Varma suggests a new land acquisition act which is pro farmer, pro industry and pro development, and which leads to faster economic growth. This article contains suggestions for new land acquisition act consisting of 6 segments:1. Land acquisition2. Categorisation of Land allotment3. Time table...

In Q1 2015 credit institutions provided Rb 218.13bn worth of 135184 mortgage housing loans (MHL) which was 31.76% and 34.85% lower in quantitative and monetary terms, respectively, as compared to Q1 2014. In 2015, the average weighted rate on MHL in rubles increased substantially: as regards MHL...

In January-February 2015, 155,900 apartments were commissioned and their total floorspace of 12.3m sq. meters exceeded by 40.6% the result of January-February 2014. According to the data of the Rosreestr, in 2014 the volume of registered titles to land plots (6735253 registration certificates),...

The built environment is characterized by man-made physical features that make it difficult for certain individuals — often poor people and people of color — to access certain places. Bridges were designed to be so low that buses could not pass under them in order to prevent people of color...

In 2014, the volume of housing mortgage lending (HML) in the Russian Federation continued to grow despite the development of crisis phenomena in the Russian economy. The volume of housing mortgage credits (HMC) allotted in 2014 (Rb 1.762 trillion) was 30.18% above the same index for 2013, while...

We investigate whether residential development patterns from a rapidly growing exurban area are consistent with the urban economic model's predictions of leapfrog and infill development. Using historical data on subdivision development from 1960-2005 in the Baltimore, Maryland region, we develop...

Variation in regulatory costs over time and across different types of investment projects creates risk for developers who hold land. These so-called implicit costs, which arise as a result of regulatory delay in the land development process, are hypothesized to be potentially large, but...

This article argues that New York municipalities should integrate land banks into the tax enforcement process to break the unhealthy cycle perpetuated by real estate and lien speculators. By transferring all tax liens and foreclosed properties to local land banks, municipalities can generate an...

Despite worsening of the financial and economic situation, within 11 months of 2014 the volume of mortgage housing loans (MHL) (Rb 1530.3bn) exceeded by 22.2% and 30.2% in quantitative terms and monetary terms, respectively, the volume of MHL extended within the respective period of 2013. As of...

In Q1 2016, 224,000 flats were built totaling to 15.6 mn sq. m, which constitutes 84% of the floor space commissioned in Q1 2015. In Q1 2016, the volume of land mortgage loans extended to individuals exceeded by 52.8% the volume of land mortgage loans extended to individuals in Q1 2015 and its...