Track2Realty-Agencies: Realtors have sought to bring up incentives like free land allocation and public-private partnerships models to increase affordable housing stocks for the economically weaker sections.
Track2Realty: DLF plans to reduce its debt from 22,700 crore to 18,000 crore by March, by selling non-core assets as well as stake in the company.
Track2Realty: Andhra Pradesh may become the first state to grant much-demanded single window clearance to realty projects. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has said his government will further simplify procedures and extend incentives to the real state sector if they ensure self-regulation and pass on benefits to consumers.
Track2Realty: Calling for an end to a series of windows of corruption, developer apex body CREDAI has suggested the proposed Realty Regulator should also work for minimizing the human interface in the process of granting clearances and registrations.
Track2Realty: MCHI-CREDAI property expo kick started on Thursday, Nov 1, at BKC grounds, Mumbai, featuring over 15,000 properties with over 120 developers participating. Axis bank is the co-organiser of the exhibition.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Realty firms and property consultants have expressed disappointment over RBI’s decision to keep key policy rate unchanged and said it was the right time to bring down the borrowing cost for home buyers as well as developers.
Track2Realty: Mumbai-based developers will have to finally pay 5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) to the Maharashtra Government. The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by MCHI-CREDAI that challenged the levy.
Track2Realty: Central Bank of India is looking ahead to cloak a total business of Rs 10,000 crore from home loan segment. The bank has been aggressively targeting prospective home seekers through its various initiatives.
Track2Realty: Real estate sentiment remains fragile, most notably in the occupier markets in Europe, as the global economy continues to face strong and persistent headwinds. The recession in Europe, coupled with only modest growth in the US and a slowdown in China has resulted in global economic prospects being no more certain than in the previous quarter. These are the findings of These are the findings of the latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey.
Track2Realty: A three-acre plot in Andheri owned by Nycomed Pharma has been sold for around Rs 205 crore, or Rs 65 crore an acre. Mahindra Lifespaces, part of the Mahindra Group, has purchased the 12,000-sq m plot that currently houses a bungalow, two guest houses, a research and development facility and an electric sub-station.