Realty News
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is set to introduce a new system for property tax payment which is believed to ease out the method of tax-paying and generate more revenue to the government. The new method denies visits of corporation inspectors as they are presently doing. The tax-payers will have to make a self-assessment of [...] Continue Reading »
The Andhra Pradesh Government’s decision of relaxing building norms for large housing projects and levy shelter fee for housing of the poor is expected to boost up the state’s real estate business. The new Government Order passed last week has relaxed an earlier provision made in January 2011, in which builders should compulsorily reserve a [...] Continue Reading »
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global professional services firm, inaugurated its new office in Chennai, on Tuesday, to provide advisory, tax and regulatory services. The company has increased its employee base by 24 per cent at the Chennai Centre to meet the growing demand for various sectors. PwC has its existence in major cities of India like Ahmedabad, [...] Continue Reading »
Do you know that rising construction activity and commercial establishments contribute in high pollution levels? No proper check has been done on pollution levels in Hyderabad city by the concerned authorities. Thousands of buildings are under construction spreading intolerable noise. Careless handling of building materials and lack of safety measures has been very annoying to [...] Continue Reading »
Blackstone Group, US-based private equity major, is set to acquire 36% ownership in the tenanted office space group of Embassy Property Developments, for about $230 million (Rs 1,300 crore). The deal is expected to be Blackstone’s biggest real estate deal in India, giving it part ownership of more than 12 million sq. ft. The Blackstone [...] Continue Reading »
In a rare occurrence that has had reverse effect on the escalating prices of apartments, a big luxury apartment project launched by TVH Group in Adyar seems to have set a new trend. TVH has brought down the prices by 16% where in the earlier prices were 16000 per sq. ft. It was a calculated [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore alone took up 75 per cent of the total office space absorbed in India in the April-June quarter. Almost 96 per cent of the entire space was left unsold and got added to the present quarter. Other cities such as Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad experienced delays in project completions. But however, [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim stay to senior bureaucrat T C Benjamin, on an order directing the Maharashtra Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate accusations against him in an alleged real estate scam. The ACB registered an FIR against Benjamin, the Principal Secretary of the State Urban Development Department, and developer Niranjan Hiranandani, [...] Continue Reading »
Value & Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC), co-founded by former MphasiS chairman Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao and former Citibank Consumer Banking Head P S Jayakumar, has announced an expansion plan of Rs 300 crore. The company will launch nine projects of budget homes across Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, NCR and Baroda, offering a total of 2,500 units. VBHC [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai has witnessed new launches of around 3,600 units in the recent April-June quarter which is more than twice the number of 1,700 housing units launched in January-March, said Abhishek Kiran Gupta and Gagan Agrawal of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Mumbai real estate is lagging behind for past one year owing to which [...] Continue Reading »
