Tag: Housing Development

Affordable housing in Mumbai

In order to provide affordable housing to the Economical Weaker Sections (EWS) of society, MHADA, The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority plans to buy land at market price and develop some houses. Gautam Chatterjee, Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of MHADA stated in a conference that MHADA is lacking in land due to which […]

Tata Housing and Tata Realty Acting as Competitors

April 26, 2010 The two companies Tata Realty and Tata Housing belonging to Tata Sons Ltd. are competing with each other which are doing nothing but hindering Tata Sons on a whole.  Therefore, Tata Sons is asking them to avoid this competition. Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd was established so as to develop and sell […]

Hope of Home Loan Relief Plan Extension by SBI

Photo by seaview99March 25, 2010 After the budget 2010, SBI brings a gleam of hope for home loan borrowers as it plans an extension in the home loan relief plan. SBI, the State Bank of India, one of the largest lenders in India, has indicated that although there would be slight changes, but it may […]

Realtors renegotiate deals, put projects on hold

With the information technology and business process outsourcing companies facing an uncertain future following a recession in the US, some real estate players developing space for these companies are being forced to shelve their projects, while others are slashing their rentals and renegotiating lease agreements to stay afloat. For these real estate developers, already reeling […]

Real Estate giant to sell off 4.5 million square feet

In a sign of the times, the country’s third largest real estate player, Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), has offered to sell off three of its plots totalling about 4.5 million square feet. Analysts say the rare move shows the extent of liquidity crunch in the realty market where no developer normally takes the […]

HDIL Will Buy Land To Relocate 80,000 Slum Families

Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), India’s third largest developer by market value, plans to raise Rs1,000 crore within a year to buy land and relocate 80,000 slum families for the Mumbai airport modernization project. The project will entail the country’s single largest rehabilitation exercise, even bigger than the Dharavi project, which will relocate 55,000 […]

Boom Time Over:-Keki Mistry, Vice Chairman Of Housing Development Finance Corp

According to Keki Mistry, vice chairman of Housing Development Finance Corp An increase in the housing supply, rising borrowing costs and a stock market rout are bringing a five-year property boom in India to a close, according to executives at two mortgage lenders. Property prices across the country could drop as much as 15% in […]

HDIL Gets Government Approval For Mumbai Slum Project

The real estate developer Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited got the government approval for the popular Mumbai airport slum rehabilitation programme. Mr. Sarang Wadhawan, HDIL Managing Director said, “The tenement limit has been increased from 225 square feet to 270 square feet . As the size of the tenement has gone up, the transfer of […]