In an interview to CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, VC & MD of Sobha spoke about the latest happenings in his company and sector.
JC Sharma, vice-chairman and managing director of Sobha Ltd, has been witness to the emergence of Bengaluru as the country‘s top realty destination. It is not just the business potential of the city that R
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, VC and MD of Sobha said that the company saw an impact on operational performance due to demonetisation.
JC Sharma, Vice Chairman & MD, Sobha said the number of enquiries and site visits have remained stable even post demonetisation but people have deferred their bookings and decisions because of uncertainty.
Acknowledging that the adoption of IND-AS norms impacted margins, JC Sharma, Vice-chairman and Managing Director of Sobha Limited told CNBC-TV18 that the company is confident of achieving its FY17 guidance of 3.5 msf.
With declining interest rates, overall volumes in the realty sector will increase, making the second half of the year better for the sector, says JC Sharma, VC and MD of Sobha Developers Limited.
"The company has on March 21, 2016 allotted secured redeemable non-convertible debentures aggregating to Rs 45 crore on private placement basis," Sobha said in a filing to the BSE.
The company logged sales worth Rs 533.2 crore, a 9.7 percent fall from Rs 590.5 crore sales a year ago.
The demand for residential segment was muted in all markets except Bangalore. However, operational data in Q4 improved year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.
According to a central government study, Indian cities faced a shortage of about 1.8 crore houses in 2012. KPMG says that number could go up to 4.4 to 4.8 crore homes by 2022. It estimates a massive investment of USD 2 trillion would be required to build these houses over the next seven years.
JC Sharma, vice-chairman and managing director of Sobha Developers, believes the next quarter will be better than the last one.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose 8.8 percent to Rs 149 crore but operating profit margin fell 460 basis points to 27.4 percent on higher expenses year-on-year.
The company had posted Rs 50.1 crore profit in the year-ago period. Total Income has increased by 31 percent at Rs 544.5 crore for second quarter of this fiscal from Rs 416.2 crore in corresponding period of last fiscal, Bangalore-based company said in a filing to the BSE.
Sobha Developers plans to enter markets like Kochin, Bangalore, Trichur, Chennai in the coming 2-3 months, JC Sharma.
Indian multinational real estate company, Shobha Developers has been showing a positive sales momentum. JC Sharma, Vice Chairman & MD, Sobha Developers believes that this will continue. Infact he hopes that the real estate market will grow in double digits in FY14.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, Vice Chairman & MD of Sobha Developers informed that the NRI interest in the Indian real estate has been growing significantly.
JC Sharma, Vice Chairman & MD of Sobha Developers said the RBI is signaling a cautious stance on a turbulent global environment. He feels interest rates have to come down for liquidity improvement and developers were waiting for it to happen.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, Vice-Chairman & MD, Sobha Developers said that this year the company has been able to maintain momentum of 8-10% prices increase in Bangalore
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, VC of Sobha Developers said the company is hopeful about sustaining the current margins and maintains its sales guidance of Rs 2,000 crore for FY13.
Pre-slowdown IT companies were the biggest consumers of office space. But with the tech sector now shaken by global jitters - the impact is also weighing down on the commercial real estate sector. Office transactions have plummeted more than 21% in 2012 so far, reports CNBC-TV18's Priyanka Ghosh.
Sobha Developers has revealed its sales figures for Q1 and the company has posted a very good performance with a 26% increase in land sales year-on-year (YoY), with the figure standing at 840,000 sq ft. The value of revenues made in Q1 is up 58% YoY at Rs 480 crore.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, managing director, Sobha Developers said, "We remain confident and as we have communicated that this Rs 1,500 crore guidance should be achieved comfortably in this financial year. Going forward, we hope to do better."
In an exclusive interview with CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, the managing director of Sobha Developers talks about his company's first quarter performance. He also elaborates on their future plans.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, JC Sharma, MD, Sobha Developers said real estate industry is interest sensitive. He believes that this continuous hike by RBI is impacting the growth of the industry. He maintains company’s guidance to launch 11 million square feet in FY12.
Real estate firm Sobha Developers is planning to develop about 11 million square feet across both residential and commercial properties in the next two-three quarters, a top official said on Monday.