In a bid to boost housing sector credit, the Indian government is contemplating to enhance the income-tax exemption for up to Rs 3 lakh paid as interest on housing loans in a year, from the existing limit of Rs 1.5 lakh.
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High real estate costs, lack of any tax incentive and bureaucratic hurdles are huge problems for the growth of the hospitality industry that is one of the country’s top job earners, a survey has revealed.
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Shobhit Agarwal, Jt. Managing Director – Capital Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle India, believes market may be sluggish at the moment, but eventually India stands as a destination for investment.
Indian developers will borrow about $1 billion from private equity funds this fiscal year at rates higher than banks, which are cutting loans to builders, Knight Frank assessment suggests.
A recent industry report shows that FDI in 2010-11 was the lowest in the last four years. According to the FICCI-Ernst & Young real estate report, the FDI in the sector declined to 6 per cent of the total direct investment coming to India in 2010-11.
The ever-increasing housing needs in urban centers have caused home prices to shoot up to extremely unaffordable levels.
The combined net debt of India’s 11 listed developers rose 15 percent in the 12 months through June to 385 billion rupees, according to Mumbai-based Edelweiss Securities Ltd.
IL&FS Investment Managers, India’s only listed private equity fund, has acquired 9.4% shareholding in an Indiabulls’ firm that is developing the 8.3-acre Bharat Mills at Worli in south central Mumbai.