Center rebuffs Balochistan’s request to lift ban on new housing schemes in Gwadar
ISLAMABAD: Balochistan’s government suggestion to re-open launch of new commercial and housing societies in Gwadar has been shot down by the federal...
Smart living comes with smart usage of technology
ISLAMABAD:Â The world is living in the smart age: from telephone to work ethics and lifestyle, every aspect of life is going to...
Mortgages escalate 250 percent during 1st quarter of FY 2017-18
KARACHI: Driven by low interest rates regime, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported house financing loans registered a staggering rise of 250...
Revised real estate valuation rates to boost revenue collection: FBR
ISLAMABAD:Â According to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the recent adjustment of real estate valuation rates in selected areas of some major...
Pace Pakistan files for restoration of share trading on PSX
LAHORE: A bourse notification filed Monday from Pace Pakistan Ltd has sought ceasing of order issued by Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on...
FBR notifies decrease in property valuation rates of up to 57 percent
ISLAMABAD: Property rates in six cities will plunge 57 percent after the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) decision on Thursday to reverse...
Parliamentary committee fails to make headway in Dubai real-estate investment probe
ISLAMABAD: A special parliamentary committee established to investigate investment of $8b in Dubai’s real estate by Pakistani’s failed to gather any information,...
The great land theft
If there is a single place that can be thought of as the foremost cathedral to free-market capitalism, it is not the...
UAE real estate giant Emaar to raise $1.5b from IPO
DUBAI: Emaar Development, a unit of Dubai property firm Emaar Properties, has set an indicative price range for its initial public offering,...
Real estate sector legitimizes Rs290b black money under tax amnesty scheme
ISLAMABAD: The real estate sector tax amnesty scheme has seen people whiten Rs290b of their ill-gotten wealth in a span of three...
NAB directed to investigate how $8b were invested in Dubai’s real estate
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau’s help has been sought by National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance sub-committee to investigate and fetch information about...
ICCI calls for rationalization of taxes on real estate sector
Islamabad: President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Sheikh Amir Waheed said that real estate sector was playing a key role in...
Our real estate and the Chinese
To be able to do away with the hassle of shifting rented houses now and again, Nouman Younus is in search of...
Pakistani’s emerge as third biggest investor in Dubai’s real estate sector
Islamabad: Pakistan has emerged as the third largest real estate investor in Dubai, reveals Dubai Land Department (DLD).
According to a private news...
FPCCI urges FBR to mirror its property valuation rates with open market prices
Karachi: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Wednesday requested the government that property valuation rates should match market...