Rental House

India's rental housing market entered a consolidation phase in July-August 2025, with modest demand and supply growth pointing to a more balanced environment

Several major cities, including Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai, witnessed softer shifts with demand easing between -1.2% and -7.2% QoQ.

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Ajmera Realty & Infra India Ltd on Thursday reported a 7 per cent growth in sale bookings to Rs 270 crore in the December quarter on better housing demand. Its sale bookings or pre-sales stood at Rs 253 crore in the year-ago period. During the April-Decrmber period of 2024-25 fiscal, the company's sale bookings were up 14 per cent to Rs 830 crore from Rs 730 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing. Dhaval Ajmera, Director, Ajmera Realty & Infra India Ltd, said, the company delivered a steady performance in December quarter, with sales driven by recently launched portfolio and limited inventory availability across projects. "The launched portfolio velocity contributed over 40 per cent to our sales during the nine-month period, demonstrating our ability to align with market expectations," he said. Looking ahead, Dhaval Ajmera said the company is optimistic about launching new projects in the upcoming quarter. "The company is ...

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Bengaluru's Sarjapur Road saw average monthly rental values increase by 67%, while capital values increased by 54%.

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Rental yield refers to the annual return on investment (ROI) that a property owner earns from the rent they receive. It's essentially a way to measure the profitability of an investment property.

The Income Tax Department on Monday said it has found mismatch between rent paid by salaried employees vis-a-vis rent received by the recipient for 2020-21 fiscal year and conducted data analysis for high-value cases. Refuting reports that there is a special drive by the department to reopen cases regarding House Rent Allowance (HRA), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the verification of rent paid by the tenant and the rent received by the recipient was done in a "small number" of cases. "Data analysis was carried out in some high-value cases of mismatch between the rent paid by the employee and receipt of rent by the recipient for the FY 2020-21. This verification was done in a small number of cases without re-opening bulk of cases, especially since Updated Return for FY 2020-21(AY 2021-22) could have been filed by the taxpayers concerned only till 31.03.2024," the CBDT said in a statement. The objective of the e-verification was to alert cases of mismatches of ...

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Co-living operators are looking to expand their businesses and open more centres in the new year, as they expect demand for fully-serviced rental accommodation to rise from working professionals and students, according to industry players. The co-living segment was worst affected during the COVID pandemic as educational institutions and offices were closed to curb the spread of the disease. Many co-living operators shut down their operations permanently or scaled down their businesses. In the last two years, co-living operators, who survived the onslaught of the pandemic, have been trying to regain the lost ground and recoup the losses as normalcy returned, leading to the opening of educational institutes and the gradual return of employees to offices. Stanza, Colive, Zolo, Olive by Embassy, Your Space, Settl., Union Living and Coho are some of the co-living operators providing rental accommodations to students and professionals. When asked about the year gone by and outlook for 20

Landlords cannot be deprived of beneficial enjoyment of their property and are vested with the right to decide how to utilise their possessions, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday while upholding an order for vacation of tenanted premises. The high court said it is trite law that a tenant cannot dictate to the landlord as to how the property has to be utilised. Landlords cannot be deprived of the beneficial enjoyment of their property. Further, the court is not to sit on the armchair of landlords to dictate as to how the property should be utilised. It is the sole discretion of the landlords to get all the tenanted premises vacated and use as per their need, Justice Jasmeet Singh said. The high court passed the judgement while dismissing a revision petition filed by a tenant challenging a trial court's order of eviction of a shop at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg here. The landlord said he and his son are joint owners of the property, where several shops have been given on rent,

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Employees who are given unfurnished rent-free accommodation from non-government sources will get a reduction in the valuation of such houses i.e., their taxable base will come down.