Category: Current Affairs

construction

Developers are avoiding redevelopment projects – proposals down by 50% in the past year.

January 20, 2020

Redevelopment of housing societies, once a capital spin-off for most of the builders in Mumbai, has almost ended. In addition to a sluggish real estate market, developers say projects such as these, which earlier gained huge revenues, are no longer profitable because of the BMC’s high premiums and construction expenses. Throughout the city, developers have […]

Developers are avoiding redevelopment projects – proposals down by 50% in the past year.more
Mumbai Metro

Mumbai developers approached MMRC to get direct access to Metro stations through their projects.

January 9, 2020

As the real estate market is still in a major slump, some of the biggest developers have found a new way of drawing customers to their high-end projects. They also addressed Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to provide them with direct access to the underground stations of the 33.5 km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 from their current […]

Mumbai developers approached MMRC to get direct access to Metro stations through their projects.more
Home loan

Authority demands reduction of interest rate on home loans.

The real estate industry has urged the government to lower the interest rate on home loans to 7% and to raise the deduction of income tax on interest paid on housing loans to Rs 5 lakh to help revive demand after home sales rose by just 1% in 2019. The industry body National Real Estate […]

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Real estate investment

Homebuyers filed a writ petition in SC challenging IBC amendment.

January 8, 2020

Homebuyers opposed the central government’s ordinance to amend the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 and demanded a stay of the operation of Section 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) 2019, which aims to modify Section 7 of the IBC. “The writ petition is filed by 11 petitioners from 11 different projects, including […]

Homebuyers filed a writ petition in SC challenging IBC amendment.more
Finance

Realty firm Supertech applies for last-mile funding of Rs 1,500 cr.

January 6, 2020

Supertech, a real estate company, said on January 5th, that they sought Rs 1,500 crore from the newly established government Stress Fund to complete their 12 ongoing housing projects in Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The firm said the 12 projects consisting of 20,000 flats are in an advanced stage and that last […]

Realty firm Supertech applies for last-mile funding of Rs 1,500 cr.more
Insolvency

NCLT takes action against Efferent Realtors under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

January 2, 2020

Under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) started a procedure for corporate insolvency resolution against Efferent Real Estates located in Delhi. Gaurav Katiyar has been named by the courts as the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) for the case. The buyer through his lawyer Piyush Singh of […]

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MahaRERA

MahaRERA took suo moto action against 21 developers.

December 31, 2019

The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) took action against 21 real estate developers, who have not followed the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act (RERA) registration, and also did not apply a list of customers who booked their homes for further action under Section 7 and 8 of the RERA Act.  The provisions of […]

MahaRERA took suo moto action against 21 developers.more
Real estate investment

Consumers and Lawyers declare their unhappiness for the complaints under MahaRERA.

December 30, 2019

When it comes to registering real estate projects and also concerning grievances, Maharashtra can have the best place between states. Nonetheless, that is where the distinction stops. The state has no information to simplify the purchasing decision for the consumers. The action-taken-report remains missing; moreover, most of the consumers and lawyers are unhappy about the […]

Consumers and Lawyers declare their unhappiness for the complaints under MahaRERA.more
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EOW filed 32,000- page charge sheet against the promoters of HDIL and others.

The Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police On Friday, in a Metropolitan magistrate court, filed a 32,000-page charge sheet against five persons at multi-crore Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank scam. The charge sheet has been marked by Joy Thomas, former director of the bank, Waryam Singh, former chairman, Surjit Singh Arora former director of […]

EOW filed 32,000- page charge sheet against the promoters of HDIL and others.more
Housing Sales

Housing Sales in Mumbai reached the highest level in the past 4 years.

December 27, 2019

Home sales in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, rose to the highest level in four years, as developers focused on building cheaper homes, according to Anarock Property Consultants. Sales in Mumbai grew by 22% in 2019 amid the continued credit crunch and economic slowdown decreased recovery in housing sales in India’s top 7 cities. The Macrotech […]

Housing Sales in Mumbai reached the highest level in the past 4 years.more