Cities
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been able to reclaim the Lagoon Road after 30 years. In a major demolition drive, officials of P-north ward office have razed over 100 illegal shanties, 30 commercial structures and at least 12 illegal garages to clear Lagoon Road in Malwani area in Malad (West). Encroachment has been rampant [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (Credai), Pune Metro, has opposed state government’s order asking them to pay value added tax (VAT) on flats that were sold between June 2006 and March 2010. The number of flats that were sold during the period in Pune is estimated to be over 1.5 lakh. [...] Continue Reading »
The experts have criticized the new housing regulatory bill in Maharashtra. Under the new housing regulatory bill, not only the developer but even flat buyers can be put behind bars and made to pay a fine if they fail to comply with the housing regulatory authority’s order. Experts feel there is nothing to cheer about [...] Continue Reading »
The flat owners are to be benefited by the new proposed bill in the state of Rajasthan. The state government on Monday introduced the draft of a new law – Rajasthan Apartment Ownership Bill, 2012 – giving more room to the flat owners. The new bill allows the families in flats access to common or [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
The depreciating rupee may be a concern for the economy, but it has become a disguised boon for builders in Mangalore. In the past three weeks 16 new projects totalling a minimum of thousand apartments have been launched indicating robust demand and stepped up activity in the construction sector in Mangalore. Mangalore chapter of the [...] 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 »
Property consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle has reported that in order to attract home-buyers in Chennai, developers are planning several township projects with a host of amenities in the coming months. The existing scenario in Chennai real estate is going to change. The study states that the new ‘game-changers’ include generous landscaping, serene environment, schools [...] Continue Reading »
DLF, India’s biggest property developer, is closer to meeting its debt reduction target after it agreed to sell its plot of land in Mumbai for Rs 27 billion ($488 million) to Lodha Developers. The Delhi-based developer said it had received an advance payment of Rs 5 billion for the plot from Lodha and would receive [...] Continue Reading »
