Why do people buy houses and flats? Reason one: To live in them. Reason two: To benefit from a favourable tax regime if they are buying houses with borrowed money. And reason three: The possibility of

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Housing finance major Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC)&nbsp;has announced a 50 basis points hike in home loan rates in the coming week. One basis points is one-hundredth of one per cent.

HDFC jacks up home loan rates

Banks and housing companies have signalled that home loans are going to become costlier after Diwali. The extent of the increase should be about 25-50 basis points, across maturities. 


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Floating rate home loans from Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) are dearer effective Monday, following a hike of 50 basis points in the corporations retail prime lending rate (PLR). 


HDFC floating rates up 50 bps

A whopping five million sq feet of mall space is expected to spring up in the near future in Bangalore which will be dedicated to high-end malls. 


Bangalore to see explosion in mall space soon

The real estate prices in state are expected to see a 10 to 15 per cent rise following the hike in freight charges announced by the Railways. The freight hike will hike the prices of steel and cement

Real estate prices to go up over 10%

The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (ACCE) has announced that it will organise Build Expo 2005, a construction fair of South India from January 22-26, 2005. 


Construction fair from January 22

Real estate in Chandigarh is gaining from the industry-friendly policy of the government of Himachal Pradesh. A residential plot of one kanal (500 square yards), which was registered for Rs 2 lakh two

Chandigarh realty booms under Himachal impact

Before the Durga Puja, the state government will allot 2500 new plots in the new township at Rajarhat, informed Gautam Deb, minister, housing and public health engineering department (PHED).


2500 new plots at Rajarhat

India International Mega Trade Fair- 2004 (IIMTF-2004) is expected to generate a business of Rs 500-1,000 crore, claimed its organisers.


Trade fair focus on real estate

Also exploring realty services including mall &amp; facilities management.


Singapore real estate major to enter India

To cash in on growing incomes in small towns and cities, real estate developers are now looking at residential and commercial projects in Chandigarh, Jaipur, Moradabad, Malerkotla, and areas of

Realtors see big gains in small towns

Canadian firm bringing in largest FDI slice in real estate. 


Bangalore suburb to be $2.9 bn smart city

The Rs 600 crore Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (DFPCL) announced its foray into retail and real estate development. The company is promoting and developing a five lakh square

Deepak Fertilisers plans realty foray with mall in Pune

In the commercial real estate arena, developers are now delivering built-to-suits at a pace which is unmatched even in the more advanced western countries. This is happening across the country,

BPO rush driving demand for `built-to-suits' real estate

The action in real estate development arena is now gradually shifting to small cities and semi-urban towns from the bigger cities.


Realtors shift focus to smaller towns

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