Page 14 - Housing

Electricity to housing, West Bengal govt rolls out sops ahead of polls

The state finance minister has announced in its Budget free electricity for consumers with quarterly consumption up to 75 units

Delhi HC orders Centre to get illegally occupied govt bungalows vacated

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said allowing illegal occupation of government accommodation for several years amounts to "connivance and conspiracy"

Top headlines: Housing sales fall 9%, GAIL to invest 45,000 cr in gas infra

From falling housing sales to GAIL's Rs 45,000 crore investment to create infra for gas-based economy, here are the day's top headlines

New housing supply in Thane, Mumbai and Pune falls 40-50% during Q2: Report

In Hyderabad, there were 4,797 units launched in July-September 2019, up 22 per cent on year-on-year basis

Housing sales dip over 9% in Q2 as slowdown weighs on buyers' sentiment

This is the fourth such report that has shown fall in housing sales during the third quarter of the 2019 calendar year

Interest rate on house building advance cut to 7.9% for govt employees

According to the the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, the new interest rate has come into force from October 1.

Builders welcome govt's move to revive stalled projects, seek more funds

Measures not enough to encourage buyers, claim real estate players

Affordability improves, but housing in India continues to be expensive

Young couples should avoid this obligation if it puts them in a tight liquidity position

India's top 7 cities saw apartment sizes shrink by 17% in 5 years: Report

Bangalore saw the least decline in average property size at around 12% in this period

Govt plans to sanction construction of 10 million houses before 2020

The official said that construction of almost 6.2 million individual household toilets and 500,000 community and public toilet seats is already over or nearing completion

A good year for affordable housing

Provisions of RERA, subsidy under PMAY, relaxation in PF withdrawal to buy a house will aid housing

Facing housing issues? Google's secretive think tank comes to your rescue

As of 2016, there are 7.4 billion people on the planet, reports Tech In Asia

Housing sales fell 40% in Nov-Dec on demonetisation: PropTiger

As customers deferred their decision to buy homes on the expectation of fall in prices

Housing loan pangs for public sector banks

According to data from the RBI, the personal loan portfolio of all banks stood at Rs 14.4 lakh crore at the end of June 2016

Centre asks states to lower stamp duty for affordable housing

Govt has selected 2,508 cities under the 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana' for providing affordable houses to the urban poor

Housing shortage to arrest price fall: Credai

There is a documented shortage of 20 million housing units, said Credai President Geetamber Anand

KKR to invest Rs 145 cr in Mantri Developers' project

This investment underscores the company's confidence in Bengaluru's real estate sector and economic prospects

US consumer prices post largest gain in three years; housing starts up

Rise in prices in April is likely to be welcomed by Fed officials who last month softened their language on inflation

Home prices hit roof but affordability also at its best: HDFC

Average property value of housing units has appreciated to an all-time high of over Rs 50 lakh this year

Housing prices down 1% during March quarter in Delhi-NCR: 99acres

The report captures capital and rental price trends of the residential realty market on quarterly basis across seven major cities