Mumbai
DLF, the country’s biggest real estate company, is set to sell its 17-acre National Textile Corporation (NTC) land in Mumbai to Mumbai-based Lodha Developers to reduce its rising debt, said market sources. The deal is estimated at Rs 2,500-2,700 crore. Lodha Developers has already paid Rs 500 crore in advance and it would pay the [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) has put forward a plan to the Prime Minister to enable reforms in the real estate sector and help rejuvenate it. Home sales registrations continued to decline in the first half of 2012, although by only 3.4 per cent when compared to the same time [...] Continue Reading »
Knight Frank’s latest report focuses on uncovering the relationship between the developer and the suppliers of factor inputs such as Land and Construction costs. Land is the most significant input for property development. Analysis of land allotment policy of some of the major land aggregators provides interesting insights: City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) follows [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association (CREDAI), on Wednesday, called for comprehensive reforms in areas related to land administration, banking and taxation to lift the realty sector and support in meeting the shortage of 26 million houses. CREDAI unveiled 10-point agenda to revive the sector, which is facing demand slowdown due to high interest [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Housing Bill 2012 has finally been passed by both Houses of the Maharashtra legislature, which sets the stage for the development of the country’s first housing regulator and appellate board with substantial powers to protect the consumer and penalize the builders in case of any offense. The Bill has laid down the rules [...] Continue Reading »
Faced with the grave issue of water shortage in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to acquire all privately-owned wells in the city to alleviate the troubles of the citizens. Currently there are 784 private wells in the city and the BMC is to solicit the Collector’s assistance in acquiring them. While the [...] Continue Reading »
DLF, India’s biggest real estate firm, which is looking to divest its non-core assets to trim debt, has reportedly reached an understanding with the Lodha Group to jointly develop its 17-acre Mumbai Textile mill plot. DLF had bought the land from the National Textiles Corporation for Rs 702 crore in 2005. It has since considered [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has asked the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), at a discussion in the Assembly on Monday, to provide a report in connection with the increase in cost in construction of low-cost flats for poor. The cost of flats being constructed in different parts of the city had been generating a lot of [...] Continue Reading »
The commissioner of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), MK Shankarlinge Gowda, announced on Tuesday, that the authority is looking for more partnerships with realty developers in building houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the city. During the interaction of BBMP with Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Adarsh Developers M.D, BM [...] Continue Reading »
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been forwarding many innovative ideas to solve the water crisis like desalination, cloud seeding and water recycling, none of these plans have been materialized. Under these circumstances, few housing societies have helped themselves through rainwater harvesting to solve the problem. The Raheja Vihar Rainbow society in Powai and Avanti [...] Continue Reading »
