In the wake of large scale criticism and the realtors’ protest against repo rate hike, the Government raised the housing loan ceiling for availing one per cent interest subsidy to Rs.15 lakh from existing Rs.10 lakh.
The latest interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is bound to push up the price of housing loans as well as the residential apartments.
The Board of Directors of GRUH Finance Ltd. (GRUH) – a subsidiary of HDFC Ltd. – has approved the accounts for the half year ended September 30, 2011 at their meeting held in Mumbai on October 25, 2011.
In a further blow to the dampened Diwali spirit of the realty sector, the RBI raised interest rates on today but said it was likely to hold off on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning in December.
It has been quite some time that Mamata Banerjee took over the rein of West Bengal after 34 long years of Left Front rule.
Amidst apprehension of rate hike in Noida Extension after the Allahabad High Court ordered more compensation to the farmers, CREDAI said the builders in Noida Extension have decided not to pass on the extra cost to the existing buyers.
Ratings agency CRISIL has urged Housing Boards and State Governments to generate more awareness on the significance of ratings in developing a real estate project, to help create a level playing field.
Though the developers have hailed the Allahabad High Court’s judgment on Greater Noida land acquisition, they said existing flat buyers will be immune to higher compensations to farmers.
The real estate developers have taken the verdict of the Allahabad High Court, which has awarded a greater compensation to farmers of Gautam Budh Nagar but has not stopped acquisition anywhere barring three villages in their stride.
Welcoming the “balanced” decision of the Allahabad High Court to quash land acquisition in three villages in the Noida, Greater Noida and Noida Extension, CREDAI claims that home buyers will not be affected by the ruling.