-benefit-your-business/

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