Category: Affordable Homes

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and its Advantages.

March 20, 2019

By Abhay Harish Shah , Realty Quarter The basic term for any investment need was LIC, Mutual Fund, Gold and Real-estate. Gone are the days when a large number of people were investing in real-estate. Due to a static market, people don’t tend to invest in real-estate as much, as it used to be previously. […]

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Service Tax charged on Redeveloped projects done by Developers

Service Tax charged on Redeveloped projects done by Developers

March 10, 2019

By Abhay Harish Shah , Realty Quarter Again a new problem arose for the real estate people. A developer redevelops a society and delivers the apartment to its original owners for free of cost. The tax department wants to impose service tax on those projects which have been redeveloped and delivered. The Indirect tax department […]

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GST

GST dropped from 12% to 5% on Under-Construction Houses

February 25, 2019

By Realty Quarter Bureau Buying a House has become a nightmare especially for neo-middle & middle-class people. But, it looks like things are going to be changed. As per the latest news, The Goods and Service Tax (GST) are going to be slashed from 12% to 5% on under construction houses. The new rate will […]

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NRIs Buying Indian Property, And Indians Buying Property Abroad

November 4, 2018

NRIs Eyeing Indian Properties Ever since the Indian rupee began nosediving, more and more NRIs (non-resident Indians) have turned their focus to the Indian real estate market. There are good reasons for this. Other than the favourable exchange rate, the new regulatory environment driven by RERA, DeMo and GST have served to clear up a […]

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PMAY-Urban-Yojna

Nearly 2.67lakh more homes to sanctioned for urban poor under PMAY –U

July 27, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The approval was given in a meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee of PMAY (U), which was held under the chairmanship of Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra. The Centre approved construction of nearly 2.67 lakh more affordable houses for the poor in 10 states under […]

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Vacant Affordable Housing – Causes (and Solutions?)

July 16, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants In any discussion about affordable housing in India today, the fact that a lot of such housing is actually lying vacant is bound to crop up. One may point out that, especially with the Government’s avowed intention of providing Housing for All by 2022, this supply should logically […]

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New Housing Launches up by 50% in Q2 2018

July 11, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Affordable Housing Keeps the Momentum Going   Unsold inventory down 2% from 7.11 lakh units in Q1 2018 to 7.0 lakh units in Q2 2018 Unsold inventory declined 10% from 7.7 lakh units in Q4 2017   There has been a whopping 50% jump in overall new housing launches in Q2 2018 […]

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Empowered Committee to set up soon for resolving home buyers issues: Housing Minister

July 4, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The empowered committee, set up by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, will reach out to home buyers to resolve their problems ‘at the earliest’, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, on July 1, 2018. The union minister of state (independent charge) for housing and urban affairs said that on June […]

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3.5lakh homes are been sanctioned every month states housing minister

June 27, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The ​ Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) Scheme To Hand-Over 1 Crore Homes By December 2018: Says The Union Minister Of State For Urban Affairs Minister, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri ; Ministry Sanctions About 3-5 Lakh Homes Every Month The Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, […]

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NIIF plans to invest $200 million in HDFC Capital promoting affordable housing

By Realty Quarter Bureau National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), the government-sponsored domestic funding agency, is in talks with HDFC Capital to invest in a fund that will promote affordable housing. NIIF on Sunday had announced an infusion of $200 million, in two tranches, from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) into a fund of funds (FoF) that […]

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