GST enters its second year in India – real estate still in learning mode

July 2018

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) – India’s biggest tax reform post-independence – was implemented on July 1, 2017....

Tags: Goods and Services Tax, One Nation, One Market, One Tax, National Anti-profiteering Authority, Ramesh Nair, JLL India, Real estate

Top 5 common myths of GST in real estate debunked

July 2018

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) – India’s biggest tax reform post-independence – was implemented on 1 July 2017. This new tax regime seeks to transf...

Tags: Goods and Services Tax, One Nation, One Market, One Tax, Real estate, FMCG product, MRP, Ramesh Nair, JLL India

Declaring assured real estate return investment scheme as Ponzi will impact lower tier developers

June 2018

The government’s decision to term assured returns in real estate investment as ‘ponzi’ schemes will help further safeguard buyers’ interest....

Tags: Real estate, Ponzi schemes, RERA Act, SEBI, Ramesh Nair, JLL India

Declaring assured real estate return investment scheme as Ponzi will impact lower tier developers

June 2018

The government’s decision to term assured returns in real estate investment as ‘ponzi’ schemes will help further safeguard buyers’ interest. However,...

Tags: Real estate, Investment, RERA, SEBI, Ramesh Nair, JLL India

What impact will the RBI’s decision to hike rates have on housing sales? Find out!

June 2018

The RBIs decision to increase repo rates by 25 bps to 6.25 per cent after four years of keeping them stable speaks of a carefully deliberated decisio...

Tags: RBI, Ramesh Nair, JLL India, Monetary Policy Committee, Shishir Baijal, Knight Frank India, PropEquity, CREDAI National, Jaxay Shah, Pankaj Bajaj, CREDAI NCR, NAREDCO, Dr Niranjan Hiranandani, Real estate

Amendments to IBC give homebuyers primacy with banks; gives status of secured financial creditors to home buyers

June 2018

In a welcome news for homebuyers, the Union Cabinet has reportedly approved amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016, allowing hom...

Tags: Homebuyers, Union Cabinet, IBC, Ramesh Nair, JLL India

Retail sector attracts Rs 5,500 crore in PE since 2015

June 2018

JLL India in its latest report said that the Indian retail sector has attracted a cumulative of Rs 5,500 crore between 2015-Q12018....

Tags: Ramesh Nair, JLL India, CII Retail Conclave 2018, Retail sector, PE investment

Buyers can choose from close to 4,40,000 homes that remain unsold across top cities

May 2018

In a recent survey completed by JLL, as many as 440,000 residential units remain unsold across key cities of India at the end of 2017. ...

Tags: JLL, Ramesh Nair, Ramesh Nair, GST, New Town Rajarhat