Category: Current Affairs

Budget

Budget 2020: How it will benefit the real estate segment?

February 2, 2020

Budget 2020 has given the real estate industry and the common man many surprises. Many demands were anticipated from the real estate sector in the 2020 budget, but only a few received the attention of the minister of finance. Let us check some of the main budget announcements and their effect on the real estate […]

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Nirmala Sitharaman

Latest Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman budget speech 2020 highlights.

February 1, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today introduced a new discretionary personal income tax regime and unveiled a multibillion-dollar farm, infra and healthcare package to boost the country’s economy. Emphasizing capacity building and empowering oppressed sections of the society while preserving the creators of wealth, Sitharaman said this budget would improve people’s income and purchasing power. Finance […]

Latest Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman budget speech 2020 highlights.more
Police arrest

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.

January 29, 2020

Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, 46 years old, has been arrested and brought before the specified PMLA court by the Enforce Directorate (ED), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and held under the custody of the ED until 29 January 2020. The court accepted the Agency’s claim that Wadhawan’s remand […]

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.more
Maharashtra RERA Rules in Place to Protect Homebuyers from May 1

Lawyers will provide legal assistance to the distressed homebuyers for free.

January 28, 2020

Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) lawyers decided to provide home buyers with free legal consultancy and support in court from February 1. The Bar Association-run Legal Aid Cell advocates will serve those in need of help in the logjam between builders and homebuyers. The members have held several seminars to raise awareness about the […]

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High Court orders demolition of illegal building, following a resident’s complaint.

January 25, 2020

A professional in service management shows the way for citizens forced to live in illegal buildings. Jaswinder Bansal not only refused to allow the ageing parents to inhabit their redeveloped apartment, constructed in a completely illegal building but also filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Bombay against the builders and the BMC. On […]

High Court orders demolition of illegal building, following a resident’s complaint.more
Property investments in India

Investors explicate keen interest in last-mile funding for the stuck housing projects.

January 24, 2020

A sharp contrast to previous years, more investors are eager in last-mile funding for stuck housing projects that seems to be a rub-off impact on equally strained residential projects from the government allocating Rs 25,000 crore. In the light of evolving regulatory and market circumstances, the burden on developers to deliver the projects at earliest […]

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Delhi High Court

Delhi government files affidavit before High court alleging that the forest area cannot be regularized according to central law.

The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that unauthorized forest colonies were barred from regularizing under the Centre’s notification on October 2019, to regularize illegal settlements in the city. Delhi government declared in its affidavit placed before the bench of justices GS Sistani and A J Bhambhani that the Delhi National Capital […]

Delhi government files affidavit before High court alleging that the forest area cannot be regularized according to central law.more
Housing ICRA predicts overall real estate inventory to decrease by 40-60%.

Report: Housing sales dropped in nine major cities by 9%.

January 23, 2020

According to a survey, housing sales fell in nine cities by 9% between October and December to 60,453 units as a result of the economic downturn and liquidity crisis. PropTiger recently reported a 30 per cent decrease in sales in nine cities between October and December quarter. In 2019, however, Knight Frank India and Anarock […]

Report: Housing sales dropped in nine major cities by 9%.more
NCDRC

NCDRC upholds police for failure to issue warrants to the partners of KDS Infra Buildcons.

January 22, 2020

In view of the inability of the police to provide non-bailable warrants to the three partners of Kondhwa-based real estate company (Pune) KDS Infra Buildcons for non-compliance of its order, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) took a strong note of it. In the four years, total, 132 home buyers — mainly retired Ammunition […]

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Developers to get relaxation on penalty due against delayed projects.

January 21, 2020

The GNIDA has modified how it measures money owed by developers, requiring them to later pay penalties for delayed development. Cash-strapped builders can now seek funds from financial institutions or find bailout packages with this. “We will give developers permission to obtain a mortgage from financial institutions as soon as they settle our core dues. […]

Developers to get relaxation on penalty due against delayed projects.more