Mumbai
Estate planning is catching up in India as it is replacing a written “will” – the earlier method adopted to bequeath hard-earned assets while a person is still alive and after he is no more. It includes the management of a person’s estate during and beyond his lifetime to ensure the estate’s longevity. Through estate [...] Continue Reading »
With a little over one lakh residential flats lying unsold in Mumbai, an inventory, according to experts, which will take more than three years to clear as not much of it is available for immediate possession, the Mumbai real estate horizon looks grim. According to data from property research firm Knight Frank, sale of Mumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate and home finance executives have stated that Pune and New Delhi have overtaken Mumbai with steady home loan demand. India’s financial capital does not offer a rosy picture for the real estate sector as there are not many new projects that sell in big numbers. In the recent past, most sales have been [...] Continue Reading »
According to National Housing Bank (NHB) data, housing prices have risen by up to 10.5 per cent in 16 major cities of the country in the April-June period, while only three towns have witnessed a marginal fall. The data is taken from NHB ‘RESIDEX’ which tracks the movement in prices of residential properties on a [...] Continue Reading »
DLF has signed a binding agreement with Mumbai-based Lodha Developers and the Rs 2,700 crore deal is expected to be completed by the end of October 2012. To finance the acquisition, Lodha has initiated talks with private equity players. Abhishek Lodha, managing director, Lodha Group, stated that the Group plans to fund the purchase of [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai has fallen in the mortgage market rankings as record real estate prices keep customers away, say realty and home finance executives. Pune and New Delhi have overtaken India’s financial capital with steady demand, while Mumbai has fallen to third or fourth position for housing finance. Mumbai used to be number one in the real estate market, but not many new projects [...] Continue Reading »
The country’s largest real estate developers, DLF has sold its 17.5-acre plot at Lower Parel in Mumbai to Lodha Developers for Rs 2,750 crore, making a profit of over Rs 2,000 crore over seven years. In June 2005, DLF had bought the land in Mumbai in an auction from National Textile Corporation for Rs 702.2 crore. [...] Continue Reading »
According to sources, real estate developer DLF Ltd has sealed Mumbai’s NTC Mill land deal with the Lodha group on Thursday. Although no official announcement has yet been made on the deal pegged at over Rs 2,500 crore, an announcement is expected next week. The top management of the Lodha Group is believed to be [...] Continue Reading »
Veritas, which has come up with some damning reports against Indian entities – Reliance Groups, Kingfisher and DLF in recent months, has pointed out serious irregularities at Indiabulls group in its latest report. The shares of Indiabull’s various group firms plunged sharply on the back of the report by Canada-based Veritas. A day after, Indiabulls [...] Continue Reading »
Each beneficiary of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) will save Rs 36,000 as the state government has waived the stamp duty on conveyance. Now that the stamp duty on registration of EWS houses built under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme has been waived, the beneficiaries [...] Continue Reading »
