Property
The sales tax department of Mumbai raided offices of 15 builders including Marathon, Ajmera, Keystone, Bhoomi realty, Naman and Acme, for evading payment of value added tax (VAT) and recovered Rs 20 crores. The Bombay high court had upheld the 1% VAT imposed on the sale of properties by the state in April. The builders had [...] Continue Reading »
Brick Eagle Capital Group is the latest to enter the low cost housing sector. It plans to invest Rs. 200 Crore in five projects of Xrbia Developers Limited. Xrbia is an affordable housing venture promoted by the Eiffel group. The proposed five projects will come up in the area of Karjat, near Mumbai, on 150 [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court has put stay on a July 23 Haryana High Court ruling, providing temporary relief to TC Gupta, director general of the town and country planning department in Gurgaon. Gupta was found guilty of allowing residential complexes in Gurgaon by issuing license to Anant Raj Industries for construction of housing colonies, despite the [...] Continue Reading »
A fire that broke out at a business school at Unakal, Hubli here destroyed property worth several lakhs of rupees. The fire was noticed early morning, soon after which the fire brigade was alerted. There is no human casualty but properties worth 80 lakh was destroyed. Short circuit was said to be the primary cause [...] Continue Reading »
While we cherish with mobile and technology, but having a tower on the property can make you suffer, in case of both sales and rental. This subject is slowly gaining prominence across the country and there seems to be a gradual awakening to this problem. Most resident welfare associations are not giving permission to install [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Corporation has made arrangements for property tax payments at counters of any of the 146 branches of three designated banks from today onwards. It was planned earlier but delayed due to technical glitches. However, the facility will be started with three banks: Indian Overseas Bank (74 branches), City Union Bank (31 branches) and [...] Continue Reading »
Empee Group, which is currently into the businesses of hospitality, liquor, sugar and power, is preparing to venture into the real estate sector. Initially, the focus would be on residential projects. The company would start two projects on a land bank of around 20 acre. It is planning to set up two residential projects with [...] Continue Reading »
In Mumbai, a city of ever increasing population, recent emphasis is put on redevelopment. Especially in areas like Andheri, where old buildings are in almost dilapidated condition, the government has encouraged redevelopment of these buildings which has attracted big developers to come forward. Experts support the initiative as they are of the opinion that redevelopment [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of the Malaysian Township project in Hyderabad are enraged by the attachment notice issued by the local Income Tax (I-T) department on 13th of June. The department issued an attachment order on the developer of the township, Swarnandhra-IJMII Integrated Township Development Company Pvt Ltd (SITCO), for nonpayment of tax of Rs 54 crore. [...] Continue Reading »
CBI is presently concentrating on ‘benami‘ owners of flats and it claimed that a senior politician had involved in those transactions. According to sources, an intense investigation has been carried on by CBI with regard to the case and certain details have been shared with the Enforcement Directorate to check the money trace into the [...] Continue Reading »
