Volume : 2, Issue : 5, MAY 2016

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT) – A BOON TO INDIAN INVESTORS

Dr. T. Vetrivel, V. S. Binu

Abstract

Today people invest their savings, in many avenues to hedge against inflation and by doing so, the time value of their money is managed. Real Estate Investment Trust provide the investors the way to earn a part of income produced through real estate and real assets and also a part of ownership of the same, without buying a commercial real estate as a whole. This article explain the concept of real estate investment trusts, its types, benefits, Indian scenario and code of conduct by Securities and Exchange Board of India.

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