Buildings and real estate projects, between 20,000 and 300,000 sq. metres, will no longer need to be assessed for their environmental impact, by the Centre. From now on, States can integrate the clearance process of such projects into their building by-laws to streamline environmental clearance to a significant chunk of ... Read More »
Malayalam actor Dhanya Mary Verghese has been arrested for involvement in Rs 130 crore real estate fraud. She had been absconding for over a month before the police nabbed her. Dhanya Mary Verghese. File Photo The Times of India reports that she was arrested in Nagercoil along with her husband John ... Read More »
MUMBAI: A builder can terminate a flat purchase agreement by giving just a week’s notice on email to the buyer who defaults on an installment. But the developer can refund the money without interest to the purchaser at leisure, within six months. This is one among several controversial clauses in ... Read More »
PANAJI: After the demonetization announcement and with the Real Estate Regulation Act(RERA) waiting in the wings to make an entrance, numerous aspiring home seekers across the state are stuck in a dilemma. Conflicting views and statements that the cost of real estate will fall drastically has made first times purchasers ... Read More »
Americans enjoy an unusual kind of security—their big, domestically-focused economy isn’t very vulnerable to external shocks. But most people around the world don’t have that luxury: their jobs, businesses and livelihoods are very sensitive to events in far-off lands, and the choices of leaders they don’t elect. Right now, much ... Read More »
Arvind Subramanian says the Indian economy, as far as macroeconomic condition is concerned, is very stable. As the country comes to terms with the demonetisation of Rs. 1,000 and old Rs. 500 notes, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian spoke at an ASSOCHAM event. Excerpts from the press conference >> It’s ... Read More »
As marijuana legalization spreads across the country, the financial impact has extended throughout some areas of the economy. One sector seeing a big benefit is industrial warehouses. Because large facilities are needed to grow and store marijuana — and because local laws often limit where such businesses can be located — industrial ... Read More »
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has notified draft rules for the regulator to be set up under the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA). Among the key proposals aimed at helping homebuyers, there’s much-needed clarity on transfer of project’s land in favour of association entity of homebuyers. Introduction of dividable and non-dividable ... Read More »
MUMBAI: Draft rules of the new Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016, (RERA), notified by the Maharashtra government on Thursday have been diluted to favour errant builders, property experts and housing activists said. They claimed that they lacked transparency and flat buyers will continue to remain in the dark ... Read More »
AMBERNATH, India—Saturdays are typically busy at the sales office of Patel’s Planet, one of the many new apartment developments in the suburbs surrounding Mumbai where India’s fledgling middle class has been flocking in recent years. But last Saturday, it was virtually deserted. Prateek Patel, the cousin of the developer, complained ... Read More »
Dombivli -based A. Gandhi is finding it difficult to sell his two bedroom flat, after the central government demonetised the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in November. “My flat has been on the market for nearly four months and I had got to the point of signing the agreement ... Read More »
The demonetisation drive by the Modi government has had an impact on the real estate sector with the number of enquiries and walk-ins by homebuyers falling by almost half as they postpone purchase decisions and wait for a further fall in prices. A substantial decrease in enquiries and walk-ins has ... Read More »
