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Friday, August 22, 2025
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Topic: real estate

Real estate developers at risk as credit market dries up

India's year-old credit woes that began with IL&FS Group continue as mortgage lenders struggle to roll over debt amid downgrades in credit ratings.

Good NBFCs’ owners should send a signal to the debt market, put skin in the game

If promoters bring in additional equity into their NBFCs, this will send a powerful signal of their trust in their own businesses.

Fraud, diversion of funds: Real estate giant Ansal API under the scanner in UP

UP real estate regulator says firm diverted over Rs 600 crore out of a total investment of Rs 2,400 crore.

India’s top 7 cities have become graveyards of lakhs of houses worth Rs 4.5 lakh cr

Anxiety stalks buyers as several projects undertaken by real estate giants such as Amrapali Group & Jaypee remain incomplete a decade past their deadline.

Real estate debt could be India’s next big problem

Indian shadow banks, which lent heavily to the property industry in recent years, now face rising risks as developers struggle to repay dues.

Homeowners are turning developers to complete unfinished apartments

People who spent years saving up for apartments in cities such as Mumbai are dedicating untold hours to complete projects that have gone bust.

Now NBFCs are dreading bankruptcies in the real estate sector

Blinded by falling funding costs, NBFCs raised their exposure to property firms by 46% over 3 years even as banks have been extremely cautious.

A London home is not just for India’s super elite anymore

UK realtor Barratt London is offering Indians semi-luxury apartments, which are more ordinary with basic facilities and perks.

Godrej is now selling ‘clean air’ with its Gurugram flats

Godrej claims its apartments have 10 times purer air than outside, but they also cost a few lakhs more than standard apartments in the same Gurugram sector.

BJP’s Mangal Prabhat Lodha: India’s richest property tycoon with $3.8 billion in wealth

Lodha, who started the real estate business three decades ago in Mumbai, is constructing the 75-story Trump Tower in India’s commercial capital.

On Camera

Palayan politics is playing out in Bihar. It’s redundant, ignores key economic truth

The idea of a self-contained labour force, be it intellectual or physical, seems redundant. Bihari migrants are an indispensable part of the domestic workforce.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?