The government should allow commercial real estate developers to set off GST paid on inputs like cement from the tax liability on rental income to avoid double taxation and give a boost to the office market to help India maintain its advantage in various sectors like IT and startups, realty firms and […]

The year 2021 is likely to witness acquisition of real estate projects by players with stronger balance sheets and partnerships of such players with equity capital providers. With lower asset prices, it would be a good time to enter as equity investor and/ or acquire assets either completed or under […]

Affordable housing projects continue to be the dominant segment in the NCR market as 87% of the new launches were concentrated in the less than Rs 45-lakh price bracket during the October to December 2020 quarter, according to Real Insight Q4 2020, a quarterly analysis of India’s eight prime residential […]

The Model Tenancy Act is in advance stages with the template having been shared with the state governments and is likely to be cleared by March, housing and urban affairs secretary Durga Shanker Mishra has said. “It is in advance stages and we have sent the template to the state […]

Following in the footsteps of Maharashtra and Karnataka, more states are considering reducing stamp duty to boost real estate sales, Housing Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra has said. “Besides Maharashtra and Karnataka that have reduced stamp duties, some more states are seriously considering doing the same,” he told reporters. To boost […]