Track2Realty Exclusive: It seems misleading realty advertisements and promotions are not just Indian market specific but a global trend. While the Indian developers are being asked to stop misleading ads, misleading news with realty/marketing companies’ employees as potential buyers has been reported in other parts of the world.
A study by international property consultants Knight Frank finds real estate prices in India have risen by 21.3 per cent over the past one year, making it the country with the second highest rise in real estate prices globally.
A large share of global buyers (NRIs & HNIs) don’t wish to invest in the Indian property market. 78% of them have their own reasons to look towards overseas property market. The recent banking woes have further dented their confidence to invest in India. They also feel that the property prices in India are way too higher, compared to the overall value proposition on offer.
Jhumur Ghosh welcomed the panelists, following which Ravi Sinha questioned the global competitiveness of Indian real estate in the wake of thousands of abandoned projects waiting for the funds, the debt-equity ratio imbalance, lending issues, pre-launches without RERA sanctions, and the developers’ defending the indefensible.
Can Indian real estate bridge the gap between the promise and the performance? Can Indian residential market attract as much investment as its commercial real estate? Will the global funds trust the Indian residential real estate? There are more questions than ever and it is time to settle these question marks over the business of real estate.
Track2Realty Exclusive: 2014 is the year when, to some extent, not only the real estate market but the economy as a whole will have the impact of being in an election year. This is because real estate gets affected as approvals get delayed during this time. A couple of months before even the State elections, slowdown in deals happens on which new approvals are pending.
The current global scenario might be one of gloom, with markets in the US and in Europe on the brink of a double dip recession, but interest in Indian real estate is still high among global investors
It is not slowdown for some of the realtors, while others are feeling the heat. If the signature projects of some of the developers are any indication, market is still good if you don’t have crisis of credibility.
In Mumbai sales registrations for July 2011 are down 31% to 5,047 as against 6,500 in July 2010, pointing to the continuing downtrend, said real estate analysts for Prabhudas Lilladher.
Newspaper advertisements and other branding collaterals of some of the real estate projects across the country attract the eye balls for what Indians have always aspired for—International living.