Even as the housing markets in major economies such as the US, China, the UK and Canada seem to have entered their worst phase in 15 years, things couldn’t be different in India. In the South Asian nation, housing demand never really recovered fully after the COVID-19 pandemic, but are starting to revive now. According […]
The last three years have seen a massive shift in private equity investment in the Indian real estate sector from residential properties to commercial properties, according to data compiled by Anarock Property Consultants. The share of residential sector within private equity investments in real estate fell to just 3% in 2018 from 47% in 2015, […]
The central government has set up a committee under the Lt Governor of Delhi to study the feasibility of ‘regularizing’ the unauthorized colonies of Delhi. There are many areas in Delhi, particularly on the eastern and southern sides, where people have constructed shanties, and in some cases concrete houses, on government property. It is estimated […]
Larsen & Toubro said it was awarded a Rs 928-cr contract by a government agency to construct 13,314 flats under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana Scheme. The flats, which will take the shape of 284 towers with four floors each, will be constructed in various locations of Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, it added. “The scope […]
The government has cut the GST rate of ‘affordable houses’ covered by the ‘Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme’ to an effective rate of 8% from an effective rate of 12%, and also said that most customers should not have to pay any GST on such flats at all. The reduction in GST has been made to […]
Anticipating a slow down in home sales in the coming months in the wake of the crackdown on ‘black money’, housing.com will restart its rental classifieds business soon. The portal, which had seen an ugly spat between founder Rahul Yadav and investors two years ago, had shut its rental listing last year to focus on the […]
Emgee Group, known for its high-end properties, said it is planning to enter the affordable homes segment by building homes in price range of Rs 8 lakh to Rs 14 lakh with a configuration of 300 sq ft to 500 sq ft each unit. With this venture the company aims to help home-buyers qualify for benefits […]
Axis Bank said it added an augmented reality-based feature on its Mobile App that will enable home seekers to search and locate properties which are pre-approved by the bank for financing. Jagdeep Mallareddy, Head Retail Lending, Axis Bank, said, “The new augmented reality feature will help users to easily identify any property that is available […]
Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation approved construction of 37,013 cr houses for urban poor in the States of Karnataka and Haryana with an investment of Rs 1,491 cr. An Inter ministerial Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee chaired by Dr.Nandita Mukherjee has approved construction of 36,254 houses for economically weaker sections in Karnataka with […]
