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National Housing Bank has signaled a reduction in interest rates for housing finance companies (HFCs) by reducing its prime lending rate from 10.5 per cent to 10 per cent. The rate reduction is set to affect medium and smaller-sized players in the industry as NHB accounts for 25-30 per cent of the resources raised by HFCs. [...] Continue Reading »
CREDAI, the apex body of realtors, welcomed the RBI’s decision to cut cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.25 per cent. However, they also felt that reduction in repo rate was needed to boost the real estate sector. The Indian real estate industry has expressed hope that a part of Rs 17,000-crore worth liquidity infused by [...] Continue Reading »
Reacting to the Union Finance Minister‘s advice asking realtors to download unsold stock at discounted prices, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) has counter advised the minister to bring special incentives to boost purchase of houses. Credai has been lobbying with the government to push for reforms in the real estate [...] Continue Reading »
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) has begun to show its effects. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has reduced home loan rates, for loans up to Rs 30 lakh, by 25-100 basis points. A 50-bps cut in auto loan rates has also been announced. IOB has reduced the spreads [...] Continue Reading »
According to a report by Fitch Ratings, the real estate sector in India is to face a negative outlook in the second half (H2) of this year. The grim prediction is mainly due to sluggish demand, high construction costs and liquidity pressures. The sluggish demand is not expected to change over few months as RBI’s [...] Continue Reading »
The realtors welcome the move by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by one percentage point from 24 per cent to 23 per cent. The real estate sector, which is struggling due to the combined effects of diving demand, huge debt and piling inventory, is hopeful of positive effect [...] Continue Reading »
Retail loans may turn cheaper as country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a reduction of one percentage point in Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) for banks. Retail customers may get the benefit of lower lending rates as banks may reduce rates on retail loans. The lower SLR, which is the proportion of deposits banks [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate firms and property consultants today expressed disappointment over RBI’s decision to keep rates unchanged. There were no change in the rates in previous policy announcement and the real estate sector was expecting a rate cut this time around. Experts maintain that the sector urgently needs cut in interest rates to boost housing demand. [...] Continue Reading »
It may have become the case that it is cheaper to buy a flat abroad such as in Dubai than at a posh location in Mumbai or in Delhi. The property price deflation in foreign countries since 2009 has given opportunity for Indians to buy houses abroad. Of late, most Indians seem to buy under-construction [...] Continue Reading »
While banks are being unwilling to provide real estate loans, the Reserve Bank of India has been following a cautious policy to reduce risks associated with realty sector and to ensure that the sector remains sustainable and viable over a long period of time. National Housing Bank (NHB) has also played its role in de-risking [...] Continue Reading »
