Category: Housing Finance

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 […]

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Finance

Realty firm Supertech applies for last-mile funding of Rs 1,500 cr.

January 6, 2020

Supertech, a real estate company, said on January 5th, that they sought Rs 1,500 crore from the newly established government Stress Fund to complete their 12 ongoing housing projects in Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The firm said the 12 projects consisting of 20,000 flats are in an advanced stage and that last […]

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Home loan approved

JM financial home loans partnered for co-lending with Bank of Baroda, expects to enter premium home loans.

January 3, 2020

The affordable housing based lending arm of JM Financial Group (JM Financial Home Loans) proposes a five-fold increase in the next fiscal year’s loan book with a co-lending tie-up with the Bank of Baroda. Two years back, as part of diversifying of its developer financing business (JM Financial Credit Solutions, the joint venture with ex-Citi […]

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MahaRERA

MahaRERA took suo moto action against 21 developers.

December 31, 2019

The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) took action against 21 real estate developers, who have not followed the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act (RERA) registration, and also did not apply a list of customers who booked their homes for further action under Section 7 and 8 of the RERA Act.  The provisions of […]

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ICRA

ICRA Report: Construction Industry to see an uptrend in new order inflows.

December 26, 2019

With a growing number of projects in the infrastructure market, new order inflows for the construction companies will increase in 2020, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. Nevertheless, Icra has given a positive view for the construction sector, noting that land acquisition delays, financial issues and state government preferences pose a threat to new order […]

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Affordable Housing

State Government to soon unite housing bodies to speed up affordable housing projects.

The Maharashtra Government plans to bring the various agencies responsible for affordable housing schemes under a single umbrella. Sources indicate that the Government is considering bringing the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and others to urban development services in order to streamline and speed up affordable housing projects. While […]

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DHFL

DHFL administrator issued debt settlement- receives Rs 1.2 lakh crore claims from creditors.

December 21, 2019

The Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) administrator allegedly issued total debt settlement demands of about Rs 1.2 lakh crore from creditors after the RBI referred debt settlement to the indebted Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC). “The lenders have filed their claims including debenture holders, secured lenders and depositors. So far the amount is about Rs 1.2 […]

DHFL administrator issued debt settlement- receives Rs 1.2 lakh crore claims from creditors.more
Bankruptcy Code IBC

IBC amendment bill 2019 seeks to protect last-mile funding.

December 12, 2019

The Union Cabinet approved the insolvency and bankruptcy code amendments on 11 December. Based on an official release the Code amendments aim, at removing bottlenecks, rationalizing the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) and protecting last-mile funding will boost investment in financially distressed sectors.  “Additional thresholds introduced by the authorized representative for the purpose of preventing frivolous […]

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construction workers

MahaRERA edicts to appoint only skilled labours for quality construction.

December 6, 2019

MahaRERA will now allow only skilled workers at construction sites to ensure quality construction and prevent accidents. The workers will also benefit from insurance coverage for their family members. The MahaRERA has already started to recruit employers’ organizations and also ensuring that the workers do not lose their wages for the day. “The process of […]

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RBI

RBI disagrees to change the repo rate, real estate developers show disappointment to the decision.

The real estate developers expressed disappointment at the decision of the Reserve Bank of India to maintain the status quo on policy rates in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review of the financial year. The Reserve Bank of India since February has reduced interest rates by cumulatively 135 basis points in five consecutive reductions in […]

RBI disagrees to change the repo rate, real estate developers show disappointment to the decision.more