residential properties

Housing prices have declined in eight major cities by up to 15% during January-March period of this year due to a slowdown in property demand, according to the latest data of the National Housing Bank. The prices, however, have increased in six cities, including Delhi, while rates remained flat in Patna. Full Article

The recent imposition of service tax on residential properties will have only a minimal impact on the demand for residential properties in the real estate sector as most buyers in the market are end-users than investors. This service tax of 10.3 per cent on 25 per cent of the home value, which will translate into a close to 2.6 per cent of the home value on projects under construction, was proposed in the Union Budget of 2010-11. Full Article

Property tax rates in the capital are all set to rise from April 2010. After rejecting the proposal for introducing professional tax, Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) standing committee on Monday cleared the proposal to hike property tax. Full Article

China property market has now become a bubble. This is now turned into a fear which is expected to burst and shake the world economic recovery in the coming days. But now we can be relaxed to a certain degree that China have recognized this rising dragon and is making polices to control the dragon. Full Article

A person earning over Rs 30,000 per month may have to pay a ‘professional tax’ of Rs 100-200 under new tax proposals unveiled by the MCD in its 2010-11 budget, which also envisaged a hike of five per cent in property tax rates. The civic agency will focus on Commonwealth Games 2010 related infrastructure and parking projects in the coming year, for which an additional Rs 1,005 crore has been allocated, Municipal Commissioner K S Mehra said. Full Article

That the property market has undergone a significant correction is well known. That real estate experts are now talking about prices bottoming out is well known too. But, contrary to conventional wisdom, experts are of the view that this may not be the right time to invest in residential property. And, their advice is for both [...] Full Article