The year 2017 will be significant for homebuyers harassed for years because of property sale agreements lopsided in favour of developers, violation of building rules and delayed home delivery. The consumer-friendly Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA), which kicks in from May 1, has pushed developers to sign agreements with buyers and take other initiatives which they claim are RERA compliant.

Mr. Sumit Jha, CEO, NIREM says that developers are putting up special RERA compliance teams to monitor projects and ensuring timely completion of projects, training sales professionals on customer interface post RERA and upgrading their agreement to sell. Read more at http://www.hindustantimes.com/real-estate/developers-scramble-for-real-estate-act-compliance-but-buyers-remain-sceptical/story-ixAlP94x4d8ZnFiHJJ2bpL.html