In a public-private partnership initiative between real estate developers and the Maharashtra Government’s housing and allied agencies for affordable homes, the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, has signed a joint declaration with the State Government …

Shares of realty firms were the major underperformers in 2010. The fall has been aggravated in the last 15-20 days, despite companies announcing improved financial performance in the recent quarter.
The market does not appear to …

The recovering realty sector has given a spurt to property transactions in recent times. However, many investors are ignorant that some of these transactions attract capital gains tax.
Tax consultants say that house property defined under …

There has been much calculation on interest rates, prior to the announcement of the credit policy by the Reserve Bank of India on April 20.
While the increase in the repo and the reverse repo rates …

Real estate companies are looking to fulfill the demand for residential and office space in tier-II and tier-III cities. Most of them have ambitious projects in this financial year.
DLF feels with economic growth faster in …

Hyderabad:
Income earned from a house is taxable under the Income Tax Act. In order to qualify for tax, the assessee must be the owner of the property. Further, the property should consist of buildings or …

Hyderabad:
According to the Income Tax Act, individuals are allowed a deduction against expenditure incurred towards payment of rent for a house occupied by them. This is provided under Section 80GG of the Act. The provisions …

Planning to sell your old house to buy a new one? Undoubtedly, residential properties sell like hot bread in metros like Delhi, Mumbai or Chennai, or even in tier II towns like Pune, Coimbatore or …

The Finance Minister’s recent move to reduce service tax has not brought much cheer for real estate players who say the tax should have not been imposed in the first place. “Service tax on residential …

India’s real-estate investors can breathe a sigh of relief. The country’s central bank Tuesday held off making moves that could cool the country’s rising property market.
They won’t always be so lucky.
After a short-lived correction, real …