07TH TO 10TH JANUARY 2020

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07 JANUARY 2020 NEWS

PROPERTY TAX NEWS

     

Civic body may offer property tax sops to builders

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 07 JANUARY 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to ease out the property tax structure for land under construction (LUC) in its upcoming revision of property taxes.
     

For parking penalty, BMC goes from flat to formula

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 07 JANUARY 2020
Mumbai: The BMC on Monday modified the penalty for motorists parking within a radius of 500 metres from public parking lots. Since July 7, the BMC began imposing heavy fines for parking within 500 metres of a public parking lot.
     

REALTY NEWS

     

Pallonji realty arm to set up warehousing investment platform

Publication:MINT Date : 07 JANUARY 2020
Out of $600 mn, the investment platform plans to deploy around $150 mn within the next two years Investments into the Indian industrial and warehousing segment is likely to touch $7 billion by 2021.
     

Income Tax relief for middle class & incentives for new home buyers likely

Publication:THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 07 JANUARY 2020
The Finance Ministry is likely to provide income tax relief to the middle class in the upcoming Union Budget 2020-21, according to two senior government officials.

08 JANUARY 2020 NEWS

CITY NEWS

     

Metro shed: Panel chief visits 2 sites; report likely in a week

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 08 JANUARY 2020
The state-appointed committee, formed to explore and suggest alternative sites for the Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) car shed, visited Aarey Milk Colony on Tuesday as well as a potential alternative plot at Kanjurmarg. The committee’s report is expected in a week.
     

REALTY NEWS

     

Another sector in Bandra Kurla Complex to be opened up for residential activity

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 08 JANUARY 2020
MUMBAI: The Ashok Piramal Group’s real estate development company Peninsula Land is looking to repay its entire debt over the next 27-30 months led by the completion of its 6 ongoing residential projects in Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune, said a top company official.
     

Shriram Properties reduces IPO size from ₹1,250 cr to ₹750 cr

Publication: MINT Date : 08 JANUARY 2020
Shriram Properties had received approval from capital Sebi to float an IPO in April 2018 Shriram Properties has ₹590 crore of debt, and will mainly use the proceeds of the share sale to pare its leverage level
     

5% drop in sale of homes across Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Publication: HINDUSTA TIMES Date : 08 JANUARY 2020
The effects of the slowdown continued to reflect in the real estate market in 2019, when property sale dipped across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

09 JANUARY 2020 NEWS

CITY NEWS

     

Easy access to Metro-3: MMRC in talks with developers, corporates

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 09 JANUARY 2020
To provide residential and commercial complexes easy access to Metro-3 stations, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is approaching developer associations in and around Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Lower Parel, and the international airport.

REALTY NEWS

     

SBI launches ‘guarantee’ plan for home buyers

Publication: BUSINESS LINE Date : 09 JANUARY 2020
State Bank of India (SBI) has launched Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee (RBBG) to safeguard home buyers financially by issuing guarantee for completion of projects to customers availing SBI Home Loans.
     

SBI arm clears 4 applications for stressed real estate fund

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 09 JANUARY 2020
New Delhi: SBICAP Ventures, which has been entrusted with the task of managing the proposed Rs 25,000-crore real estate stressed asset fund, cleared the first batch of four applications, lending Rs 25 crore each to the realtors.
     

SBI to ensure completion of hsg projects it finances

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 09 JANUARY 2020
Mumbai: SBI has launched a loan product that will protect home buyers financially against non-completion of projects that it has funded. The bank has introduced Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee (RBBG), which guarantees completion of projects funded by the bank to customers availing SBI Home Loans.

10 JANUARY 2020 NEWS

CITY NEWS

     

Maharashtra set to implement uniform building rules

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 10 JANUARY 2020
Besides promoting simplified and uniform building development norms across all municipalities and metropolitan areas, the move, being planned under the government’s Ease of Doing Business (EODB) reforms, will also see an increase in the permissible buildable area indices in a majority of regions, said sources.
     

Redevelopment proposals down by 50 per cent in a year: BMC

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 10 JANUARY 2020
MUMBAI: Redevelopment of housing societies, once a money-spinning deal for most Mumbai builders, has virtually ground to a halt. Besides a stagnant property market, developers say such projects which earlier earned them huge profit margins, are no longer profitable because of high premiums and development charges levied by the BMC.
     

INFRA NEWS

     

2 new Metros, 3 road projects to ease your commute in 2020

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 10 JANUARY 2020
Mumbai: Traffic woes in the suburbs, mainly in the west, are likely to reduce this year, with MMRDA, the apex planning body, announcing it will throw open two Metro corridors and complete three road projects.

REALTY NEWS

     

Budget 2020 | Reviving a slowing economy while keeping the finances healthy

Publication: MINT Date : 10 JANUARY 2020
FM Nirmala Sitharaman will have to walk a tight rope in boosting demand without allowing the fiscal deficit to go off-track
     

Renting Homes On Collector's Land Now Made Easy In Mumbai

Publication: MID-DAY Date : 10 JANUARY 2020
Government has waived cumbersome process of securing a no-objection certificate from the collector for leave and licence agreements for 2,500 buildings under state control

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