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Real estate companies to go bankrupt?

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The sale of housing units and condominiums in apartment complexes and mixed development projects has fallen by 91% in the first quarter of this year compared to last year, a report by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) revealed.

This is a 40% drop compared to the last quarter of 2022.

According to the reports, 50% of the condominium trades that took place in the first quarter of this year were houses and businesses worth between Rs.25 million and 50 million, while only 7% of houses and properties were purchased with a price of more than Rs.75 million.

It stood at 16% in the last quarter of 2022.

The decline in the purchase of apartments and business premises is mainly due to the increase in property prices. The prices in the Colombo District have increased by 24% compared to last year and by 10% compared to the last quarter.

Almost 50% of the properties purchased are for immediate occupation and about 28% are for future occupation.

According to the CBSL report, the purchase of these properties as investments has decreased by about 8% compared to last year.

Meanwhile, sources said that this situation will worsen due to Sri Lankans leaving the country in large numbers and due to excessive bank loan interest rates.

They also warned that real estate companies may go bankrupt since many companies have taken bank loans that they cannot afford to pay back.

They pointed out that Blue Mountain Company, which was one of the leading real estate companies in Sri Lanka, is an example of bankruptcy due to excessive borrowing.

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BOC to provide Rs. 10 Bn for grooming young entrepreneurs

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Deputy General Manager of Development Banking and Branch Credit Operations of Bank of Ceylon (BOC) R.M.N. Jeewantha said that the Bank Has introduced a special programme to create new entrepreneurs for the country from young people with a business idea.

He stated that the basic requirement for becoming an entrepreneur is to have an entrepreneurial idea, and that the bank provides all other advisory services including financial and non-financial facilities required to become a successful entrepreneur.

He stated this at the Bank of Ceylon headquarters while participating in a special discussion with the Daily News newspaper on Friday (20).

“We provide all the resources, facilities and advice required for the young people who come in this way to practically implement their business ideas. Last year, this programme created 15,000 new young entrepreneurs for the country. This year, our aim is to bequeath another group of young people to the country. The bank is ready to provide Rs 10 billion rupees as the initial capital required for this group,” he said.

The bank provides an initial capital of Rs. 500,000 for the new start-up at the initial stage without any securities as no collateral is needed. He said that even for a person already engaged in a business, the bank will provide the necessary support free of charge to develop that business, sell products, introduce new products, and enter the export market. Accordingly, any person under the age of thirty can come to the bank’s SME Circle and receive the necessary advice and financial facilities to develop as an entrepreneur.

“Anyone under the age of thirty who has a business idea should come to the bank. The bank is ready to provide Rs. 500,000 as initial capital for such start-ups at a low interest rate of seven percent. They also do not need collateral,” he added.

(dailynews.lk)
(This story, originally published by dailynews.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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Standard egg prices to be announced daily via SMS

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Chairman of the All-Ceylon Egg Producers’ Association, R.M. Sarath Rathnayake has said new measures to announce daily standardized egg prices will be introduced from next Monday (June 23) to ensure fair pricing for consumers.

The prices covering wholesale, retail, and intermediary rates will be communicated daily at 5.00am via SMS to small, medium, and large-scale egg producers, as well as bakery owners, food manufacturers, and hotels through the number 070-7030700.

He warned of recent practices where eggs were bought at Rs.15-18 and stockpiled, stating such actions will no longer be tolerated.

He also criticized groups posing as “egg associations” without actual farming experience.

The cost of producing an egg is around Rs.28 for large farms, Rs.29-30 for medium range farms, and Rs.32 for small-scale producers, he further said.

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16 bn. Apple, Facebook, Google passwords exposed

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A staggering 16 billion passwords to Apple, Facebook, Google, and various US government services have been leaked online, triggering global security alerts in what experts are calling the most significant data breach in history.

The mammoth security breach has forced Google to urge billions of users to change their passwords immediately.

At the same time, the FBI has issued warnings to Americans about opening suspicious links in SMS messages.

Cybersecurity experts at Cybernews, who investigated the breach, discovered a whopping 30 exposed datasets containing between tens of millions and over 3.5 billion records each.

Perhaps most alarmingly, researchers confirmed that nearly all these exposed datasets contain previously unreported information, making this an entirely fresh security crisis.

“This is not just a leak – it’s a blueprint for mass exploitation,” the researchers said via Forbes this week.

(news.com.au)

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