Rera Filing

KRERA is planning to appoint a private entity to identify unregistered project in the State. The private entity firm will find out the ongoing projects and new launches which are not registered in RERA yet. KRERA has issued tenders for invitation of application for appointment of consultancy. The private entity will be submitting a detailed report to the authority by conducting ground level survey for identification of unregistered projects. “We are planning to execute the project on a trial basis for a month,” said P Sunil Kumar, secretary, RERA. RERA was using the plan sanction certificates issued by BBMP as preliminary information and was planning to send the surveyor to the address for physical verification. “We will scale up the project with more effective tools and expand it to the rest of Karnataka gradually,” said Kumar.  For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

The Real Estate Regulation and Development (RERA) Act, 2016 is appraised as one of the prominent legislation passed by the Government of India. Its intention is to reform and refine the real estate sector, encouraging more transparency, citizen centricity, accountability and financial discipline. This is in consonance with the vast and booming economy of India as in coming years many people would be investing in real estate sector. The government of Karnataka notified the Karnataka Real Estate Regulation and Development Rules, 2017 on 10 July 2017 and launched the website on 24 July 2017. Shri Kapil Mohan is designated as Chairman of Interim Real Estate Regulatory Authority of Karnataka. Project Registration Fees in Karnataka Group Housing Project Rs 5 per square meter - If the area of land proposed to be developed do not exceed 1000 square meters. Rs 10 per square meter - (capped up to Rs. 5 lakhs) - For projects where the area of land proposed to be developed exceeds 10

Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRera) on Tuesday stated that there should not be any difference in the amenities and facilities shown in developers advertisements and what they deliver on ground. Developers who give deceiving information and false ads to lure buyers will face action now,” said chairman of HRera (Gurugram) K K Khandelwal, while he was speaking at a workshop organised by the authority and labour department on Tuesday. K Khandelwal said the authority has already given legal notices to 3-4 developers. “Unlike in the past, now the developer cannot accept pre-booking,” said Khandelwal, adding that the objective is to ensure that developers should give correct information so buyers can take an informed decision without getting deceived. For More Visit : www.rerafiling.com

The Gurugram bench of Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority ( H-Rera ) is proving a new RERA certificate to developers and real estate agents who register with the HRERA.   “H-Rera rules will be engraved on the left-hand side of the certificate,” said H-Rera chairman K K Khandelwal, adding that the objective of the new certificate is to evade duplication and tampering.      “Real estate agents will not facilitate the sale or purchase of any plot, apartment or building, as the case may be, in a real estate project or part of it, being sold by the promoter, which is not registered with the Authority " stated chairman K K Khandelwal.  For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

The maximum of real estate projects in rural areas still not registered with Rajasthan RERA. According to official sources, “Less than five developers have registered their projects in Jaipur. The projects are more than 50 in the state capital.” After implementing the RERA in  urban areas , authority decided to take real estate projects in rural areas under its ambit. A penalty would be levied if developers miss the boat to register their ongoing project within the target date.  The Authority will impose penalty of up to 10% of project cost on Developers who fails to register with RERA. For More Visit : www.rerafiling.com

The Telangana Government has constituted an expert committee to study the status of RERA implementation in the State. The Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration, Arvind Kumar has issued orders in this regard, an official release said today. The expert committee consist of  Chief City Planner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) S Devender Reddy, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department Director (Planning) S Balakrishna, and Director of Town and Country Planning K Vidyadhar, stated in notice. The committee will study the Process followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka for administrative setup and other functional aspects. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

Despite of eight months of its inception, there is no permanent regulator for TNRERA. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is presently acting as interim chairman of the RERA authority in Tamil Nadu. The State Government of Tamil Nadu passed the RERA Rules on June 22, 2017. Ramaprabhu, honorary secretary of the Builder Association of India's Southern Centre, Chennai, said a full-time chairman and members were essential for smooth functioning of the authority. "Their presence is required for swift action and quick disposal of the grievances of home buyers," he stated. As per the Real Estate Regulatory Act 2016, every state needs to form an authority within the stipulated period of one year from the date of the act enforcement. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

