Category: REAL ESTATE NEWS

Bank of Baroda too raises lending rates by 5basis points

June 6, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau State-owned Bank of Baroda on Tuesday raised benchmark lending rate by 5 basis points across tenure in line with other competitors. The decision to raise lending rate comes a day before the bi-monthly monetary policy announcement of the Reserve Bank of India indicating pressure on interest rate to move upward. Marginal cost […]

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5th June – World Environment Day Green Buildings – An Imperative, Not a Choice

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Across the globe, 5th June is celebrated as World Environment Day, which is the principle platform of the United Nation to create more awareness and action towards protecting Earth’s environment. This day has a very special significance for the real estate sector Over the past few decades, fast-paced […]

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India’s 3 major banks SBI, PNB, ICICI Bank raised lending rates

June 2, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau Days ahead of RBI’s monetary policy review, India’s three major banks SBI, PNB and ICICI Bank on Friday increased their benchmark lending rates or MCLR by up to 0.1 per cent, making loans costlier for consumers. The new rates are effective from today. India’s largest lender SBI has increased the lending rate by 10 basis points across all tenors […]

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Government sets up special “advisory committee” to solve problems in real estate

By Realty Quarter Bureau Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State (Independent Charges) in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs yesterday said that government has set up an “Advisory Committee” in western, eastern and southern region to solve existing problems of real estate. The minister was speaking at Global Investment Summit 2018 in Gurugram. The committees […]

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TATA group wins the BDD chawls re-development bids

June 1, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau “The Tata-led consortium is the successful L1 bidder for the Worli BDD Chawls project. They quoted a rate of Rs 49,617 per sq m of construction area, while a consortium led by ACC India and the Lebanon-based Arabian Construction Company Holding Ltd quoted Rs 53,810 per sq m,” a senior Mhada official said. Also in […]

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Centre approves construction of 1.5lakh houses for urban poor

By Realty Quarter Bureau The Centre has approved the construction of 1.5 lakh houses for the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), taking to 47.52 lakhs the tally of houses under the programme so far, the Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry said. The latest approval entails an investment of Rs 7,227crores […]

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Distressed Property Auctions

A Closer Look at Distressed Property Auctions

By Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO – ANAROCK Capital We often hear of banks auctioning off seized distressed properties, and how such properties can be lucrative investments as they come at very attractive prices. Studying the market of distressed properties is not very easy, but there are some areas of predictability. The ‘supply’ of distressed […]

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Indian Ocean Port to be developed with help of Indonesia

May 31, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau Indonesia and India pledged to step up defence and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port in the Indian Ocean, the leaders of the two countries said after meeting in Jakarta. Indonesian President Joko Widodo met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss, among other issues, developing […]

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ICRA reports cement output growth 6.3% in FY18

By Realty Quarter Bureau By improving demand, domestic cement output grew 6.3 per cent to 298 million tonne (MT) in 2017-18, according to credit rating firm Icra. It also said that going by the prevalent trend, the growth momentum is expected to continue in the current financial year and the industry is likely to report a growth of 6 %. […]

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Cabinet approves the MoU between India & France Renewable Energy

May 30, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and France in the field of Renewable Energy on 10th  March, 2018 in New Delhi.   Both sides aim to identify research/ demonstration/ pilot project between National Institute […]

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