Latest government policies and housing reforms impacting Thane and Mumbai real estate — RERA updates, stamp duty, taxation, and infrastructure decisions decoded.
At the ET Maharashtra Summit, Hafeez Contractor highlighted approval delays, design gaps, and the growing affordable housing challenge across Mumbai and MMR.
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Maharashtra may revise Ready Reckoner rates upward from April 2026, though the official decision is still awaited. For Thane and Mumbai, the reported move could affect stamp duty calculations, registration timing, and transaction structuring in select cases.
Maharashtra plans 60 “model” property registration centres with private facilitation and a service fee cap up to ₹6,000 per document. Thane is listed in Phase-1.
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Maharashtra has cleared the ‘Third Mumbai’ land policy for the Atal Setu influence area, detailing 22.5% developed land return, cash/FSI/TDR compensation choices, pass-through industrial allotments, and FDI-linked eligibility norms.
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Maharashtra has streamlined land-use conversion by removing the separate Collector-level NA permission step in DP/RP-permitted cases and abolishing annual NA assessment, replacing it with a one-time premium linked to ASR. Here’s what changes for plot buyers, developers holding land banks, and banks processing loans—plus the due diligence checks that still decide whether a parcel is truly safe and mortgageable.
Effective 22 Dec 2025, Aadhaar is mandatory for Maharashtra’s digital property registration workflow. This Thane-focused checklist explains what changes for first-sale and resale registrations, what to do during current authentication glitches, and how NRIs (including the no 182-day wait rule for Indian-passport holders) and POA cases should plan to avoid last-minute delays.
By Arosh John – Founder, John Real Estate (MahaRERA Reg. No. A51700001835) & Editor-in-Chief, Thane Real Estate News (TREN)Thane–MMR | December 2025 The Government of Maharashtra has initiated a landmark reform that will formally end the century-old pagdi system in Mumbai and introduce a modern regulatory framework to accelerate redevelopment. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde,
By Arosh John – Founder, John Real Estate (MahaRERA Reg. No. A51700001835) & Editor-in-Chief, Thane Real Estate News (TREN)Thane–MMR | December 2025 INTRODUCTION In a landmark digital governance reform, the Government of Maharashtra has granted full legal validity to digitally signed 7/12 extracts, 8-A extracts, mutation (Ferfar) records and property cards available on the MahaBhumi
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By Arosh John | Founder – John Real Estate (MahaRERA Reg. No. A51700001835) | Editor-in-Chief – Thane Real Estate News (TREN)Thane & Mumbai | October 2025 Stamp duty is a government levy that legally validates ownership of immovable property. It is the tax paid to make a sale or purchase agreement legally enforceable and admissible
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By Arosh John | Founder – John Real Estate (MahaRERA Reg. No. A51700001835) | Editor-in-Chief – Thane Real Estate News (TREN)Thane | October 2025 Maharashtra’s new Housing Policy framework has introduced a significant compliance requirement for redevelopment projects. As per the Maharashtra State Housing Policy 2025, before demolition or vacating of existing structures, developers will
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