Category: Bangalore

Bank

Market forecast: Private sector banks may face the maximum risk of bad loans.

March 23, 2020

While the industry and policymakers evaluate the damage caused to the banking system by the Coronavirus attack, a ball-park possible based on the past forecast reveals that, in the worst-case scenario of macro-economic recession, bad loans may grow to 120 basis points with banks in the private sector experiencing high risk. A stress test performed by […]

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Money Laundering

ED attaches properties of Surya Vinayak Industries of Rs 66 crore under PMLA case.

March 20, 2020

On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it has attached properties to the tune of Rs 66 crore of many persons implicated in a case involving Surya Vinayak Industries in a Rs 2,206 crore bank scam. The ED, in a report, said that in the case of Surya Vinayak Industries Ltd. and its group companies […]

ED attaches properties of Surya Vinayak Industries of Rs 66 crore under PMLA case.more
Interest Rates

CREDAI plans to reset the interest rate along with rescheduling debt repayment.

March 19, 2020

Against the backdrop of the Coronavirus outbreak and its effects on the economy, the body of real estate developers, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), seeks to delay the debt repayment scheduled for the next 3 months and to be permitted to recover in installments over the next 12 months. The developers’ […]

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Co-working Space

US-based company Kovorks partnered with Marvel Infrabuild to develop India’s largest co-working space in Bengaluru.

US-based flexible office space provider Kovorks collaborated with city-based Marvel Infrabuild to create India’s largest coworking facility with a capacity of around 25,000 desks. The new luxurious co-working space would extend across 15,000,00 sqft at Whitefield main road. Kovorks already runs versatile offices in seven locations in the US and Malaysia. “India’s co-working market has […]

US-based company Kovorks partnered with Marvel Infrabuild to develop India’s largest co-working space in Bengaluru.more
WeWork

SoftBank Group plans to pull out $3 billion additional shares bid in WeWork.

March 18, 2020

SoftBank Group is contemplating retreating out of a $3 billion bid to buy additional shares in WeWork because it thinks the office-space sharing business has not fulfilled the conditions of the contract, said people familiar with the matter on March 17. The U-turn by SoftBank will be the latest blow to WeWork investors, who saw […]

SoftBank Group plans to pull out $3 billion additional shares bid in WeWork.more
office

JLL Report: Approx 30% of the Office buildings in the top three cities need refurbishment.

March 17, 2020

As per property consultancy JLL India, approximately 30% of office buildings in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru are at least a decade old and require refurbishment that might cost over Rs 5,500 crore. The consultancy said in a report ‘Futureproofing 2.0 Upgrading commercial properties to build sustainable value’ after upgrading, rents might increase by up to […]

JLL Report: Approx 30% of the Office buildings in the top three cities need refurbishment.more
Western Railway-Mumbai

Indian Railways to monetize land parcels by leasing it to e-commerce firms.

March 16, 2020

The Indian Railways plan to monetize land plots in smaller cities by leasing them for warehouse setup to e-commerce companies. The Rail Land Development Authority, the statutory authority under the Ministry of Railways, said it was in talks with the largest online store in the country, the Flipkart, and that the interest will soon be […]

Indian Railways to monetize land parcels by leasing it to e-commerce firms.more

Top 5 property apps to consider while hunting a house.

March 14, 2020

Looking for a house, whether to rent or buy a house, is now a day a very tough task, particularly in metropolitan cities. It’s just a time-taking job to go out to search for one. But such tasks can be accomplished easily with the aid of websites or apps that enable people to look for […]

Top 5 property apps to consider while hunting a house.more
SBI

SBI announces MCLR deduction by 15 bps across various tenors.

March 11, 2020

On Wednesday, the nation’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), said that its marginal cost of fund-based lending rate (MCLR) has been reduced by up to 15 basis points across different tenors, effective March 10. The Bank’s one-year MCLR decreased from 7.85 per cent earlier by 10 basis points to 7.75%, said the SBI. […]

SBI announces MCLR deduction by 15 bps across various tenors.more
Waiver on Stamp duty

Karnataka state minister announces a reduction on stamp duty by 3%.

March 7, 2020

Stamp duty on new apartments or flats with costs below Rs 20 lakh would be lowered to 2% from 5%, as of April 1, to encourage affordable housing, as announced by the state Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on March 5. “I propose that the stamp duty on the first time registration of new flats or […]

Karnataka state minister announces a reduction on stamp duty by 3%.more