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Beware! Your property can be registered by others

Monday, February 27th, 2012

If you own a property you should be very careful as anyone can get your property registered in their name! It comes as a surprising news to all of us indeed! Similar is the situation witnessed at Kolkata! Wherein an employee of a private insurance firm’s flat at Kush Apartment in north Rukkanpura has been registered [...]

Property worth Rs 1 crore catch up fire!

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Property worth crores was gutted in major fire break down at Parempadam near Kunnamkulam in Thrissur. The fire broke out in the nearby paddy field spread across causing damage to painting garage and six vehicles parked in the garage! The fire operations began a little late and so did the people did not stop the [...]

NRI find firmness in Indian real estate investment!

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Home ownership is the highlight in India! The real estate experts say that there has not been any time where they haven’t witnessed NRI neglecting to invest on land or property down their respective home towns in India. For the NRI’s who have done their investments here in India few years back are today worth [...]

New real estate show by NDTV

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

“The property show” offering real estate experts advice to all its customers. This property related show will be broad casted by a media biggie NDTV Profit. The show comprises of real estate segments featuring financial, legal and construction advice from well known architects and designers. For the first time in India, NDTV Profit in collaboration [...]

AMR Infrastructure invests Rs 1200 crore in Greater Noida

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

AMR Infrastructure, a real estate firm based in the national capital is planning to invest in a township in Greater Noida. The project worth Rs 1200 crore is of 25 acres which will include residential and commercial spaces and a shopping mall. The investors have already put in Rs 600 crore and they plan to [...]

RBI further puts new bracket in home loans

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Property buyers are again to face a sharp blow for home loans. According to latest notice by the Reserve Bank of India, banks have to exclude the stamp duty, registration fees and other charges to calculate the total value of a property while giving a loan. This notification means there will be a setback in [...]

Dilemma in Indian realty sector!

Friday, January 27th, 2012

The roller coaster ride in Indian realty seems to have no end to it! The investments in realty industry is dashing in a sense of dilemma in the investors and property buyer’s mind! With so much of fluctuations happening in the realty industry, the investors and property buyers are hardly showing any interest in property [...]

Service tax to be levied on construction of flats

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

As per the recent Bombay High court’s order, service tax will be levied on construction of properties. Earlier, Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) challenged the order of paying extra service tax. The order also stated that only state government has the power to levy tax on flats, buildings and other plots. MCHI has already [...]

Mumbai builders met CM to discuss RR rates

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Builders in Mumbai are a worried lot now over various issues. Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) met the state chief minister to reverse back the Ready Reckoner (RR) rates as it was in 2011. The builders also wanted a permanent solution for getting instant clearances for building projects. An abrupt increase of 46% in [...]

Royalty gets common treatment for property tax!

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Nobody is spared from paying property tax, neither a common man nor a king. The quote holds true as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has put a huge tax of around Rs 1 crore on the family of Mysore Maharaja, Jayachamaraja Wadiyar. The tax has been levied on their litigated land in Palace Grounds [...]