Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Islamic REITs/REIFs prospects in Asia

A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT (rēt, which rhymes with a treat) is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes. The REIT structure was ...

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Affordable Housing for Low Income Groups

A 50-page presentation by the House Building Finance Corporation of Pakistan about affordable housing solutions with issues of low-cost housing projects and a center for the promotion of low-cost construction t...

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Housing Market Information System

A 5-page presentation about the housing market information system. It facilitates the need for a property information system, information available, information required and possible sources and trends impactin...

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Investment Opportunities in the Real Estate Sector in Pakistan

Provision of Affordable Housing: Assuming 1/3rd of the housing development is at the desired rate of 1 million units per year for the urban population. And further assuming that nearly 80% of that housing requi...

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Road-map for construction of 250,000 Low Cost Houses

The country is facing a massive backlog of housing, estimated at around 7 mn housing units. The shortage is acute, in low and middle-income sections of the population. The Government is working on a comprehensi...

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Urbanisation And Growth of Million Plus Cities in India

A 21-page presentation on the growth of urban centers and the concentration of population in urban areas of India, which is a major transformation in the 20th century. Urban population is growing 3 times faster...