On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it has attached properties to the tune of Rs 66 crore of many persons implicated in a case involving Surya Vinayak Industries in a Rs 2,206 crore bank scam. The ED, in a report, said that in the case of Surya Vinayak Industries Ltd. and its group companies […]
The coronavirus disease has had a crippling impact on the real estate sector with approximately 65% flat buyers defaulting on installments since last week, said Credai -MCHI, the apex body comprising more than 1,400 builders in the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR). Worse, there are also reports of the closing down of malls that retail stores will […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
Although several repo rate cuts (the rate at which banks borrow from the central bank) was made by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), lending rates have not witnessed a corresponding shift. Homebuyers, therefore, are often eager to know why this occurs, and how banks and housing finance companies (HFCs) charge interest rates. Below are […]
Real Estate developers and property consultants shared their disappointment about the Budget for the next fiscal and said they did not address the sector’s tremendous liquidity problem and gave no significant opportunities to raise slow housing sales. “The budget direction is incremental but the sector-specific measures for the real estate sector are not in effect,” […]
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 […]
The Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police On Friday, in a Metropolitan magistrate court, filed a 32,000-page charge sheet against five persons at multi-crore Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank scam. The charge sheet has been marked by Joy Thomas, former director of the bank, Waryam Singh, former chairman, Surjit Singh Arora former director of […]
About $8.7 billion, which constitutes 25%, is under severe strain at the moment from the sum of $35 billion loan advances offered to developers within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The ANAROCK property consultancy study showed that this is around twice the total loan stress in the National Capital Region (NCR) of $4.3 billion. The […]
