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Will hand over 85,000 dignity houses in GHMC limits by Dec: Telangana Min

KT Rama Rao on Wednesday said that the government will hand over a total of 85,000 dignity houses in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits by December 2020

3 million women to get house sites worth Rs 22,000 crores in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that house sites worth Rs 22,000 crore will be registered in the name of 3 mn women belonging to weaker sections in the state

Help govt in providing low-cost homes for migrants: Pradhan to steel firms

Pradhan said the government has set a target of providing 100,000 such houses, but the industry should build many more steel-intensive, low-cost houses, which will be a model for others to emulate

Gujarat govt approves construction of high-rises of over 70 floors

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has approved construction of buildings of 70 floors or more in five major cities of the state

Housing minister launches digital platforms to market residential property

Housing Minister launched digital platforms of real estate bodies CREDAI and NAREDCO to market residential properties, besides releasing a guide book for affordable rental housing scheme for migrants

All officials considered for housing: Govt to HC on illegal occupation

The affidavit was filed in response to a PIL which seeks that government accommodation be not allotted to public servants who have their own personal residence at place of duty

Google's new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing, job and credit ads

Google and Facebook together account for just over half of internet ad sales globally, making their policy actions influential in the industry

'Come up with solutions': Gadkari asks realtors to give plan for revival

Develop mass housing projects in tier 3 and 4 cities, minister tells industry association.

Hit by coronavirus lockdown, residential builders stare at a bleak 2020

CREDAI-MCHI, a body of developers in Mumbai, has pegged the drop in sales booking at around 80 per cent in the February-March period this year

Stanza Living enters housing for working professionals, commits Rs 150 cr

The firm currently has a combined capacity of 10,000 beds spreading across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Coimbatore for this new segment

Electricity to housing, West Bengal govt rolls out sops ahead of polls

The state finance minister has announced in its Budget free electricity for consumers with quarterly consumption up to 75 units

Delhi HC orders Centre to get illegally occupied govt bungalows vacated

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said allowing illegal occupation of government accommodation for several years amounts to "connivance and conspiracy"

Top headlines: Housing sales fall 9%, GAIL to invest 45,000 cr in gas infra

From falling housing sales to GAIL's Rs 45,000 crore investment to create infra for gas-based economy, here are the day's top headlines

New housing supply in Thane, Mumbai and Pune falls 40-50% during Q2: Report

In Hyderabad, there were 4,797 units launched in July-September 2019, up 22 per cent on year-on-year basis

Housing sales dip over 9% in Q2 as slowdown weighs on buyers' sentiment

This is the fourth such report that has shown fall in housing sales during the third quarter of the 2019 calendar year

Interest rate on house building advance cut to 7.9% for govt employees

According to the the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, the new interest rate has come into force from October 1.

Builders welcome govt's move to revive stalled projects, seek more funds

Measures not enough to encourage buyers, claim real estate players

Affordability improves, but housing in India continues to be expensive

Young couples should avoid this obligation if it puts them in a tight liquidity position

India's top 7 cities saw apartment sizes shrink by 17% in 5 years: Report

Bangalore saw the least decline in average property size at around 12% in this period

Govt plans to sanction construction of 10 million houses before 2020

The official said that construction of almost 6.2 million individual household toilets and 500,000 community and public toilet seats is already over or nearing completion