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Government idea of LTCG Tax simplification is too complicated for Indians

Very few budget announcements in recent past have raised as many queries as the LTCG (Long Term Capital Gains) Tax. After all, it concerns all of us, the common citizens of India, whether they are lower class or middle class. For the rich, it has always been a case of more tax reliefs than burden. Track2Realty is regularly getting queries with the underlying worry as to whether the LTCG Amendment makes the tax computation simpler or more complicated.

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Finance Real Estate Stocks, Real Estate IPOs, Real Estate Funding, Real Estate Investments, India Real Estate News, Real Estate News India, Indian Realty News, Indian Property Market News, Best Property Portal, Best Real Estate News Website, Real Estate Journalists
2024 witnesses record-breaking real estate IPOs; capital raised to the tune of INR 135 Bn

India continues to exhibit strong economic growth prospects and business optimism is reflected in the increasing number of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in recent years. The traction in the number and volume of public issues lends credibility to an environment of higher corporate earnings, rising participation by retail and institutional investors, and availability of adequate liquidity in the market. With 123 fresh issues (As of 20th October 2024) across multiple sectors, 2024 has already surpassed the total number of IPOs witnessed in 2023.

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Finance Property Price Rally, Property Price Rally in India, Property Prices in India, Costliest Property Market, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Real Estate News India, Indian Property Market News, Best Property Portal, Best Real Estate News Website, Real Estate Journalists
Delhi-NCR leads the property price rally with 57% YoY growth: PropTiger.com Report

The western cities of Ahmedabad and Mumbai, along with the southern tech hub of Bengaluru, all experienced healthy price appreciation in the 15-21% range whereas Chennai in south and Kolkata in east saw robust growth of 22% compared to the previous year, indicating strong economic activity and housing demand in these metros. This trend points to sustained demand in these economically vital centers. Pune, often seen as a more affordable alternative to Mumbai, also saw an 18% increase, suggesting it’s maintaining its appeal for homebuyers while still seeing significant price growth.

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Finance Realty Stocks, Real Estate Stocks, Real Estate Shares, Nifty Realty, Sensex Realty, Nifty Realty Index
Intrinsic value of a real estate stock subject to interpretation

There is no denying that the real estate stocks have always been high in demand for investors. After all, in a housing deficient country like India it has to constantly grow. Isn’t it? However, what is often intriguing is that some of the real estate stocks have much higher price point, compared to the industry peers with similar fundamentals, including the EPS and PE ratio. This raises a fundamental question as to what determines the price of the real estate stocks.

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Finance Union. Budget, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitaraman, Realty & Budget, Budget Wish List, Budget Expectations
Realty stakeholders hail Union Budget despite unmet expectations

The Union Budget 2023-24 has by and large ignored the long standing and some immediate concerns (even needs than wants) of the Indian real estate sector. The Finance Minister has not only ignored the supply side of the business, but also didn’t bother to address the demand side, that is the home buyers. Ironically, the leading voices of the sector are still happy with some of the intangible gains even though tangible benefits are non-existent. 

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Finance Union Budget 2023-24, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, Budget & Real Estate, Budget for Home Buyers, Budget Wish List
Union Budget 2023-24 disappoints real estate

The Union Budget 2023-24 has offered more intangible benefits than tangible gains for the real estate sector. It is hence no surprise that while the average home buyers got busy in their tax calculations immediately after the Finance Minister’s budget speech, the industry stakeholders have by and large given a thumbs up to the budget. A Track2Realty report.

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Finance Union Budget 2022-23, Union Budget, Budget Wish List, Real Estate Budget Wish List, Budget & Real Estate, Aditya Kushwaha, Axis Ecorp, Pradeep Agrawal, Signature Global, Amit Goenka, Nisus Finance
Sector parroting old demands; Union Budget expected to make political statement

The Union Budget this time would be the last full budget ahead of the General Elections due next year. The real estate sector is yet again parroting the old demands, with the only difference being that the concerns of the home buyers too finds a place in their wish list. The developers have come to realise that the home buyers can no longer be ignored as they are the most necessary in the real estate business cycle.

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Finance GST Tax, GST Real Estate, India Real Estate News, Indian Property News, Real Estate Taxes, Under Construction GST
GST to dampen rental housing market

Ramneek Patel, an MNC executive in Gurugram is on a company leased accommodation and the HR is deducting INR 40,000 per month for his rented apartment. Now that the Goods & Service Tax (GST) has been imposed for rental residential units to companies, he has been told by the company that the said liability will be passed on to the employees living in company leased apartments. They can otherwise find an apartment on their own.

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Finance Home Buying, Client Conversion in Housing, Footfall in Housing, Home Buying in India, Amit Modi, JC Sharma, Subhankar Mitra
Client conversion rate of builders improved post Covid

While the pandemic Covid-19 had hovered like a black swan for the economy in general and the real estate market in particular, the developers across the country also woke up to the unexpected but pleasant reality that the client conversion rate had improved post the pandemic. A Track2Realty analysis.

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Finance K Shape Recovery, Real Estate Recovery, Real Estate Recovery After Covid, Real Estate Post Covid
Indian real estate heading to K-Shape recovery

The economists and the real estate analysts are unanimous over the inevitability of the real estate recovery in India. What is nevertheless being debated is when will the sector revive to its normal course of business. What is even more important is to assess what would be the shape of the recovery. In classical economic definition, three of the commonly used recovery shapes are V, U & L shapes. V-Shaped is a strong recovery after the debacle, U-Shaped is a slower and long-drawn recovery, while an L-Shaped aftermath is where the previous peak is not recovered.

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