The Secretary, Banking, Ministry of Finance has agreed to look into the problems being faced by the real estate industry and work towards reducing the cost of funding through banks and financial institutions.
For flat owners in Maharashtra, the VAT battle is not yet over! VAT on flats, or material used on construction, amounts to double taxation since the developer has already paid while buying them from registered suppliers, said Atul Puranik, convener of newly started consumer group FORAM – Flat Owners’ Rights protection Action committee of Maharashtra.
A division bench of the Supreme Court today stayed the Bombay High Court judgment in VAT case and passed an interim order extending the deadline for developers in Maharashtra for paying VAT by two months.
Real estate prices in the national capital are set to soar with the Centre on Monday night deciding to give the green signal for regularization of 917 unathorized colonies. A notification to this effect will be issued on Tuesday, Aug 28.
Seeking to fight the vexed VAT issue on flats in Maharashtra, a consumer group called FORAM–Flat Owners’ Rights protection Action committee in Maharashtra – has been formed with consumer interest groups coming together.
Not all experts and analysts are bullish in a country which has just two of world’s 276 skyscrapers. Prof PSN Rao, Professor of School of Planning and Architecture has a different take when he says high rise buildings look good in the urban city scape. However, in terms of the power they consume, the high initial costs of construction and high periodic costs of maintenance, perhaps they are not viable for residential structures.
The US Government has hired property consultancy Knight Frank to assess the valuation and strategic review of all its real estate properties in India. The properties, which house embassies, consulates, offices, residences, schools and libraries at prime locations across Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, were acquired over the years and are estimated to be approximately worth thousands of crores.
After Track2Realty reported that how real estate developers are blatantly violating the ban on pre-launch schemes as advised by the Supreme Court, the Haryana Government has now decided to crack down against the erring realty companies. Many established realty companies and new players in the fray are illegally offering residential projects before acquiring the required license, and in some cases, even without a land in blatant violation of warnings by the authority.
Realtors crib that they are often dwarfed by regulation. For constructing a skyscraper, one has to go through various regulatory approvals and committees like the high-rise committee, aviation committee, the chief fire officer and the environmental clearance.
Aiming to promote excellence and bring in global standards in real estate arena, developers body CREDAI has announced an institute for research & professional studies and educational scholarships for needy students pursuing higher education.