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Real Estate Year-End Review and Outlook for 2022 By Bhushan Nemlekar, Director, Sumit Woods Limited.

January 27, 2022

Mr. Bhushan Nemlekar, Director, Sumit Woods Limited. Sector Performance in 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic was a massive heat blow to the industry, where everything started displacing and changed the way homebuyers think now. The government of India along with the governments of respective States took several initiatives to encourage development in the sector. Their approach towards […]

What is the Government’s “Ownership Scheme”?

October 24, 2020

The Central government has recently launched an important scheme for people living in rural areas. Its name is the Government’s ‘Ownership Scheme’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the scheme on 24 April 2020 on National Panchayati Raj Day. They will be given property cards. Introducing the scheme, the PM distributed property cards to some people. […]

ICICI Bank and other private banks demand rent waiver from their landlords.

April 17, 2020

It is known that ICICI Bank and other private lenders have reached out to their landlords requesting a rent waiver for the lockdown period. Sources said that considering the disruption caused by COVID-19, ICICI Bank has asked operating offices to obtain a waiver from their landlords as a measure of support for the bank. There […]

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.

April 11, 2020

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has suggested that ongoing projects must be treated as assets for providing credit to developers, zero- period interest waiver in Uttar Pradesh should be provided for two years amid COVID-19, and developers who have applied for partial or partial project competition must be issued completion certificates to prevent […]

Realty developers to advertise and close the housing deals via digital platforms.

March 24, 2020

Realty developers are now advertising their latest releases through digital platforms, as the Covid-19 outbreak and the predicted reduced amount of visits of homebuyers at their sales offices provide no relief. Several major developers such as Godrej Properties, Total Environment Building Systems, and Prestige Group have introduced digital site tours, confirmations and verifications from email […]

Residential sector saw an upward trend; sales grew by 5% in December month.

February 13, 2020

The residential property market in the nation is starting to look up. India’s Top 35 real estate markets, including Tier I and Tier II, saw 3 per cent annual growth, as well as 5 per cent sequential growth in sales in the quarter ended December. Of these, 27 cities recorded an upward trend in sales […]

Developers facing denial on bailout scheme applications.

February 11, 2020

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 – […]

Budget 2020: How it will benefit the real estate segment?

February 2, 2020

Budget 2020 has given the real estate industry and the common man many surprises. Many demands were anticipated from the real estate sector in the 2020 budget, but only a few received the attention of the minister of finance. Let us check some of the main budget announcements and their effect on the real estate […]

Latest Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman budget speech 2020 highlights.

February 1, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today introduced a new discretionary personal income tax regime and unveiled a multibillion-dollar farm, infra and healthcare package to boost the country’s economy. Emphasizing capacity building and empowering oppressed sections of the society while preserving the creators of wealth, Sitharaman said this budget would improve people’s income and purchasing power. Finance […]

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 […]