{"id":75120,"date":"2021-03-25T11:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T06:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=75120"},"modified":"2021-03-25T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T06:07:27","slug":"sbp-amends-regulations-to-aid-the-housing-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-amends-regulations-to-aid-the-housing-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"SBP amends regulations to aid the housing sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Karachi: <\/strong>The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended various regulations to encourage investment of banks and other financial institutions in the real estate investment trust (REITs), according to a news source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-attracts-over-usd-671mn-in-deposits-sbp.html\" target=\"_blank\">RDA attracts over USD 671mn in deposits: SBP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central bank aims to facilitate the government objective for the development of housing and construction sector and for that reason, the State Bank of Pakistan has been taking the appropriate steps to encourage the financial institutions to invest in the relevant sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, certain provisions of the existing Prudential Regulations for Corporate &amp; Commercial Banking have been amended. Particular focus was on the participation of REITs, which are asset management companies capable of raising finances from the general public and other institutions by floating various kinds of funds. The funds raised are then invested into real estate properties which contribute to economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-launches-service-desk-portal-for-complaint-resolution.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar: SBP launches service desk portal for complaint resolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, SBP has relaxed restrictions on seeking financing against shares of listed companies, which will aid investors in improving liquidity for further investments in other ventures. A benefit will also be extended to the sponsors of companies for listing on the stock exchange, leading to documentation of economy and transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended various regulations to encourage investment of banks and other financial institutions in the real estate investment trust (REITs), according to a news source. Read: RDA attracts over USD 671mn in deposits: SBP The central bank aims to facilitate the government objective for the development of housing and construction sector and for that reason, the State Bank of Pakistan has been taking the appropriate steps to encourage the financial institutions to invest in the relevant sectors. According to the statement, certain provisions of the existing Prudential Regulations for Corporate &amp; Commercial Banking have been amended. Particular focus was on the participation of REITs, which are asset management companies capable of raising finances from the general public and other institutions by floating various kinds of funds. The funds raised are then invested into real estate properties which contribute to economic growth. Read: Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar: SBP launches service desk portal for complaint resolution Furthermore, SBP has relaxed restrictions on seeking financing against shares of listed companies, which will aid investors in improving liquidity for further investments in other ventures. A benefit will also be extended to the sponsors of companies for listing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":60434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[2630,33,6066,21853],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-housing-finance","10":"tag-real-estate","11":"tag-sbp","12":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan-sbp","13":"cat-15016-id","14":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SBP amends regulations to aid the housing sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended various regulations to encourage investment of banks and other financial institutions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-amends-regulations-to-aid-the-housing-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SBP amends regulations to aid the housing sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended various regulations to encourage investment of banks and other financial institutions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-amends-regulations-to-aid-the-housing-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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