ISLAMABAD: A six-member delegation of the Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) met Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenues Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh to deliberate on different aspects of the real estate and construction sectors. The delegation, headed by Hassan Bakhshi, discussed several proposals to make the market[...]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to expedite solutions for legitimate woes being faced by builders and developers in their respective projects. The premier issued the directives while chairing a meeting with his economic team, saying that as many as[...]

ISLAMABAD: The hopes of builders to receive tax concessions suffered a setback as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dismissed Pakistan’s proposal to introduce a special income tax regime for the construction sector. A simplified tax scheme had been finalised by the government, which included an offer of a 90% reduction[...]

Open houses have been a long-standing tradition in the sale of residential real estate. The concept behind an open house is to expose the property to a wide array of people. Mostly held on weekends to capture more traffic, open houses have a long history of facilitating the sales of[...]

When someone plans to construct a house (or any building – residential or commercial – for that matter), their checklist will include a lot of things to consider, plan and execute. Some things are required immediately, some in the middle of the project and the rest by the end of[...]