Cities
Being hit by increased land rates, lack of funds and high interest rates, the real estate sector of India has again been demanding for industry status. Despite the fact that 10 per cent GDP is contributed by realty sector which is the second largest employment provider of the nation, the central government is not giving [...] Continue Reading »
Three well-known real estate companies, namely, Puranik, Ravi Group and Disha Direct have hired Theme Ventures as a nodal agency to sell the residential properties directly to the corporate employees by setting up shops inside the work premises. This new concept of marketing bloomed while the realtors have been looking for secure and eligible mortgage [...] Continue Reading »
The Reserve Bank asked urban co-operative banks (UCBs) to stop levying penalty on pre- payment of home loans on floating interest rates with immediate effect. Earlier this month, RBI had also asked the commercial banks to stop charging such penalties. The removal of foreclosure charges or pre- payment penalty on home loans will lead to [...] Continue Reading »
Even after the orders from the state’s chief minister, the police and the concerned authorities of Kolkata turn a blind eye to the encroachment of water bodies. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had asked the police and Trinamool Congress councillors to check that no water body in their jurisdiction disappears. But this seems to have had [...] Continue Reading »
The Noida authority has issued notices to 44 builders over due in payments of nearly Rs 1410 crore. The Authority had allotted land to those builders on lease for constructing group housing societies. In this regard it had sent several reminders to the builders but to which they did not respond positively. Following this, the [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate market experts feel that property prices may come down, but however, it depends on the holding power of the builders. The real estate sales volume has dropped down in six of the major cities in India. Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed 50 per cent drop, Gurgaon 45 per cent, Hyderabad 34 per cent, [...] Continue Reading »
The state authority has issued notices to renew licenses of lifts and elevators, to many residential and commercial buildings in Ahmedabad and other cities of Gujarat. It is mandatory that lifts need to be licensed and be renewed regularly. Using lifts that are older and which are not in proper condition is dangerous. An incident [...] Continue Reading »
(GPL) launched a luxury residential project ‘Godrej Serenity’ at Chembur, Mumbai on Tuesday. Godrej Serenity will include a 17-storey tower comprising 3 and 4 BHK luxury apartments and 2 exclusive duplex penthouses. It will offer modern lifestyle amenities like a clubhouse, which includes a swimming pool, a steam room, a sitting room, a pool table [...] Continue Reading »
The rupee value has decreased significantly in the recent time, with the recent exchange value recorded as Rs 60 for a dollar. However, falling rupee is a boon on the part of realty of India and NRIs. Builders are getting plethora of enquiries from NRIs to purchase properties. The number of sales of properties in [...] Continue Reading »
The builders of India seem to have learnt that luxury amenities attract rich buyers of the new era the most. To keep pace with the changing lifestyles, builders have started implementing high class amenities like Jacuzzi, squash court and cinema halls, in their luxury projects. Keeping in mind the requirements of young generation and new [...] Continue Reading »
