DLF Ltd.: India's Leading Real Estate Company in Trouble

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Case Code : BSTR382
Case Length : 27 Pages
Period : 2005-2010
Pub Date : 2010
Teaching Note : Not Available
Organization : DLF Limited
Industry : Real Estate
Countries : India

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Overview of Indian Real Estate Sector

The Indian Real Estate Sector witnessed a massive transformation in the period 2003 to 2008, with a cumulative average growth rate (CAGR) of around 30%. The growth rate was more than 38% in 2007 alone...

About DLF

DLF, Indian's largest real estate company in terms of earnings, revenues, market capitalization, and total developed area, was headed by KP Singh as Chairman, as on March 31, 2010. The company had a presence in more than thirty cities across India including Super Metro, Metro, Tier-1, and Tier-2 cities (Refer to Exhibit II for footprints of DLF)...

Growth in Real Estate Canvas of DLF

DLF witnessed significant growth as a private company, utilizing internal and external funding. It went public in June 2007. The company's growth was supported by the growing Indian economy and DLF's access to strategic land holdings, particularly around the Indian Nation Capital Region (NCR), Delhi...

Changed Economic Scenario

India witnessed an increasing demand for both the residential and commercial real estate properties till late 2008. However, the global financial crisis, an outcome of the sub-prime crisis in the US , and the subsequent collapse of many big corporations, worsened the economic environment across the globe and in India as well...

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