The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has set a record by recovering property tax of Rs400 crore till March 3. More tax is likely to be collected in the remaining days of the current financial year. The civic body had collected Rs108.99 crore in property tax in fiscal 2000-01.
With only $400-500 million of foreign funds flowed into the Indian real estate sector in 2009-10, the outlook ahead seems to be far from being rosy.
The CBI has questioned chairman of Anant Raj Group, a Delhi-based real estate company, Amit Sarin, and Idea Cellular CEO Sanjeev Aga in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum allotment scam.
Global hotel chain Hilton Worldwide has opened its fourth India property in Chennai. According to the company release, the five-star 204-room Hilton Chennai, positioned as a business hotel, is owned by Empee Group, which has diversified interests from alcoholic beverages to property development.
A mammoth increase in planned supply of retail malls in India will increase retail companies’ bargaining power vis-à-vis real estate developers.
Tata Housing Development Company would invest up to Rs 3,000 crore next fiscal to develop affordable homes across the country. The company already has five projects in the affordable segment and plans to launch 7-8 more projects next fiscal.
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.
Backed by strong economic growth and impressive fiscal consolidation, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) believes that the finance minister has done a commendable job by continuing the focus on infrastructure development, which has been a key contributor to the inclusive growth in the country.
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.
At least four firms, Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd (Ansal API), Emaar MGF Land Ltd, Kumar Urban Development Ltd and Paranjape Schemes Constructions Ltd, have received fresh sanctions from banks, although overall lending to the sector remains subdued.