Property
Interest rates levied by housing finance companies (HFCs) have risen to 11-11.25% from 8.5% in the past year, raising monthly instalments. With interest rates moving up, most of the lenders are going to be impacted as almost 85% of the loans are on floating (interest) rate. National Housing Bank (NHB) asked lenders to keep a [...] Continue Reading »
The country’s leading realty consultant Jones Lang LaSalle pointed out that the projects would be delayed, unsold housing stock will rise and developers might have to offer new projects at 10-15 per cent discount, all because of a slowdown in property demand. Indian real estate sector is likely to see a gloomy phase in the [...] Continue Reading »
Property can be a great source of income for your retired life or in case you lose your job, as many people have in last couple of years. There is no doubt that property is a great help if the investment is made at the right time. Those who invest in realty should have a [...] Continue Reading »
In the early days, buildings were sold by carpet areas. In the 1960s, buildings began to be sold by built-up area (BUA), which includes walls and some passages, but excludes lifts, staircases, common passages, flowerbeds and other non-living spaces. The built-up area counted in the floor space index (FSI) was between 10% and 20% more [...] Continue Reading »
