The Central government last year announced a Rs 25,000 crore fund to help complete over 1,500 stalled housing projects
Projects in the state have a combined inventory of 100,000 units valued at Rs 1.50 trn, mostly in Noida and Greater Noida
Real estate developers are currently facing a huge cash crunch, but the situation is likely to improve with the government announcing a Rs 25,000-crore fund to complete stalled housing projects, JLL India CEO and Country Head Ramesh Nair said on Wednesday. The government should ensure that this fund is disbursed to the identified stalled housing projects quickly and in a transparent manner, he added. "There is absolutely no liquidity in the real estate market. Developers are not getting funds from the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)," Nair said, while speaking on the sidelines of a hackathon event to select three proptech (property tech) startups. He said the NBFCs, which have been the major source of funding for real estate developers from last many years are facing liquidity crunch post IL&FS default. However, Nair said the situation is likely to improve with setting up of this alternate investment fund (AIF) with a corpus of Rs 25,000 crore. "This Rs 25,000 crore fund .
Corpus announced by the government can help in the recovery of economy
The move is likely to help 4.59 lakh housing units across the country. Only RERA-registered projects with positive networth will be provided funds.
Targeted at affordable and middle-income housing units, the fund will address residential properties in Mumbai that are priced below Rs 2 crore
Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate is developing projects in Mumbai, Thane and Bengaluru
Promoted by HCC, Lavasa was set up as a picturesque hill station near Pune in Maharashtra in 2000. It defaulted on Rs 4,150 crore in loans to banks
Under Section 63 of the RERA Act, if the replies are deemed to be inappropriate then penalty of 5 per cent of the total project cost will be levied on them
In the fund, Rs 10,000 crore will be contributed by the central government and roughly, the same amount will come from outside investors
Homebuyers should keep IBC as the last resort; if the delayed project is without encumbrances, they should explore self-development
The fund will be managed by professionals, the finance minister added
The FM also said an organisation would be set up to provide credit enhancement for infrastructure and housing projects, increasing the flow of funds to these
The top seven cities (NCR, MMR, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad) saw 52,150 new units launched in Q3 2018
As per the report, in Tier 2 Cities, as many as 303 projects having 68,094 units, worth Rs 301.20 billion, are yet to be delivered
For projects that are delayed for more than five years, banks should be ready to take haircut, the letter sent to Modi said
Parekh said this has been one of the main promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
As per new norms, a builder can terminate a contract only after three payment defaults
This is likely to affect hundreds of home buyers too, who have made investments in these projects
M Venkaiah Naidu launched the housing projects at a function at Gandhinagar in Gujarat