Flats on Rent in Mumbai

Nariman Point in Mumbai is located in South Mumbai and between 1980 - 2010 it was considered to be the best Central Business District with Fort, Ballard Estate, Colaba, Churchgate and Cuffe Parade in its closest vicinity. This zone is dotted with Government Offices, Banks, Hotels, Corporates and Industry HeadQuarters like Tata Sons head quarters is in Fort. Besides this this area has Investment Bankers, Stock Brokers and India's Top Lawyers.

Come 2010 - BKC, Lower Parel and Worli came in with swanky new buildings with large floor plates etc. Nariman Point had only a few buildings like Express Towers, Nirmal etc where one could get larger floor areas. Rest of the Nariman Point mostly had 500 - 5000 sq.ft as maximum areas.

Come 2021 Nariman Point is getting back into shape with better carpet area efficiency - around 20% max from Built Up, Lower society outgoings its making sense from a long term property investment. With upcoming Metro which will be located in the heart of Nariman Point, the connectivity angle to any part of Mumbai is resolved. Going forward you may see price appreciation in Nariman Point so if you are looking for property investment do consider the old world.

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Kotak bank launched very low home loan rate Offer Valid till 8 November 2021 to encash on the festive season in India. The benchmarking for eligibility now is your CIBIL Score or your Credit Score, the better the Score the lower the interest rate. Its a good opportunity for Salaried employees who are currently residing on rent and they may want to consider this as the delta between lease rent and home loan is now 4%. So with incremental 4% odd interest can translate into an asset creation. Mumbai Corporate leasing, Premium Properties in Mumbai are in vogue today and one can surely look at understanding the differential value and opting for a home loan at these competitive rates.

Cibil Greater than 800

Salaried - 6.50%

Cibil 751-800

Salaried - 6.60%

Cibil 700-750

Salaried - 6.80%
Cibil below 700

Salaried - 7.10%

Piramal Realty has been one of the best brands in the Mumbai Property Market in recent years. Headed by Mr.Anand Piramal the Company has launched projects in Thane, Mulund West, Byculla, Mahalaxmi either in Joint Venture or through their own lands which were part of the Piramal Group in Mumbai.

Mr.Rahul Dravid is now the Brand Ambassador for Piramal Realty. The ethos and belief of both Piramal Realty and Mr.Rahul Dravid resonate with each other with both giving their best shot in any thing they do. Piramal Realty developments of Pirmal Mahalaxmi, Piramal Vaikunth in Thane, Piramal Aranya in Byculla and Piramal Revanta in Mulund are by far the best projects in their own domains. There is a growing demand in the Mumbai property market for branded products and with a process driven approach. Piramal Realty is one of the most credible name in the Mumbai Property Market today and its philosophy of creating value runs in the family brand.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has given extension till 31st December 2021 to file Income Tax returns.

Due to the issues on the website of the income tax lot of individuals have not been able to file their income tax returns and these glitches have resulted in a major loss to the exchequer in revenue generation.

The 31st December 2021 new date will be a respite for a lot of tax payers and with festive season coming up, they will have a sigh of relief.

The lease property market in Mumbai is gaining traction as Senior Executives from Corporates, Multinational Companies and Banks are getting transferred from various roles. Past 2 years have been stagnant from the corporate movement of Senior Management and now with things settling down, the relocation has begun. Mumbai usually high movement post June - July when new classes begin as a lot of individuals prefer to move out to new apartments in sync with the School Movement. Maximum traction in Mumbai till August 2021 was seen in Western Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Worli - Prabhadevi belt. Most of the families moving in prefer to have flats which are done up well, semi furnished with kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, lights, fans and curtain rods. The mantra to lease the flats quickly is to have them total ready for occupation. People are looking to move into New Buildings compared to the older ones. As new developments come up for possession the traction increases in the building and its an upgrade for tenants from older buildings/apartments to newer flats for say a 20% to 30% increase in the last rent paid. A lot of families in Mumbai are preferring to lease their own apartments if they cant sell and buy with ease and financial burden so they prefer to lease and lease instead.

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Due to the Covid situation a lot of people are not able to travel to execute relevant property documents and home buyers or sellers in a lot of cases have to rely on giving Power of Attorney to sign the Agreements for buying and selling properties or leasing commercial or residential properties in Mumbai or India.

The POA is usually of 2 types - General Power of Attorney and Specific Power of Attorney

General Power of Attorney can be for long term and encapsulate right from filling your returns, operating bank accounts, signing writ petitions etc and they are valid until revoked. A Specific Power of Attorney is for a specific purpose which can be just signing or registering a Sale Deed/Agreement for Sale or a Leave and License agreement and the same is self relinquishing which means it expires after the purpose which is given for is done. For example after the execution of the sale deed where in the specific power is given to execute the agreement, the purpose of the Power is done. The specific POA can be also given to people to register any document while the signing can be done by the owners/purchaser/tenant etc.

Warburg Pincus backed logistics development platform is stepping up its investment in the industrial and warehousing space in the country, with a plan to have 18 million sq ft portfolio in the next three years. Indian Warehouse space has fast become the core of online retailers and WP firm is looking to also acquire 8 warehousing projects across major hubs and these transactions are expected to be concluded over the next one year.

