Finance Budget 2024 suggested lowering property long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax from 20% to 12.5% and eliminating indexation. This shift affects real estate investors greatly. Ghar highlights key points:

The Bombay High Court held that the state deserves a fair return on its land in a landmark decision. Justices B P Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan stressed that leasing rates need not be cheap if they fail to cover inflation, administration fees, and escalation.

Defying the global economic slowdown, India's real estate market has experienced an unexpected surge over the past two years, with the rental sector, in particular, becoming a beacon for investors worldwide.

India's REIT and InvIT funding has increased significantly in recent years. The money generated via these channels increased tenfold in 2023, reaching ₹11,474 crore. SEBI's favourable policies and these instruments' enticing returns have driven this expansion.

Commercial purchases in Bengaluru fell 14.3% to 12.5 million square feet in 2023. Knight Frank India ascribed this decline to US inflation and a slowing technology industry, which drives Bengaluru's office space demand.

The Reserve Bank of India's fifth straight repo rate hold at 6.5% is likely to boost the Indian property industry, especially Mumbai house sales.

The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee recently announced its decision to maintain the repo rate at 6.5%. This decision has garnered various reactions from the Indian real estate sector