Affordable Housing

The eight projects will add more than 3,000 new homes and commercial units across six cities and will be range form affordable to mid-income housing categories

Sustainable, secured growth strengthens outlook for affordable housing finance companies

Companies with scalable models and balanced, risk-adjusted growth are likely to take the lead

Affordable housing seen as unpriced dark horse from cement GST cut

Analysts say lower input costs could ease margins, revive demand and re-rate valuations for affordable housing developers, while cement stocks have already priced in the gains

Will the GST cut on cement save the faltering affordable housing segment?

Government incentives and sops have run their course with no big outcome but now cut in cement GST rates could give a boost

Affordable housing finance companies face growth slowdown as market matures

Elevated operating costs and pressure on margins would keep growth under check

Luxury housing crisis hits Mumbai as affordability reaches breaking point

Mumbai's luxury property market is experiencing a significant slowdown with a sharp drop in new launches and plummeting sales, as skyrocketing prices have made high-end real estate increasingly unattainable

CREDAI’s new leadership pitches for hike in Rs 45 lakh affordable housing cap, better home sales data

The new president of CREDAI, Shekhar Patel, said that the Rs 45 lakh cap on affordable housing should be increased or removed so that more people can get tax benefits and sales can increase in the segment.

Long-struggling affordable housing segment sees ray of hope after RBI cuts key policy rate

With rising construction costs, high home loan interest rates, thin margins and more lucrative opportunities in mid, premium, and luxury housing, large developers have continued to vacate the affordable housing space, and reduced supply has pushed up prices for affordable housing units.

Home First Finance: Growth levers in place to drive profitability, market share

The company continued to grow its asset base above industry levels

Affordable Housing stocks fall as Budget 2025 lowers capex to Rs 10.1 lakh crore in FY25

In the past, government programs like PMAY “Housing for All” and the SWAMIH scheme have supported affordable housing by reviving stalled projects

Affordable housing stocks surge ahead of Budget; HUDCO, Can Fin Homes, Aadhar Housing surge up to 3%

Industry experts are advocating for an upward revision in the property value cap under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), proposing an increase from the current Rs 35 lakh to Rs 50 lakh in metropolitan areas

Budget 2025: Affordable housing segment hopes government will hike tax deduction limits, house value cap

Analysts believe the 2025 Union Budget could introduce enhancements to PMAY-HFA to ensure affordable urban housing

Pitch Report: Realty players continue to look for taxation support for buyers and developers in Budget 2025

They will also be tracking whether the definition of affordable housing will be revised

Budget Snapshot | A shot in the arm for affordable housing?

It is imperative to boost housing in rural areas through measures such as incentives for first time buyers or even on loans which people could avail to convert ‘kaccha’ homes into ‘pucca’ ones

Will Union Budget 2025 revive India's affordable housing segment?

According to ANAROCK data, the sales share of affordable housing fell to a mere 18 percent in 2024 from over 38 percent in 2019. Similarly, its share of total housing supply in the top seven cities dropped to 16 percent in 2024 from nearly 40 percent in 2019.

Struggling with unsold inventory, MHADA increases size of Konkan board lottery

Around 16,000 houses will now be sold in the Konkan board lottery. Earlier, 12,000 affordable houses were up for sale

MHADA Mumbai housing lottery applications cross 90,000 ahead of Thursday deadline

According to MHADA officials, the authority has received 94,733 applications as till the end of September 16, of which 70,562 paid the earnest money deposit. Officials added that they expect more than one lakh applications by the end of the application process.

Plan to have 5,000 homes under lottery over the next year in Mumbai, says MHADA CEO

Additionally, the tender for the Kamathipura cluster redevelopment project is expected to be floated later in August, according to Sanjeev Jaiswal.

Realty, HFC stocks gain after FM announces capex, rental housing allocation in Budget 2024

Realty stocks gain after FM Sitharaman announced Rs 11 lakh crore capex outlay and Rs 10 lakh crore allocation for rental housing.

Budget 2024:Home Financiers advocate for enhanced PMAY scheme and housing loan subsidies

Investors hope for continued government support, with expectations of increased funding for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and additional subsidies for housing loan borrowers in Budget

Affordable housing, infra growth, boost to manufacturing likely to be in focus of Budget: Assocham

Highlighting that the first Budget of the Narendra Modi 3.0 government will also include a long-term blueprint for making India a developed nation by 2047, the paper listed areas that would require the government's greater attention and priorities for realising the national goals.

Union Budget 2024: Will this year be affordable housing’s big comeback?

Budget 2024-25: Affordable housing is on the cusp of sustained growth and all it needs is continued government push.

A multi-pronged approach, not mere targets, can boost affordable housing

The present PMAY scheme and the faltering pace of affordable housing that fell short of its earlier targets has evoked a great deal of criticism

Real estate sector expects policy reforms, push for affordable housing from the new government

Apart from policy changes directly affecting them, developers' wish list include lower home loan EMIs, and introduction of sustainability incentives for the sector.

A slowing affordable housing market is finding new money

Affordable housing market’s share in total housing loans has shrunk over the years and financiers to this segment have seen tepid growth in assets under management. That said, non-housing loans have been a big growth driver for them