Tag: Dwelling Units

Housing ministry’s offer for small home buyers

The housing ministry has offered a veritable bonanza for first-time house buyers in the low and middle income groups, suggesting tax breaks, cap on prices and freeze on interest rates. It has also suggested a one-time debt-restructuring for realtors. Keeping the middle class vote bank in view, the government wants to benefit the urban lower […]

Rate cut may not prop up metro realty

The move to reduce interest rates for home loans up to Rs 20 lakh by public sector banks may induce some buying in the property market and prompt developers to build more low-cost homes. However, according to developers, this may not be enough to provide a major boost to the residential property market immediately. Some […]

Housing demand falls 35% in smaller cities: Assocham

The demand in the housing sector fell by 35% in tier-II and tier-III cities in the first half of this fiscal due to the high cost of borrowings, says an assessment by an industry lobby. According to the assessment of Assocham, over 20 million people in about 25 tier-II and tier-III cities, who want to […]