In order to reactivate the main industry, also to boost the economy and to provide aid to home buyers, the cabinet approved Rs 25,000-crore special windows to finance housing projects that are stalled. The money will be available for projects that are “net worth positive,” FM Nirmala Sitharaman said. There will be potential distribution to […]
The cabinet opens Rs 25,000 crore window for projects that are on hold.more
Indiabulls Real Estate on Saturday said that, within its plan to focus on the Indian market and to cut debt, it has sold its property in London to a developer group company for 200 million pounds (around Rs 1,830 crore). On 28 September, The shareholders of the company approved a proposal for the sale of their London […]
Indiabulls Real Estate to focus on Indian market; sells London property for 200 mn pounds to promoters.more
On 18 October 2019, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed on behalf of scam-hit bank account holders Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC), seeking to lift restrictions imposed on cash withdrawals by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The petitioner Bejon Kumar Mishra told the lawyer Shashank Sudhi to file his petition on […]
Supreme Court rejects depositors’ plea for increasing withdrawals limit on PMC bank.more
On Friday, the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reviewed the current economic situation, international and domestic problems and various fields of activity. The analysis is taking place in the midst of a more marked economic slowdown and recent PMC loan manipulations flagging a new threat to banking governance and NPA frauds. […]
RBI reviews the ongoing slowdown and the economic situation happening in various sectors.more
By Abhay Shah The fifth consecutive rate cut this year by the Reserve Bank of India is in line with expectations and could probably help boost consumers’ feelings in advance of the festive season, a significant quarter for the selling of real estate. Nevertheless, real estate experts said it was not enough to help flagging […]
RBI’s fifth Repo Rate Cut may increase the real estate sales in this last quarter of the year.more By Abhay Shah, Realty Quarter All banks have been obliged to link floating rates loan extended to retail and small businesses to the repo rate at which the lenders borrow from the RBI-or the Treasury bill rates from October 2019. The move comes in the days after banks in the public sector declared a slew of repo-linked loans after a nudge from Minister of […]
For all new housing loans, Banks are required to pass on rate cuts.more
By Abhay Shah, Realty Quarter In an effort to increase slowing economic growth in India, the finance minister lately announced a slew of projects. It is not just the real estate industry that is experiencing a slowdown in growth, but the entire economy. This has been ascribed to a number of factors, including global trade […]
Is the economic stimulus package of the Finance Minister going to revive the real estate industry?more By Abhay Shah, Realty Quarter On August 13, the Reserve Bank said housing finance companies (HFCs) will be treated for regulatory purposes as one of the categories of NBFCs and will be under their direct supervision. The Finance (No 2) Act, 2019 (23 of 2019) modified the National Housing Bank Act, 1987, which conferred on […]
RBI new regulation declares Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) to be treated as NBFCs.more By Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India “In light of the present economic distress in the country, we welcome the move to bring down REPO rate by 35 bps however, we would have really expected to see a more substantial cut is the need of the hour for its effective transmission to […]
35 bps rate cut welcomed but more needs to be done.more
By Shishir Baijal – Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India The Indian economy is going through testing times. What was initially being perceived as a sector-specific degrowth has now panned out to be an overall economic slowdown.The automobile and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industries are in a slump, job markets are strained with […]
RATE CUT IN EXCESS OF 100 BPS – THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE REAL ESTATE HEAD HIGH!more
