Prestige Estates continues to rise for a second day after the company's arm, Exora Business Park begins exploratory talks to divest significant minority stake to GIC. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates spoke about the latest happenings in his company and sector.
on't expect margins to be eroded due to affordable housing business, said Irfan Razack, CMD, Prestige Estates.
Prestige Estates Projects is in focus after the company acquired about 67 percent stake in Prestige Projects for Rs 324 crore. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates spoke at length about the same and about relaxed investment norms for REITs.
Prestige Estates Projects posted a good set of earnings in Q1 as revenues see a healthy jump. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.
As the economy gears up for the goods and services tax (GST), the real estate sector is the one in focus today. The sector will attract a tax rate of 12 percent but there will also be availability of input tax credit on construction materials.
The company is dealing in different asset classes and each of these asset classes business has grown to a large extent. "So we felt to segregate each of these businesses, office, retail, hospitality and residential, into separate segments", Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates told CNBC-TV18.
Be selective in the real estate space, focus on players that have operational assets, says Adhidev Chattopadhyay, Real Estate Analyst, Emkay Global Financial Services.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates said that the company will not be able to meet its FY17 new sales guidance and will have to scale it down.
No new launches are expected in the current quarter, says Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates Projects in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
Time is in fact right to buy property because the fall in property prices is unlikely, says Irfan Razack, Chairman and Managing Director, Prestige Estates.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates said that the revenues fell due to less recognition in this quarter but he is confident to meet the sales guidance of Rs 3,250 crore in FY17.
Mid-income housing is expected to grow strongly in FY17, says Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates.
Strong sales from the new launches had been factored into our FY16 revenue guidance of Rs 3500 crore given out in February, but it is likely to exceed that, says Irfan Razack, chairman and managing director of Prestige Estates.
Adhidev Chattopadhyay, Real Estate Analyst at Elara Capital likes Oberoi Realty, Godrej Projects from Mumbai and Sobha Developers, Prestige and Brigade Enterprises from Bangaluru.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD, Prestige Estates Projects, spoke about the company's third quarter earnings and the fact that the company will all but miss its fiscal year 2016 launches and leasing guidance.
Irfan Razack, Chairman & Managing Director, Prestige Estates says construction of malls and commercial property will add to the company's rental portfolio, which may go upto Rs 800-850 crore.
Irfan Razack, Chairman and Managing Director, Prestige Estates, says a total of five new projects in Bangalore and Mangalore are ready for launch.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates says Prestige launched its project Prestige Song of the South this quarter. This project of over 2,000 homes will help maintain the company‘s numbers.
Bengaluru real estate market has seen a subdued demand in residential market but Irfan Razack, CMD of Bengaluru based Prestige Estates says that's because of a lengthy approval process for new projects.
The company would continue to grow on all parameters in FY16 with project pipeline of over 10 million square feet mainly in Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi, said Venkat Narayana, CFO, Prestige Estates.
Going forward the company is confident of attaining 15-20 percent growth and expect revenues from Kochi and Chennai to improve significantly in FY16, said Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates.
Irfan Razack, chairman and managing director Prestige Estates says the company has a strong launch pipeline for Q4.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD of Prestige Estates, discusses the company‘s earnings and its plans ahead.
Rajeev Talwar, ED, DLF says the finance minister seems to be responding to the realty sectors woes and that this move will give big boost to affordable housing.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Irfan Razack, CMD, Prestige Estates, said the average realization stands at Rs 5,800 per sq ft against Rs 6,200 /sq ft on a quarter-on-quarter basis.