Tag: Union Budget 2012-13.

Union Budget 2012-13: It will cost more to Buy or Build a House.

As per the budget proposal, the threshold will be over Rs 50 lakh an urban areas and Rs 20 lakh elsewhere. Also the TDS at the rate of 1 per cent on transfer of immovable property (other than agricultural land) above a specified threshold will also add to the cost of buying a house. Cement […]

Union Budget 2012-13: Ground Realty ignored by Pranab Mukherjee.

The top players in the realty sector said they had been ignored by the finance minister. Gaurav Gupta, director, Omkar Realtors & Developers commented that the realty sector had got nothing to boost market and customer sentiments. “There are no indications of this sector being granted the status of an industry, which it much deserves. […]

Pros and Cons of the Union Budget 2012-13.

Beginning with the Budget 2012, it is difficult to see the raising of the personal income tax exemption limit from Rs 1.8 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh as anything more than tokenism. It is certainly not relevant for the aspiring Indian middle-class home buyer. The expected exemption limit of Rs. 3 lakh would have had […]

Real Estate Industry demands, Home Loan Rate should Be Restructured.

As the speculations about the Union Budget 2012-13 already doing the rounds, city’s real estate industry also has expressed its expectations. Mainly revolving around increased subsidy on interest rate for loans towards affordable housing and industry status for taxation and construction and relaxation of FDI up to 51 per cent into multi-branding, the industry is […]