How the Housing Slowdown Impacts the Fed’s Inflation and Economic Targets

US home sales are extending declines as Federal Reserve tightening boosts mortgage rates. That has helped tame inflation, which is now retreating from four-decade highs. But a housing market slowdown also increases the risk of a recession. Housing could be about to become a key policy puzzle for the Federal Reserve. Market activity has fallen … Read more

Some notable highlights by Shriram Housing Finance’s MD

Shriram Housing finance (SHF) is a 85% subsidiary of Shriram City Union Finance (SCUF). SHF’s MD & CEO, Ravi Subramanian has informed the following – They are looking to grow both organically and inorganically Organically, the Company clocked a 54% year-on-year loan asset growth to Rs 6,546 crore at the end of September 2022 and … Read more

REITs raise $750M capital in October, down 99.99% Y/Y

REITs raised merely $750M of capital in October, a decrease of 99.99% from $6.84B in the year-ago period, according to a report by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Only 1 capital offering instrument, of secondary debt, was offered during the month, compared to 16 instruments a year ago. Realty Income (O) priced … Read more

Mahindra and Actis partner to develop industrial and warehousing facilities

Mahindra Lifespaces (ML), a 51.33% subsidiary of M&M is partnering with Actis to own and operate industrial and warehousing real estate facilities in India. Partners will jointly invest in Asset Owning SPVs (SPVs) as well as Operating Company which will provide service to those Asset Owning SPVs. In both kinds of entities, ML plans to … Read more

Debenture holders’ plea to NCLT against Peninsula not admitted

As per the newspaper reports, debenture holders have approached NCLT invoking insolvency proceeding against Peninsula Land (PL). Plea is due to default by one of the SPVs of PL on it’s payment obligations towards the debenture holders in July 2021. Debenture holders had invoked corporate guarantees worth Rs 117 crore provided by PL. As per … Read more