Mumbai
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to give health insurance of up to Rs 3 lakh for those citizens who have paid property tax this year. A whopping property tax of Rs 2,156 crore has been collected this year, contributed by about 15 lakh owners of properties in Mumbai. According to BMC these property tax [...] Continue Reading »
As per data with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), around 81 % of the properties in Mumbai remain unaffected from the recent hike in property tax. With the new capital value-based property tax system in place, the citizens have been unhappy regarding the same and many plan to contest in High Court. However, 81% of [...] Continue Reading »
Unconvinced with the new way of calculating property tax, citizens in Mumbai are planning to move to Bombay High Court regarding the same. The new method is based on the capital value-based system. The major concern of the residents lies with the ground realities which affects a property’s price, are not taken into consideration in [...] Continue Reading »
Now, real estate brokers and agents may be allowed to apply for bank licenses. In a recent proposal, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may set aside reservations on real estate firms and brokerages and allow them to obtain license. The proposal will be formalised in the central bank’s final guidelines but there is no certainty yet [...] Continue Reading »
Central Mumbai has been witnessing a rise in price trends higher than the national average. Areas like Worli and Prabhadevi are counted as the costliest locations in Central Mumbai now after the recent real estate trend. As per reports, both the areas are showing good demand and supply in the real estate sector. Both commercial [...] Continue Reading »
The Central Government has suggested the state authorities to review the floor space index (FSI) policy again to meet the affordable housing demand in Mumbai. In a city like Mumbai where 50% of the population stays in slums, it becomes very difficult for them to afford houses near workplaces. Due to which, Union housing minister [...] Continue Reading »
BMC has claimed that no new taxes and charges will be included in the BMC budget to be announced for 2013-14 financial year. Also, the civic body is unlikely to announce any new projects or schemes in the next fiscal year. BMC is all set to recover Rs 29,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore budget [...] Continue Reading »
BMC has admitted that it did not act upon the illegal activities that were going on in a residential building in Sion. In a recent response to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, it came into light that the civic body has not taken any action against an unlicensed residential building in [...] Continue Reading »
With the new property tax system in place, the Property Owners’ Association (POA) has called for a meeting, in which they asked the BMC to reconsider the new tax system. The new capital value-based property tax system has not gone well with the owners/landlords as it does not offer any cap for buildings that got [...] Continue Reading »
With the new property tax bills arriving, residents from Mumbai suburbs have joined hands against it. With this, the rest of the city also is not behind and has melded into chorus. The residents claim that the new system is ‘draconian’ and has slapped exorbitant arrears which have to be paid within March 15. As [...] Continue Reading »
