Cities
Around 225 former and serving legislators will have to pay over Rs 85 crore as penal interest and delayed amount in Maharashtra. They have been penalised for failing to make the full payment of the flats allotted to them in Versova by Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) in 2009. Compared to the market [...] Continue Reading »
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has cracked down on collective investment schemes operating in West Bengal. Few real estate firms are among those being zeroed in on by the regulator. Investments worth thousands of crores have been raised by certain companies in the state in violation of Sebi’s Collective Investment [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon developers are coming up with theme-based housing for niche clients. The real estate developers are lining up projects based on architectural designs of various culture - Egyptian, Arabic or Spanish, etc in the city. The target audience are those whose aspirations go beyond modern facilities like parks, swimming pools or health clubs. The theme-based [...] Continue Reading »
Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal says that DLF, India’s largest real estate firm, is one of the major beneficiaries of recent policy reform allowing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The recent announcement of 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail and relaxation of FDI norms in single brand retail is set [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai has topped the office space absorption across cities in Q3 of calendar 2012. Real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield reported that the total office space off-take was 2.23 million sqft (msf) in Q3, which has increased by more than 50 per cent over the previous quarter. Chennai was second with 1.32 msf in office [...] Continue Reading »
Union finance minister P Chidambaram has stated that the ministry may soon announce a set of measures to boost the country’s real estate sector. As the realty sector is being hit by the high cost of finance and low availability of housing stock, incentives seem to be in the horizon. The finance ministry is in [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate advisory firm Knight Frank, in its latest report, has mentioned that despite a dip in the number of new launches in Kolkata’s residential market last fiscal, it has not affected demand for the affordable and mid-segment housing. Kolkata’s residential market is expected to remain stable for the coming quarters of 2012-13. There has [...] Continue Reading »
The demolition drive in Pimpri Chinchwad is significant as it has continued despite stiff opposition. A whopping 1.1 lakh constructions were found to be unauthorised and its owners have been sent notices by the civic administration in the last four months. To start with, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to raze constructions [...] Continue Reading »
The Rural Development Ministry sought to address the apprehensions of industries and infrastructure sectors surrounding the controversial land acquisition bill. The ministry highlighted that the requirement of consent of all for acquiring land has been diluted and a new provision will apply prospectively and not retrospectively. The Ministry has come out with a statement that [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Government has approved the sale and purchase of 320 unauthorised colonies. These lands were regularised earlier this month and will be on sale in a day or two. This decision was taken in a meeting by the Task Force organised to address issues relating to the unauthorised colonies. Chief Minister Shiela Dixit said [...] Continue Reading »
