Tag: Union Budget 2012-13

Indian Real Estate Sector may gain due to Gudi Padwa.

The festival is widely celebrated in the state of Maharashtra  and as for common people in India, a home is a priced possession and they do not sell and buy residential properties often. They wait for an auspicious date to such transactions.Gudi Padwa, a festival which earmarks new beginnings and new hopes to everybody’s life. Hence […]

Real Estate Sector is disappointed.

Real estate players were disappointed with the Budget saying it failed to highlight the role of the housing sector in the economy. The Union Budget 2012-13 on Friday proposed allowing external commercial borrowing for low cost affordable housing projects. Presenting the Budget in the Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister, Mr Pranabh Mukherjee, also proposed setting […]

Buying or building of a house will cost more as per the Union Budget 2012-13.

Realty players said that purchase or construction of a house would now cost more due to expected rise in prices of key raw materials cement and steel and a hike in service tax by 2 per cent.Barring low-cost housing, property prices are expected to rise in the coming days after the proposed hike in service tax from […]

Union Budget 2012-13: Builders say that Pranab Mukherjee has ignored ground realty.

Chief of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Lalit Kumar Jain, said the announcement on external commercial borrowings (ECB) for affordable housing was a minor respite but still meaningless. Jain, who is also chairman and managing director of Kumar Urban Development Ltd, added, “We contribute 6.5% to the GDP and expected a big […]

Union Budget 2012-13 – A List Of Pros And Cons.

Aunj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle India has a mixed reaction to Union Budget 2012-13 as he seems that the Indian real estate sector does not have much to cheer about.   Exempting proceeds from the sale of a residential property from Capital Gains tax if they are invested in equity or equipment […]

Real Estate Industry expects Home Loan Rate to be renewed.

As the Union Budget 2012-13 is already in news, city’s real estate industry also has expressed its expectations. Mainly revolving around increased subsidy on interest rate for loans towards affordable housing and industry status for taxation and construction and relaxation of FDI up to 51 per cent into multi-branding, the industry is hopeful of a […]