HDFC Bank, in a strategic move to streamline its portfolio, plans to sell key commercial and residential properties acquired from its 2023 merger with HDFC. Expected to generate around ₹3,000 crore, this divestment signals a shift towards core banking operations and digital growth.

High land prices and lengthy clearance delays are limiting Indian real estate project debuts. Land acquisition, regulatory difficulties, and legal issues are causing a supply-demand mismatch in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi-NCR.

First Bank Leases Goregaon Premium Office Space Mumbai: IDFC First Bank has leased an office space at Göegaon's Oberoi Commerz III tower spread across 4 floors. Under the five-year leasing arrangement, the bank would pay ₹170 crore in rent.

Bank lending to commercial real estate, including residential projects, rose 23% last fiscal year excluding the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger. Loans totaled Rs 3.97 lakh crore. Including the merger, growth rose to 38.9%, with Rs 4.48 lakh crore in loans as of March 31.

The Indian real estate business is poised for a major change: industry recognition. This decision will boost growth and the sector's economic contribution.

Given the large number of stalled housing projects, the SWAMIH fund, which finances their completion, has demonstrated potential but has scalability issues. Despite completing over 26,000 residences and recovering a major share of investor funds, it needs to expand its reach and efficiency.

Bank of America (BofA) has acquired 1.1 million square feet of Chennai office space in a major move. This sale is BofA's biggest office space transaction of 2023 and one of its largest captive centres outside the US. The DLF Downtown, Taramani site is for the bank's Indian back office.

The state-owned Indian Bank sold ₹610 crore in bad loans to simplify its financial portfolio. The bank plans to straighten up its accounts by the end of the year. Real estate and international trade debts are sold.

Mumbai's office property market has set a new Indian lease rental record. The Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank extended its India headquarters lease at Maker Maxity in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) for an astounding Rs 604 per sq ft per month.

The Reserve Bank of India's fifth straight repo rate hold at 6.5% is likely to boost the Indian property industry, especially Mumbai house sales.

The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee recently announced its decision to maintain the repo rate at 6.5%. This decision has garnered various reactions from the Indian real estate sector

2023 April second week's unexpected pause in interest rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and record fourth-quarter pre-sales readings by real estate developers have reignited investor appetite for property stocks.

South Indian Bank sold real estate developer Paras Buildtech a two-acre land in Noida's sector 129 for 791 crore, according to a top official of the business.

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan, the three bulge-bracket banking groups of the US, are likely to get active in Indian real estate after a long gap, according to executives with property funds and consultancies.