Low-income group
KPMG released a report at a real estate-banking conclave organized by the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) in Mumbai on Wednesday. It came up with some data which might work as an eye opener to the current government. A fifth of the urban and rural households have very limited access to housing facilities, potable [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has revealed in a recent announcement that it has plans underway to construct 10,000 houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) categories in the city, after the first draw. Similar to the other bids for housing in the city, the 10,000 housing units for EWS and LIG [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate consultant KJ Singh said, “The mess that the real estate sector is in today will become worse if FSI is increased as the builder lobby has been asking for a higher FSI.” On a certain plot FSI is the total covered area on all floors of all buildings divided by the area of [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has been sitting on more than 5000 flats lying vacant in the city. Residents of Delhi may be waiting for Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to offer new flats, but there are about 5,970 flats lying vacant in the city. These vacant flats are in various categories, including high income group [...] Continue Reading »
Gujarat- The state eminent for its affordable housing will not offer cheap homes as per government plans. The Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) has not proposed cheap prices of apartments in major cities. The price of one bedroom apartment proposed by Gujarat Housing Board is around Rs 11 lakh. While a two bedroom apartment unit will [...] Continue Reading »
Seeing the housing needs of lowing income group and economically weaker section of society, the Tamil Nadu government has declared plans to increase housing supply in these segments. The plans include wide range of urban and rural infrastructure moves which will enhance the housing supply. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) announced to develop over [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- With property prices increasing rapidly in Gurgaon, buying a property in the city has become extremely difficult for buyers of low-income group (LIG). Gurgaon has emerged as a favourite destination of many property investors and real estate developers. In order to support developers in building more and more affordable housing units, the government of [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- A revision of property tax rates in residential areas in Chandigarh will be performed by the committee of local bodies department. The Municipal corporation had imposed nominal property tax of Re 1 per square yard annually on residential properties having an area above 125 square yard. This amount paid will be restricted to Rs [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi- An advisory committee reviewing land laws in Delhi has planned to allow the owners of small plots to merge land and make it a bigger space. The advisory panel on mid-term review of the Delhi Master Plan 2021 (MPD-2021) has recommended that only the plots with an area up to 64 square meters are [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- The monthly housing meeting of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation held on January 31, 2013 resulted in elaborated calculation to levy house tax in the city. It proposed imposition of tax as follows- a) For owners having house more 125 sq yd or five marlas or 1360 sq ft area are suppose to pay house tax [...] Continue Reading »
