Real estate in Mumbai
Due to the price correction, home prices in NCR regions and Mumbai will reduce after a long time. Increased property prices, lower demand and liquidity issues have resulted in pushing the prices lower in various markets which has recently resulted in price appreciation. As per reports, there was an increase in property prices in Gurgaon [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- With rising demand and sales of real estate projects, the trend of project pre-launches has been re-entering the prime real estate markets of India like Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bangalore. The Maharashtra government has made the way simpler for developers to get regulatory clearances for real estate projects. Following this, the real estate in Mumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to cut the CRR as well as repo rates and bank lending rates to increase liquidity in the system. With this initiative, developers in Mumbai are hoping that with the coming Union Budget 2013, it will improve investment volumes and general growth across real estate sector in Mumbai. Some of [...] Continue Reading »
The 40% of government leases of the plots in Mumbai have expired long back, some as far back as the 1950s. Of the 1,282 plots leased, the lease of 532 plots had expired and the government has not bothered to renew it. 51.66 lakh sq mt of leased land situated in South Mumbai is fetching [...] Continue Reading »
Developers from small cities are eying on the real estate sector of Mumbai. Mumbai real estate has been rising in recent times, though it is known as one of the toughest property markets owing to difficult building regulations, shortage of land and high prices. Builders from Kolkata, Pune and Bangalore are entering into Mumbai real [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations (BMC) has finally listened to the citizens’ woes. The civic body has taken steps to make the new property tax system transparent to the public. To start with, Stamp duty Ready Reckoner (SDRR) rates are now displayed on the official website of the civic body. The RR rates form the base value [...] Continue Reading »
Now, real estate brokers and agents may be allowed to apply for bank licenses. In a recent proposal, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may set aside reservations on real estate firms and brokerages and allow them to obtain license. The proposal will be formalised in the central bank’s final guidelines but there is no certainty yet [...] Continue Reading »
Now, investors are shifting bases from current projects to new positions in real estate sector. This is happening even when a few luxury housing projects were sold off within days of their launch. Over the past three months, stocks of real estate companies have come up to 30-50% thinking that declining interest rates will help [...] Continue Reading »
With the Union Budget in the pipeline, developers have sent their wishlist to the Finance Minister to be included in the upcoming budget. The real estate developers’ body CREDAI has demanded for an inclusive housing policy and tax incentives. Presenting an inclusive housing policy, the developers’ body also demanded for housing sector to be accorded [...] Continue Reading »
Most part of the previous year witnessed slump in real estate market. However, December 2012 saw a substantial recovery in home sales registrations. But according to the market experts, the rise in property registrations was only due to marketing gimmick and not a sign of revival. As per data from the Director General of Registrations, [...] Continue Reading »
