Edelweiss Housing targets Rs 1000 cr loan biz by 2015
Edelweiss Housing Finance Ltd (EHFL), the housing finance arm of Edelweiss Group, has launched its operations in Pune.
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LIC Housing Finance plans to launch Rs 500 cr fund in Sept
LIC Housing Finance Ltd plans to launch a Rs 500 crore venture capital (VC) fund for urban infrastructure development by September, according to its Director and Chief Executive Officer, V K Sharma.
Realtors pull out of affordable housing projects
More than half a dozen builders, including Ahmedabad-based Bakeri Group, Lodha Developers and Indiabulls Real Estate, have either pulled out of the affordable-housing segment or have changed their offering.
Focus on affordable housing at CREDAI Bangalore exhibition
The annual CREDAI Realty Expo organized by CREDAI kicked off on Saturday with hundreds of prospective property buyers thronging the exhibition at Palace Grounds.
Due importance to affordable housing in Budget 2011: Ramesh Sanghvi, Director, Sanghvi Group
The budget of 2011-12 has certainly given due importance to the affordable sector. The current scheme of interest subvention on 1 percent on housing loans is now extended to Rs 15 lakhs where the cost should not exceed 25 lakh.
Happy with the governments focus on affordable housing: Kamal Khetan, Chairman & MD, Sunteck Realty
We are happy with the governments focus on affordable housing. Loan amount that qualifies under priority sector lending. Now, a home loan of Rs. 25 lakh would qualify as priority sector lending.
Deduction in affordable housing welcome: Lalit Kumar Jain, CMD, Kumar Urban Development Ltd and Vice president CREDAI
The unfulfilled demand of more than 24 million houses in the country needs large scale impetus to achieve desired results. Allowing deduction for investment into affordable housing is a welcome step and will surely boost morale of housing industry and will accelerate investments in affordable housing.
Low Income and Middle Income Housing thrust is reflected in the Budget: Rohtas Goel, MD, Omaxe
Affordable Housing development is expected to be encouraged with the announcement of a new Housing Mortgage Guarantee Fund which will cover the risk of Housing Finance Companies for lending to less advantaged sections of society.
FM asks monitoring on realty companies into housing scam
In the immediate aftermath of the bribes for loan scam involving LIC Housing Finance, the Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in conjunction with Dept of Financial Services asked for a complete monitoring of all the companies mentioned in the CBI case filed. All public sector banks, financial institutions and state owned insurance companies have been asked to examine their exposure to the 21 companies named by CBI in the housing loan scam, and give a subsequent compliance report.
Kumari Selja blames banks for discouraging affordable housing
Kumari Selja, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Minister of Tourism, has categorically blamed the banks for not facilitating the affordable housing. Inaugurating the 10th National Convention of National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) at New Delhi the minister said the housing finance sector has witnessed a boom in the recent past due to favorable government policies.