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LIC Housing Finance cuts its housing loan rates to 7.4%.

April 23, 2020

LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL) has reduced its interest rates with immediate impact for individual home loan borrowers, the firm said in a media release. For any amount of loan, the interest rate for new customers with CIBIL score of 800 or more is 7.5%. If the customer assigns new/existing single premium term insurance policy […]

LIC Housing Finance cuts its housing loan rates to 7.4%.more
Supreme court

SC concludes 20-year old battle, declares two JVPD plots as an ‘Open Spaces’.

April 22, 2020

In a judgment closing a 20-year-old battle, the Supreme Court ordered that two open spaces at the Juhu-Vile Parle Development Scheme (JVPD) be maintained as open spaces only. It upheld a 2017 Bombay High Court Order labelling Mhada’s decision to approve construction on the two layout open spaces as an “illegality” and “set off with […]

SC concludes 20-year old battle, declares two JVPD plots as an ‘Open Spaces’.more

Emirates REIT plans to buy-back $400 million in bonds to improve its balance sheet.

Emirates REIT, a sharia-compliant real estate investment trust headquartered in Dubai, is contemplating buying back some of it’s nearly $400 million in Islamic outstanding bonds to boost its balance sheet, three sources told Reuters. Given the economic pressures induced by the coronavirus pandemic, which is worsening an already stagnant property sector in Dubai, the idea […]

Emirates REIT plans to buy-back $400 million in bonds to improve its balance sheet.more
Real estate

The emergence of sustainability in the ambit of Real Estate

Written by Mr Apurva Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Rivali Park CCI Projects India’s escalating residential sector is one of the highest suppliers to the country’s total carbon releases that is to account for 22% of India’s over-all annual carbon releases. Buildings account for up to forty percent of the whole energy consumption in India, of which […]

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Indian real estate market experiences a decline in institutional investment by 58%.

April 21, 2020

Institutional investment in the Indian real estate market has dropped from a year earlier to $712 million during the quarter ended March by 58%. Total investments in the financial year 2019-20 experienced a 13% fall at $4.26 billion-the lowest for four years, a report by JLL India shows. Several events affected the downturn, including the […]

Indian real estate market experiences a decline in institutional investment by 58%.more
High Court

Delhi HC orders Indiabulls Housing for the outstandings to NCD investors.

A Delhi High Court order received by private-sector lender Indiabulls Housing Finance toward market regulator Sebi has placed mutual fund houses in a tight position. The HC has permitted Indiabulls, a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) not to pay its debenture holders, including fund houses, interest and principal, as far as the RBI requires banks and […]

Delhi HC orders Indiabulls Housing for the outstandings to NCD investors.more
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Office workplace to focus on creating wide spaces to comply with social distancing standards.

April 20, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak and government-mandated social distancing standards will affect workplace requirements and designs in the coming future as businesses look at ways to safeguard their employee’s health. Companies working in commercial complexes are required to uphold social distancing norms and be able to confront any unexpected health issues. Many firms, particularly in information technology and […]

Office workplace to focus on creating wide spaces to comply with social distancing standards.more
Real estate

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.

April 17, 2020

The updated guidelines for ongoing construction projects provided by the Center on April 15 have come as a significant relief to the builders as workers stationed at such sites are now able to begin construction work. The updated guidelines, however, also confirmed that such work cannot be performed in places designated as COVID-19 hotspots. Mumbai […]

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.more

ICICI Bank and other private banks demand rent waiver from their landlords.

It is known that ICICI Bank and other private lenders have reached out to their landlords requesting a rent waiver for the lockdown period. Sources said that considering the disruption caused by COVID-19, ICICI Bank has asked operating offices to obtain a waiver from their landlords as a measure of support for the bank. There […]

ICICI Bank and other private banks demand rent waiver from their landlords.more
Construction

X BKC project promoter declines to pay rent by citing force majeure clause.

April 14, 2020

Invoking the force majeure clause in the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, the promoters of the X BKC project in Kala Nagar, Bandra requested MIG Colony’s original tenants not to deposit their cheques for the May-June period. Citing financial problems and bad market conditions, MIG (Bandra) Realtors and Builders Pvt Ltd, part of the DB […]

X BKC project promoter declines to pay rent by citing force majeure clause.more