Real Estate Regulatory Bill

Did demonetisation erase black money in real estate? Just a couple of months ago, demonetisation appeared to have taken all the remaining steam out of our Indian real estate’s sails. Sales in the significantly &#82

Best residential real estate investment options in 2017

The year 2016 was an interesting one for real estate markets. A number of initiatives, like the passage of the Real Estate Regulatory Bill in March 2016, amendments to REIT guidelines in budget 2016-17 &#82

Realty regulator to impact housing finance cos: RBI

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 report said today.

What can you do if your project gets excessively delayed?

Those invested in a delayed project, suffer in several ways. If this is their first house and they have taken a loan, the buyers are saddled with both, rent and EMI simultaneously. If it R

3 factors that can boost the market during the festive period

The festive season is when people usually loosen their purse strings as this is an auspicious time to buy a home. Usually, this means a windfall for developers. But with the property market in &#82

Realty Regulatory Bill: Realtors get a new watchdog

It has been a big week with parliament approving a real estate regulatory authority bill. 10 years after it was first envisaged, India's watchdog for the real estate sector is now a reality. Prime Property brings you the highlights of real estate regulatory bill.

Real estate regulatory bill finally becomes a law

Rajya Sabha passes the bill, which will bring in much needed transparency in the sector and empower home buyers.

Govt hopeful of passage of Real Estate Bill this session: Naidu

The Real Estate Bill is pending before Parliament and the governemnt is hopeful that after discussion, it could be passed in the ongoing session, Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu said in reply to supplementary questions during the Question Hour.

How Real Estate Regulatory Bill can help revive property sector

Changes which have been made in the original draft of the Real Estate Regulatory Bill over time are quite progressive

Real Estate Bill: Why it is not a win-win for buyers

The bill may have raised hopes for the property buyers. However, there are many gray areas which may act as dampener.

Select panel seeks stricter version of Real Estate Bill

The Select Panel appointed to review the Real Estate Regulatory Bill has drawn up a list of as many as 37 suggestions, seeking to incorporate them before the bill is turned into law.

Realty Bill unlikely be tabled in Parl's monsoon session

The Rajya Sabha committee is expected to meet on July 5 and 6 to discuss the bill clause-by-clause.

Real estate regulatory bill: close to the finish line

JLL points out the impact of proposed Real Estate Regulatory Bill.

Real estate regulatory bill makes project execution faster

The Bill will bring about a common regulatory platform for all stakeholders in the industry thereby ushering in a higher degree of accountability amongst builders and sales intermediarles

Proposed regulator's norms 'death knell' for Mumbai mkt: DB

Developers say one proposed law in the bill has caught them on the wrong foot: the Real Estate Regulatory Bill requires them to deposit 50 percent of funds received from buyers in an escrow account, and which will be utilized only for construction purposes.

Under the real estate bill, 50% to be deposit in 15 days

Under the proposed Law, one or more Regulatory Authorities will be set up in each State/UT or one Authority for two or more States/UT by the concerned governments for oversight of real estate transactions.

ModiBudget 2015: 6 crore housing units for rural and urban housing by 2022

There has been a long standing demand to bestow infra status to low cost housing and township projects.

Indian Real Estate: 2014 Wrap-Up & Crystal-Gazing into 2015

An overview of what happened in real estate sector in 2014 and what to expect in 2015.

Roti, Kapda & Makaan: What do home buyers want?

With the intention to gauge the expectations of home buyers from Union Budget 2014-15, Makaan.com, India‘s fastest growing property site, conducted a research christened Roti, Kapda & Makaan 2014.

Prelaunch schemes by residential developers may vanish soon

During prelaunch, developers apprise an inner circle of brokers/investors that a property not officially launched in the market is available for sale. While one imagines the news spreads through word-of-mouth or email, recently we have seen prelaunch announcements made on public hoardings and in newspapers.

Realty Bill must cover all stakeholders: CREDAI

Terming real estate regulatory bill as a populist measure, realtors' body CREDAI on Wednesday said the proposed law should govern all stakeholders of the industry and not only the developers.

Real Estate Regulatory Bill - Sector Update

Two amendments to draft dilutes final bill - 1) lowering lock-in of customer advance from 70% to `70% & lower`, 2) removal of clause `Written Agreement in place before accepting > 10% advances`

Reaction to passing of Real Estate Regulator Bill

Though the Bill will turn out to be a boon for the property purchasers and the consumers, it has received a lot of criticism from developers for not being inclusive in its approach towards them.

Reaction on the real estate bill by Knight Frank India

Projects can`t be launched before all construction plans passed and approvals in place. Will this delay the project cycle further? And will this be practical keeping in mind that the biggest reason for delays in any project is getting plans approved.

Real Estate Bill: A watershed development, says C&W

The Real Estate Bill envisages to bring forth higher level of transparency and accountability from the developer community, which for long has been either self regulated or working on best practices principles.