Tax subvention to improve housing shortage: Manoj John, VP, RNA Corp.
The favourable budget outcomes are enhancement of priority home loan limit to Rs. 25 lakhs from Rs. 20 lakhs and extension of interest subvention of 1% up to Rs 15 lakhs.
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Budget has been neutral and industry friendly: Irfan Razack, CMD, Prestige Group
The budget speech indicated further progress on the Direct Tax Code (DTC) as well as the GST – both critical measures, which is a welcome move. Though, I feel that it would have been better for the industry if GST was also rolled out along with the DTC.
Focus on Aam Aadmi who doesn’t live in cities
The Finance Minister seems to be getting more appreciation than brickbats for renewing focus on the housing needs of Aam Aadmi. Even the real estate sector is divided and while the long awaited demands have not been fulfilled, a section of the realtors with affordable housing projects have appreciated the efforts.
Mixed Bag for Realty: Boman R Irani, CMD, Rustomjee Group
For the Union Budget 2011-12, rising inflation, tight liquidity, high interest rate, industrial slowdown, delayed reforms and negative market sentiment were some of the key concerns to address.
A tie budget; not won, not lost, say realtors
Real Estate developers across the country have termed the Union Budget 2011-12 as a tie cricket match which can’t be termed as won or lost. However, they are all unanimous that it is not a game changer budget for the sector.
Budget focused on common man: Sunil Mantri, President MCHI
Maharashtra Chambers of Housing Industry (MCHI), most prominent body of the real estate developers today described the Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as “Budget with few positive steps focused on the common man who is interested in buying a house in rural and urban areas”.
Budget relying on inclusive growth for the ‘aam aadmi’ : Pranab Datta, VC & MD, Knight Frank India
The Budget is relying heavily on maintaining the trajectory of growth in the economy to provide solutions for inclusive growth that touch the ‘Aam Aadmi’ and parallelly stressing on governance aspects, which hopefully will be covered separately through concrete action plans to deal with the menace of unaccounted wealth. The trend for consolidation is expected to continue.
Nothing for real estate to get excited about from Budget 2011: Anuj Puri, Jones Lang LaSalle India
It would seem that the Union Budget 2011 pointedly ignored the larger issues affecting the Indian real estate sector at this sensitive stage of revival and growth.
Happy with the governments focus on affordable housing: Kamal Khetan, Chairman & MD, Sunteck Realty
We are happy with the governments focus on affordable housing. Loan amount that qualifies under priority sector lending. Now, a home loan of Rs. 25 lakh would qualify as priority sector lending.
Real Estate needs reforms: Economic Survey
Reforms in the real estate sector is the need of the hour for tackling issues like high stamp duty which often results in otherwise honest people having to deal in black money, according to the Economic Survey 2010-11 tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha on Friday.