Category: Chennai

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 […]

Investors explicate keen interest in last-mile funding for the stuck housing projects.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
Home buyers finally got the status of Primary secured creditors

Bengaluru-based Embassy group is going to invest Rs 2,000 crore into co-living space.

January 22, 2020

On 21st January, the Bengaluru-based Embassy Group has entered into co-living space and plans to build six such buildings in Bengaluru and Chennai. They are planning to widen there co-living brand Oliven to Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Delhi-NCR. Initially, 20,000 beds space is being launched, starting from Bengaluru (15,000), Chennai (2,500) and Pune (2,500) and […]

Bengaluru-based Embassy group is going to invest Rs 2,000 crore into co-living space.more
Income tax return

Joint property owners can file income tax return using this forms.

January 13, 2020

The income tax department permits joint owners of single house property to file the income tax return by simply using Form-1 (Sahaj) or Form-4 (Sugam). On 3 January, the taxpayers who had owned a house in joint ownership were debarred, and those who had paid Rs 1 lakh of electricity billed in a year or […]

Joint property owners can file income tax return using this forms.more
SBI

State Bank of India initiates Home Buyer Finance Guarantee Scheme.

January 11, 2020

To provide a booster to the property market, on January 8, India’s leading lender, State Bank of India, has unveiled a guarantee scheme for home buyer funding whereby, if the developer fails to deliver the house within a predetermined time, the lender will reimburse the entire amount of the principal. Until the occupation certificate is […]

State Bank of India initiates Home Buyer Finance Guarantee Scheme.more
Rental housing

Nanma Properties, part of the Eastern Group is going to enter into Affordable Housing Market.

Nanma Properties, part of the Eastern Group has established preparations for entrance into the affordable housing market. The decision of the Group reflects the declaration by the Central Government of the subsidies for the affordable housing sector. Navas Meeran, Chairman of the Eastern Group, said Nanma Properties Ltd will invest Rs 2,500 crore in an […]

Nanma Properties, part of the Eastern Group is going to enter into Affordable Housing Market.more
Home loan

Authority demands reduction of interest rate on home loans.

January 9, 2020

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 […]

Authority demands reduction of interest rate on home loans.more
affordable homes

Real Estate bodies seek to develop more properties under the affordable housing scheme.

January 7, 2020

With finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February presenting the Union Budget 2020-21, real estate chambers pursued to dilute the definition of affordable housing in order to enable more properties to fall within its scope and take advantage of the opportunities. The concept of affordable housing currently means a house or flat in non-metropolitan cities and […]

Real Estate bodies seek to develop more properties under the affordable housing scheme.more
construction

Real Estate Sector Forecast: Residential and Non-Residential construction is likely to grow in India.

January 3, 2020

On December 30th, Fitch Solutions said it expects the residential and non-residential building sector of the country to grow by 6.6% in 2020, led by fiscal support and increased focus on providing affordable housing in urban areas. “A mix of tax support and government policies supporting the housings market, and enhanced activity within the logistics, […]

Real Estate Sector Forecast: Residential and Non-Residential construction is likely to grow in India.more
invest

Colliers International Report – Indian real estate sector to attract USD 6.5 billion investment.

January 2, 2020

This year investment in the property industry in India, driven mainly by a large demand of commercial IT companies’ office properties, is likely to rise by 5% to USD 6.5 billion (around Rs 46,000 crore), according to the global real estate consultant Colliers. The real estate market gained USD 6.2 billion last year, up 8.7% […]

Colliers International Report – Indian real estate sector to attract USD 6.5 billion investment.more