On Wednesday, the nation’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), said that its marginal cost of fund-based lending rate (MCLR) has been reduced by up to 15 basis points across different tenors, effective March 10. The Bank’s one-year MCLR decreased from 7.85 per cent earlier by 10 basis points to 7.75%, said the SBI. […]
SBI announces MCLR deduction by 15 bps across various tenors.more
Indiabulls Housing Finance said on Sunday that Yes Bank owes Rs 662 crore as bonds to the firm and does not have any term loans pending from the lender. “We wish to notify that Yes Bank via additional Tier 1 (AT-1) bonds owe to Indiabulls Housing Finance Rs 662 crore,” the report said in a […]
The striking claim of Indiabulls Housing on Yes Bank for Rs 662 crore.more
Stamp duty on new apartments or flats with costs below Rs 20 lakh would be lowered to 2% from 5%, as of April 1, to encourage affordable housing, as announced by the state Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on March 5. “I propose that the stamp duty on the first time registration of new flats or […]
Karnataka state minister announces a reduction on stamp duty by 3%.more
Morgan Stanley has purchased an equity stake in Ummeed Housing Finance in the funding round of the company’s Rs 164-crore series-D. Ummeed Housing is operated by Swiss investor LGT, which has purchased the Soros Economic Development Fund’s India-focused fund Aspada. A fund operated by global investor Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, which owns a minority […]
Morgan Stanley acquires Ummeed Housing Finance equity stake for Rs 164 crore.more
The real estate development arm Larson & Toubro’s (L&T Realty) is in planning to do a partnership with DB Realty for developing a residential project in the Malad area of Mumbai’s Western suburb. The said project is estimated to be over 1.4 million sq ft, said three persons with direct knowledge of the development. The […]
L&T Realty is going to develop a residential project together with DB Realty in Malad, Mumbai.more
The next possible extension of the Date of Commencement of Commercial Operations (DCCO) of commercial real estate project loans by one year without downgrading asset classification may be allowed in a financially sound Non-Banking Finance Companies NBFCs and Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). Official sources stated that, following the recently concluded meeting of the Monetary Policy […]
NBFCs and HFCs are presumed to get additional one-year loan restructuring extension.more
According to property consultant Anarock, housing sales bookings of the top nine listed developers increased by 2% to nearly Rs 5,800 crore during the third quarter of this fiscal year. DLF, Sobha, Puravankara, Prestige Estates, Brigade Enterprises, Godrej Properties, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Oberoi Realty and Kolte Patil have been included in this sales bookings list. “In […]
Residential sales of 9 leading real estate companies increased by 2% at almost Rs 5,800 crore.more
The National Green Tribunal has dismissed the environmental clearance (EC) granted to Godrej in Bengaluru to a high-level housing project for the development of the lake buffer zone. A bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice S P Wangdi, Chairperson of the NGT, said that there could have been no environmental clearance for the […]
The National Green Tribunal nullifies environmental clearance for the project of Godrej Properties.more
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ruled that insolvency proceedings initiated by a flat buyer or financial institution would be pursued only with respect to the project in dispute and would not impact any other projects of developers. The whole insolvency procedure started at the behest of either a flat buyer or a bank […]
Buyers can seek a refund from a real estate firm that is undergoing insolvency.more
More than two years after a bailout scheme for stalled slum rehabilitation projects was initiated by the state government by providing soft loans, not a single builder has benefited from it. In October 2017, the government had partnered with the SBI the state-run Shivshahi Punarvasan Prakalp Limited (SPPL), to provide loans between Rs.5 crore – […]
Developers facing denial on bailout scheme applications.more