Ironical, as it may sound, but, the much maligned and criticised Delhi master plan MPD 2021 is getting global recognition; and all for the right reasons. I am given to understand that there was this competition on urban planning in Madrid, Spain, where our very own DDA also had submitted the plans of the proposed [...]
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REALTY STOCKS SCAM – WHO IS GUILTY THE DUPED OR THE GULLIBLE ?
Posted in August 20th, 2008
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SMALL INVESTORS BEING DUPED BY THE BIG PROMISES AND NUMBERS SHOWN TO THEM? Recently, some of the Indian real estate developer companies lost more than 80% of their valuations. In some instances, their share prices fell below the offer price. Hi. Let me share the due credits before you read [...]
LEVERAGE COLLECTIVE BUYING ABILITY
Posted in August 20th, 2008
DO HOME-BUYERS ACTUALLY LEVERAGE THIER COLLECTIVE BUYING ABILITY? Let me make this outrageous statement at the beginning of this post – “Most…… (Please note that I am not generalizing) Most consumers or retail investors in the residential realty segment don’t have an idea on what they look for, what they are bargaining for and [...]
THE QUINTESSENTIAL “INDIAN SME PIGEON”
Posted in August 18th, 2008
““thoda adjust karo” “Thoda adjust karo” accommodate… accommodate… finally, @ least we don’t have to accommodate and adjust our underwear””…. Thus goes an ad on the Indian TV…. it might be successful in selling the underwear, but won’t possibly resurrect the great Indian spirit of entrepreneurship, exemplified very well in the markets, globally, but so [...]
Interview with Khaleej Times
Posted in August 12th, 2008
These are the excerpts from an interview given to a correspondent from a middle eastern leading newspaper sometimes in 2007. When I stumbled upon some of our utterings earlier, It was easy to pat ourselves on our back to think through how & why we were proven right about our projections about the Indian real [...]