The State Government of Kerala has appointed B Ashok as the interim real estate regulatory authority. The LDF government had withdraw RERA Act ,2015 stating that it did not protect the end user and its provisions are more towards the Builders end. With the government now bustling for an interim authority, officials said that there could be further holding in having a full bloom RERA in the State.  The order appointing urban affairs secretary as the interim regulatory authority says that the call to have an interim body has been compelled  by growing number of real estate-related complaints and litigations in the absence of such an authority. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com 

Karnataka stands second in Real Estate Regulatory Act implementation in the country. With over 1900 projects registered and 100 complaints filed, state is a leader in the country after Maharashtra. A joint report on ‘RERA: How are you gearing up for compliance’ by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Grant Thornton released last week has given Karnataka second position in the country, next only to Maharashtra with regards to registration of projects. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

TN RERA has received maximum number of applications for project registration from Chennai followed by Coimbatore. After Chennai, the most number of applications for approval of real estate projects have been received from Coimbatore, said S Selvakumar, secretary of projects, Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA). After Coimbatore, there were significant number of applications from Madurai, Trichyand Hosur. “So far, there have been no applications from Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga,” said Selvakumar. He added that the TNRERA was taking all measures to create awareness about the act across the state.“ A total of 56 project applications have been received out of which 43 have been approved from Coimbatore.  For more visit: www.rerafiling.com

GOA RERA extended date for registration of ongoing projects in RERA to 23  march  2018. Developers can register their projects  till  23  march  2018. “However, applications for registration can be uploaded till March 31 but with a penalty of Rs 50,000,” secretary for urban development and interim RERA authority for Goa Sudhir Mahajan stated in the circular. GOA RERA website was launched in mid-January. Till now only four projects and six agents are approved in GOA RERA. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

Developers in Punjab gets the second bite of the cherry as RERA Punjab has given another opportunity for Registering in RERA. Those developers who have not registered their projects by 31st December 2017 has another chance to register in RERA. A spokesman of Punjab Government stated as per provision of section 3 of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, promoters of the ongoing projects (except those exempted under section 4 of the Act) were required to register their projects within three months of the commencement of the Act which is July 31, 2017. The authority subsequently extended the last date of registration of projects up to December 31, 2017, he added. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

In ruling of MAHARERA , complaints of numerous aggrieved buyers were dismissed on the ground that agreement signed between allotees and Developers  was taking shape of lease transaction and hence out from the purview of RERA. Buyers now want the involvement of State Government in the case. MahaRERA should remove Lavasa from its online portal if complaints from its buyers did not fall in the purview of the RERA demanded buyers. “At least people will stop approaching MahaRERA. We appeal to the  Devendra Fadnavis  government to intervene and give us justice,” buyer said. Total of five complains were set aside due to paucity of legal grounds. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

Real estate Regulator of MAHARERA has slapped a notice to builders for not revising the project information in every three months as per the act. In last three months, only 35% of the developers have updated the project information. Clause 20 of the act says that details of every registered project need to be updated in every quarter in respect of work done and inventory sold. As per the notice of the MAHARERA, this will be decoded as breach or non-compliance. For more visit: www.rerafiling.com

RERA Bihar issued warning notices to ten real estate developers for promoting their upcoming projects without RERA Registration. As per section 3 of the act, every real project measuring more than 500 square meters or more than 8 units is mandatorily required registration under RERA. “Notice dispatched to ten projects should be considered as an example for other developers as well in the state “stated principal secretary Chaitanya Prasad Prasad.In Bihar, only one project is registered with RERA while five applications are in process. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com  

Interim regulator of RERA Karnataka chairman Mr. Kapil Mohan clarified that cooperative housing societies come under the purview of RERA which cover 1577 housing societies in entire state of Karnataka.  The RERA states that any co-operative housing finance society or primary co-operative housing society that constructs apartments or buildings is falling under RERA. RERA intends to bring forth transparency in the sector and shield the interests of the buyers while imposing severe penalties on errant builders. For More visit : www.rerafiling.com

