How 2016 was the year of pro-consumer verdicts
NEW DELHI (INDIA): Sale of packaged drinking water above MRP, medical negligence cases and delay in handing over of flats by builders were some issues that led the consumer fora… Read more »
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US home prices rise 5.1% in October
WASHINGTON: U.S. home prices rose again in October as buyers bidding for scarce properties drove prices higher. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.1% in… Read more »
Brazil commercial real estate prices, lease values fall in November
By: Ana Mano SAO PAULO: The price of Brazilian commercial real estate has continued to contract, signaling the sector remains vulnerable to the effects of the country’s recession, according to… Read more »
India approves investment of Rs 266 crore for Delhi under AMRUT
NEW DELHI (INDIA): The government of India has approved investments of Rs 266 crore for improving water supply and sewerage networks in Delhi under the 2016-17 action plan in AMRUT… Read more »
Demonetisation impacts property deals, but raises hope of cheaper loans
By Anand Singh NEW DELHI (INDIA): Even as the sale of pre-owned houses and developer-built small properties have come to a standstill, the realty industry hopes the quantum of home… Read more »
Home-sharing websites like Airbnb, Zeus Living mired in eviction feuds
NEW YORK: In a gentrifying neighborhood of San Francisco, a couple exit their cab and head toward an apartment, rolling suitcases behind them. Unbeknownst to them, a private investigator by… Read more »
Builders pinning hopes on rate cuts for revival in 2017
By: Manvendra Jha, Prajakta Karnik NEW DELHI (INDIA): Property market was the economy’s underbelly this year and demonetisation towards the fag end only made it more isolated. But things might… Read more »
Tata Steel Special Economic Zone seeks more time to set up SEZ
NEW DELHI (INDIA): Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd has sought more time from the government for setting up a multi-product SEZ in Odisha. The company’s proposal will be taken… Read more »
Realty regulator to impact housing finance cos: RBI
MUMBAI (INDIA): Curbing of speculative activities in the realty sector after the establishment of a regulator is expected to adversely impact the housing finance companies, a Reserve Bank of India… Read more »
India to states; Allot land to homeless families
NEW DELHI (INDIA): In an unique initiative, the government of India has asked states to allot land to a female member of homeless families so that they can be provided… Read more »