Latest GR released by Urban Department, State of Maharashtra for rebate in property tax for providing Electrical Vehicle Charging point in Society. The state endeavors to make city free from Petroleum product driven vehicle latest by 31.03.2025 & replace with Electric Driven vehicles. Depending on Types of Electrical driven initiatives / status, 2% or 5% rebate will be given to entities namely Societies or Individuals on Property Taxes. Mumbai has a good number of population which commutes from office to home and back. This initiative by the Maharashtra Government will encourage Car Owners to switch to Electrical Vehicles.

Oberoi Esquire and Exquisite gain 10% price appreciation in 12 Months. The Sale transactions of 3 BHK with 1367 and 1371 as RERA Carpet Areas in Oberoi Esquire with 2 car parkings were recorded at around 4.25 to 4.55 Cr across different floors. The Transactions which are taking place for the same 3 BHK are now in the range between 4.75 to 5.25 Cr depending on the Floor and Views etc. Its been an interesting market in Oberoi Garden City, Western Express highway, Goregaon east, Mumbai near Westin Hotel. The lease rent market also strengthened from Rs.1.00 Lakh as an average rent to Rs.1.20 to 1.40 Lakhs. Both Oberoi Esquire and Exquisite are the most premium developments so far by Oberoi Realty Ltd which has now started developing Oberoi Elysian Tower A in the same location.

https://www.realestatemumbai.com/oberoi-esquire-goregaon-east-apartments-flats-on-rent-sale-lease_3739

Lodha Group has unveiled its Club Midas and residences by Mrs.Gauri Khan (Mr.Shahrukh Khan - Renowned Indian World Famous Actor' wife) who is also a renowned Interior Designer. The 3 bedroom apartments start from 7.2 Cr and the group has made a healthy payment plan for Ready to Move in apartments - Pay 25% now and 25% by October 2021 and take possession and start fitting out the raw shell flats as per your liking and pay the balance 50% by October 2022. This gives the buyers time to sell their existing assets and yet move into a Brand New luxury Towers in Worli, Mumbai.

Blackstone Group has another acquisition and this time it is the ASK Financial Services. ASK already has a portfolio of Wealth Management, Assets and Property Advisory, which will further augment the Blackstone presence in India.

BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange is making lot of millionaires and individual investors who are looking for new homes are finding it easy to buy a home due to regular equity returns. Home Loan EMI has come down in the range of 7% equity returns hover between 6 and 20% in mutual funds of sorts. So individual home buyers are trying to keep their portfolio of stocks intact and still buy a home by taking a home loan and leveraging capital gains from long term investment in stocks and getting tax benefits while paying EMI.

Most of the Real estate developers in Mumbai are now getting ready for their next investments as they have seen brisk sales between 2020 and 2021. Raymonds Realty is before time in its construction in Thane of their project and now is looking at more opportunities in the Mumbai Property Market. Raymond realty started their first project in Thane in 2019 and has been successful in its Sales so far.

Tata Realty has had a turn around in Sales and over the past 2 years due to low Stamp Duty and increased interest from Buyers for branded properties.  Tata Realty is likely to put in Rs.2000/- Cr as investment in the ongoing real estate business.

After the South Mumbai frenzy to buy Top Residential Homes, there is Bandra - Khar belt which is seeing high end transactions. Mr.Siddhart Shah Co-Founder PharmEasy has bought a duplex at Wadhwa Samarpan, located off Carter Road, in the private building of Mr.Vijay Wadhwa and Mr.Naveen Makhija Owners of the renowned Wadhwa Group known for its quality and premium constructions. The duplex flat is around 5445 sq.ft with 3 car parkings and the sale price is Rs.40 Cr.

Mckinsey & Co will start its operation early 2022 in the 1 North Avenue Tower of Maker Maxity, BKC. The office space of nearly 45000 sq.ft is spread across 4 floors. Maker Maxity is one of the most expensive real estate commercial buildings in India and located at Bandra Kurla Complex it has one of the finest companies as its occupants. The lease rate psf for the transaction is Rs.410/- PSF (Carpet Area) and 10 months deposit.

Abhishek Bachchan has sold his apartment at Oberoi Three Sixty West, Worli. He had purchased this apartment In November 2014 from Oberoi Realty for Rs 41.14 crore. The New Sale price of the flat is Rs 45.75 crore for an area of 7527 sq.ft with 4 car parking spaces. The rate PSF has come to around 60781/- PSF inclusive of car parking.

TDS on Rent Payments on Flats is to be deducted mandatory by the Tenants/Licensee under a leave and license agreement in Mumbai.

TDS on Rent Payment is quiet a recent thing and there are a lot of defaults seen in this Section due to ignorance by both the Owners and the Tenants.

TDS is to deducted by the Licensee who is renting an apartment/flat or a house by a Company @10% and by Individual Licensee should be 5% of the monthly rent amount if the rent is exceeding Rs.50000/- per month by Individuals who are not liable for Tax Audit.

In Mumbai most of the apartments in Bandra - Juhu - South Mumbai - Powai etc are above Rs.50000/- rent so its important that both the Owners and the Licensee (Tenants) understand this provision of law and there are no defaults on this.