Category: Housing Finance

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.

January 29, 2020

Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, 46 years old, has been arrested and brought before the specified PMLA court by the Enforce Directorate (ED), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and held under the custody of the ED until 29 January 2020. The court accepted the Agency’s claim that Wadhawan’s remand […]

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.more

MMRDA proposes 28 commercial and 10 residential buildings in BKC to make the area more lucrative.

Thirty years is a short time in a rising metropolis and as the commercial hub of the Bandra-Kurla Complex became a hotspot, MMRDA decided to make it more lucrative by preparing a cosmopolitan development of taller buildings, and greener spaces. A master plan to construct 28 commercial and 10 residential buildings in BKC’s E Block […]

MMRDA proposes 28 commercial and 10 residential buildings in BKC to make the area more lucrative.more

Government to issue a list of “Smart Cities” in June 2020.

January 28, 2020

The Smart Cities Mission will complete its five years of implication and the central government is going to publish a report card in June, consisting of 100 chosen smart cities into three categories – ease of living, municipal performance index and climate. It will allow cities to plan better and move towards data-driven governance, which […]

Government to issue a list of “Smart Cities” in June 2020.more

Maharashtra RERA Rules in Place to Protect Homebuyers from May 1

Lawyers will provide legal assistance to the distressed homebuyers for free.

Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) lawyers decided to provide home buyers with free legal consultancy and support in court from February 1. The Bar Association-run Legal Aid Cell advocates will serve those in need of help in the logjam between builders and homebuyers. The members have held several seminars to raise awareness about the […]

Lawyers will provide legal assistance to the distressed homebuyers for free.more

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

Piramal Realty to focus on the mid-market segment – plans to invest Rs. 3,500 crore in Mumbai.

Piramal Realty, the Piramal Group’s real estate development arm, plans to invest over Rs 3,500 crore in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) residential project over the next 3 years with a strong focus on mid-market segment, said a top company official. Goldman Sachs and Warburg Pincus are investors of this enterprise which is entering the […]

Piramal Realty to focus on the mid-market segment – plans to invest Rs. 3,500 crore in Mumbai.more

Five principles to follow while buying a new house.

January 21, 2020

When it comes to buying a home, finance is one of the most important determinants and most of the other concerns revolve around it. Because purchases of property are often a once in life decision, your funds need to be properly assessed. One must now use its savings and also choose a home loan to […]

Five principles to follow while buying a new house.more

Developers are avoiding redevelopment projects – proposals down by 50% in the past year.

January 20, 2020

Redevelopment of housing societies, once a capital spin-off for most of the builders in Mumbai, has almost ended. In addition to a sluggish real estate market, developers say projects such as these, which earlier gained huge revenues, are no longer profitable because of the BMC’s high premiums and construction expenses. Throughout the city, developers have […]

Developers are avoiding redevelopment projects – proposals down by 50% in the past year.more

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

Category: Housing Finance

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