Category: Other Cities

Housing Societies

PMC makes housing societies’ chairpersons accountable to make the residents home quarantined.

March 24, 2020

Finding it hard to keep a tab on people being asked to be home-quarantined to control coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has now placed the responsibility on the chairpersons of housing societies to see if the respective residents are being confined. The officials of the civic body have agreed to send the list […]

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Online Selling

Realty developers to advertise and close the housing deals via digital platforms.

Realty developers are now advertising their latest releases through digital platforms, as the Covid-19 outbreak and the predicted reduced amount of visits of homebuyers at their sales offices provide no relief. Several major developers such as Godrej Properties, Total Environment Building Systems, and Prestige Group have introduced digital site tours, confirmations and verifications from email […]

Realty developers to advertise and close the housing deals via digital platforms.more
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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construction workers

Realtors’ body rules to provide wages to the construction workers even though they are off work due to COVID19.

March 21, 2020

Realty developers body the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) has opted to pay construction staff even though they are off work owing to sickness or work stoppage at the site in the context of ongoing coronavirus mayhem. CREDAI has mentioned in a letter to members of its realty developers that this change would […]

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Metro Construction

Pune Municipal Corporation standing committee allocates Rs 230 crore for Metro extension.

The Pune Municipal Corporation’s standing committee has issued its go-ahead to allot Rs 233.75 crore for the Swargate-Katraj Metro extension, which is estimated to cost Rs 4.283 crore. The Standing Committee also sought the consent of the general body to delegate the operation of the project to Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) and present the […]

Pune Municipal Corporation standing committee allocates Rs 230 crore for Metro extension.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’ […]

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