In the recent judgment MAHARERA has asked developer Sheth group to forgo 5% balance payment to be received by buyer against full and final payment due to delay in possession. Developer has been instructed to give possession of the flat by 31st March 2018. 95% amount to be deemed as full and final payment received by buyer.  "We are ready and willing to handover the possession of Neha Agarwal’s Flat on or before 31st March 2018. We are seeking clarity from the honourable court on the matter of the 5% due from the customer," Sheth Group said in an email response. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

The Haryana State government has designated two chairperson each for Panchkula and Gurugram benches."These benches will be functional within first week of February"an official added. For Gurugram bench, Samir Kumar, a retired IAS officer, and Subhash Chander Kush, a former chief town planner, have been chosen. Anil Kumar Panwar, a retired district and sessions judge, and Dilbag Singh Sihag, also a former chief town planner are picked up for Panchkula bench. Officials stated that Gurugram Bench would be functioning from Public Work Department situated on Old Railway Road nearby District Court. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

Government takes a huge step by granting Rs 21,000 crore for affordable housing. This affordable housing drive intends to construct 5.1 million rural houses in FY 2019 in addition to 5.1 million houses being constructed this year. Other sector such as Steel, Cement, Paint will surely get a lift from this step. The plan of action is to extend interest subsidy to the rural households that doesn't fall under PMAY. Government will give 3% interest subsidy for 20 years loan component up to Rs 2 Lakhs. A dedicated fund for affordable housing in national housing bank is to be created for the same. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

The realty regulator of Tamil Nadu has published list of 40 ongoing projects in Chennai which are not available for sale for buyers .Promoters of these projects received legal notice from TNRERA to get themselves registered with RERA as they are in scope of RERA act. Promoters clarified to TNRERA that these projects are meant for self use only.Thus units are not eligible for sale to general public.  Section 3 of the RERA states that Promoter of the ongoing projects who have not registered with RERA are not allowed to sale any stretch of the project .  Buyers cannot make purchase from these 40 ongoing projects in Chennai. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

MahaRERA was cogitating upon how to prevail over any realty sector problems. Hence, in the middle of January 2018, MahaRERA decided to form one forum of 33 conciliators, who would bear the responsibility of resolving all kinds of real estate disputes in their initial phase. To acknowledge such problems, 5 conciliation benches of this authority will become operational on the very first day of February. These benches are only in Pune right now and will start their work on 1 March. Rest 10 conciliation benches will be in Mumbai only and “when will they start hearing cases!” is not decided yet. For More Visit: www.rerafiling.com

In the recent judgement, MAHARERA expressed that Real Estate Regulation and Development Act ,2016 is not applicable on lease transactions. MAHARERA set aside the case of Jitendra Tulsiani who filed a complaint against “ Lavasa Corporation’s Brookview project at Lavasa city in Dasave in Pune claiming delay of possession by the developer. Bhalchandra Kapadnis, Member, MAHARERA, stated that  the agreement signed between Tulsiani and the developer was an “agreement to lease of apartment”.However section 2(d) of RERA defines allottees and clearly excludes person to whom apartment is given on rent. Since the complainant has agreed to take an apartment from respondents on lease, MahaRERA does not get any jurisdiction to adjudicate upon this complaint,” he said. For More Visit : www.rerafiling.com

The year 2017 was a roller coaster ride for real estate industry as many acts and reforms were introduced in this time period. RERA, GST, demonetization and affordable housing are one of those reforms which have the direct impact on Realty Sector. Prior to those acts, Realty Sector was depriving of such moves which could curb the malpractices of developers/promoters for breaching the ethics. Hence, RERA stringent rules work accordingly to restraint culpable builders and promoters. If we move forward, everyone is geared up for budget 2018 and Realty Sector is also one of them. There are lots of expectations of Realty Sector from this budget as several revolutionary changes have been brought by RERA in last year. Foremost changes like key principles of Transparency and accountability, consumer satisfaction and right direction which usher intact profitability to homebuyers are one of them. As Realty Sector is one of the most globally recognized and second largest employers after agr