Apnaghar.co.in to expand its Business Network

Apnaghar.co.in to expand its Business Network with Franchisees
New Delhi, January 2015: Apnaghar.co.in, India’s 1st comprehensive website for housing solution,plans to expand its business network through the franchise route across the country.

Apnaghar is a unique concept that provides ready-made and customized house designs of specific requirement through out the world. Apnaghar has wide variety of readymade house designs listed on the website www.apnaghar.co.in. All the available gallery are designed by our professional team of architects and engineers.

Serving the Nation since the last 6 years and having created a unique name for itself, now Apnaghar brings a unique business opportunity for people to join the online architectural consultancy for designing eco-friendly and energy efficient house design best suited to the environment by partnering with India’s largest Online Housing Network.


Apnaghar.co.in in its endeavor to create a network of Franchisee all over India, is inviting applications to join the network from each franchisee to every city and town of India. “The qualifying criteria for the city is that one requires to pay 2-5 lakh as franchisee fees and employ one-two manpower depending upon the size and population of the city”. Anyone who qualifies to become a Franchisee will have to pay a one-time very nominal non-refundable joining fee. The role of a Franchisee would be to promote the business in the designated territory.

Mr. Sumitendra Das, Business Head, Apnaghar.co.in says, “We take pride in expanding ourselves through the franchise route as we feel we will be creating a huge self-employment opportunity in every city and even the smallest of towns in India. By expanding our network, we wish to bring forward a unique business opportunity for anyone who joins our network as a Franchisee".

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Ministry of HUPA convenes meeting of States, UTs on shelters for urban homeless

Ministry of HUPA convenes meeting of States, UTs on shelters for urban homeless

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has convened a meeting of the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories tomorrow i.e November 21, 2014 to discuss their action plans regarding provision of temporary and permanent shelters for homeless in urban areas of the country. This meeting has been convened in pursuance of the direction of the Supreme Court of India.

The Apex Court, in the matter of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding shelters for homeless, on November 13, 2014 directed the Ministry of HUPA to convene such a meeting within ten days for taking stock of availability of shelters and file an affidavit within three weeks, on the way forward.

The direction of the Supreme Court came further to the filing of affidavits by some states and union territories in the matter where in the Court sought a detailed response from the Ministry of HUPA.

The meeting will discuss the number of people in states/UTs, number of temporary and permanent shelters available, future plans for construction and improvement of shelters and the steps taken by states/UTs to implement the Scheme of Shelters for urban homes under National Urban Livelihood Mission.

After eliciting the responses of states and UTs in the matter of night shelters, Minister of Urban Development and HUPA Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu will hold a day long session with the Chief Secretaries to discuss various initiatives of the central government pertaining to building of smart cities, provision of basic infrastructure in 500 urban areas, development of heritage cities, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) and Housing for all Urban Poor by 2022 besides issues relating to urban governance, urban reforms and capacity building.

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VBHC- The Affordable Housing Major Completes its Mumbai Project

VBHC- The Affordable Housing Major Completes its Mumbai Project

• Hands over 350 homes at its Vaibhav -Palghar project in a record time of 20 months 
• VBHC is the first developer to offer a fast growing township in Palghar

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
 

The pioneer of quality affordable housing - Value & Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC) has reiterated its commitment of bringing affordability to the country’s most unaffordable market with the delivery of over 350 homes at its Vaibhav -Palghar project in Mumbai.

VBHC is the first real estate developer in the entire Palghar area that has delivered 350 apartments in a record period of 20 months. Also, the organization is the only developer in the region that offers such a large-scale residential development equipped with all modern amenities.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, Mr. P.S. Jayakumar, Managing Director, Value and Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC) said “This is a proud moment for us at VBHC to have been able to deliver homes for possession to 350 owners within the promised period. At VBHC, we believe in creating a sustainable communities for our customers. The Palghar project is a testimony to our endeavor towards the same.”

The project is spread across an area of 47 acres with 70 per cent of open space with landscaped gardens and a kid’s play area. Vaibhav- Palghar like other projects of the company has used the reliable FORM based construction technology. The project has also incorporated various sustainable elements like dual plumbing, solar water heating, bio gas plant & sewage treatment plant along with recreational facilities like club house, shopping complex as well as other amenities.

With pan India presence, VBHC is one of the few developers in the country dedicated to serving the low cost housing segment and has simultaneous projects being lined up in Tier I, II & III cities to cater to the increasing demand for affordable housing. The company is in various stages of identification and procurement of land for developing affordable housing in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to expand its national footprint. VBHC has large scale expansion plans and promises to deliver 18,000 homes in the next 3 years as it expands its footprint across India.

About VBHC: Value & Budget Housing Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (VBHC), is an ISO 9001:2008 certified professionally managed real estate company which believes that good quality living should be within everyone’s reach. The company was co-founded by former Mphasis Chairman, Mr. Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao and former Citibank Consumer Banking Head, Mr. P. S. Jayakumar.

With marquee investors like HDFC, IFC, Carlyle and Caspian Advisers, VBHC has large scale expansion plans and promises to deliver 18,000 homes in the next 3 years as it expands its national footprint across India.

VBHC's objective is to provide housing that meets high quality construction standards, ensures speedy completion and delivery at low cost. These objectives are best met through the application of contemporary building technology, computer aided design methods, a lean manufacturing process and the adoption of ingenious industrial engineering processes. VBHC has been able to transform real estate development into a lean industrial process with the use of 'form' technology.

VBHC homes are meticulously planned and designed to give one’s family the true experience of modern living. At present, VBHC has projects in Bangalore, Chennai, NCR and Mumbai. VBHC has received the much acclaimed EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) green building certification from IFC for its apartment buildings the only company in India to achieve this certification.

For more information log on to: www.vbhc.com

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National Housing Bank (NHB) bans Penalty on Prepayment of Home Loans

In a significant development, the housing finance regulator, National Housing Bank (NHB) has banned the fine on pre-payment home loans taken from any of the 54 housing finance companies (HFCs) with immediate effect.

NHB has issued notice to the HFCs over the levy of pre-payment penalty. The move is aimed to protect the interest of homeowners those taken home loans from HFCs. According to media report, the regulator has also asked the housing finance companies that borrowers would pay the same interest rate on their home loans. NHB cleared that the housing companies will not levy any fee on floating rate home loans.

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