This year’s Union Budget brought a few positives in form of lower tax slab rate for tax slab Rs 2.5 lacs-Rs 5 lacs and reduction in holding period for long term capital gains for real estate from 3 years to 2 years. But there was a major shock for real estate investors. Set off of… Continue Reading
This year’s Union Budget is a mixed bag for salaried class and the real estate investors. Here is a look at key budget announcements. Reduction in tax rate from 10% to 5% for income tax slab of Rs 2.5 lacs to Rs 5 lacs (Positive) Introduction of Surcharge of 10% for taxable income between Rs… Continue Reading
You know that your credit score plays an important role in getting a loan. A lower credit score can simply ruin your chances of getting a loan. What you perhaps didn’t know was that a good credit score could get you better interest rates. Although it may already be happening internally, nothing was out in… Continue Reading
Recently, State Bank of India cut its MCLR (Marginal Cost of Funds based lending rate) by 0.9% p.a. from 8.9% p.a. to 8.0% p.a. This is bonanza for those who are planning to take a home loan this new year. Many other banks have followed suit and cut the MCLR rates sharply. However, this rate cut… Continue Reading
The latest Union Budget is a mixed bag for many investors. Though the budget had many sops for the borrowers & middle class folks, there were a few setbacks too. Let’s look at ten most important takeaways from the latest budget. 1. Tax Relief for First Time Home Buyers First time home buyers have been… Continue Reading
Are you looking to buy a house/flat? If you scout the internet, you are bound to come across projects being launched at very attractive pre-launch prices. When I started looking out for a house to buy, an advertisement by a well-known builder at rates which were kind of unbelievable caught my attention. Out of sheer… Continue Reading
When Finance Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, presented the NDA government’s first full year budget on 28th February 2015, I was one of the millions of Indians who sat glued to their television sets to catch the budget highlights first hand. To be honest, like most of individual tax payers out there, I was expecting a… Continue Reading
The literal meaning of Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) is farmer development bond. This name is a misnomer because any individual could invest in this instrument and not only farmers. The proceeds of the bond may be utilized for the welfare of the farmers. This small savings instrument, in its earlier avatar, was quite popular because… Continue Reading
This time around the budget has many proposals which directly and indirectly impact the real estate market positively. If we take the direct tax proposals, it has many goodies for the middle class and the salaried. Even though premium housing has emerged as a niche segment, the bulk of the housing demand continues to come… Continue Reading
The real estate sector which has gone through the sluggish sales in last couple of years has got some good reasons to cheer now. Increase in deduction on home loan interest, tax pass-through status for REITs, proposal for 100 more cities, proposal for ‘home for all’ programme, easing of FDI norms in real estate –… Continue Reading