With a wealth of INR 1,24,420 crore, Rajiv Singh from DLF leads the 2024 GROHE-Hurun India Real Estate Rich, followed by Mangal Prabhat Lodha from Macrotech Developers with INR 91,700 crore at the second spot, and Gautam Adani & family from the Adani Realty with INR 56,500 crore at third. Of the top 10 on the real estate rich list, five are from Bengaluru and four from Mumbai.
In contrast, with USD 0.3 billion of investments in office assets, the segment witnessed subdued activity in Q2 2024. Although the annual decline was significant at 83%, the QoQ drop was relatively modest at 41%. The surge in industrial & warehousing, and residential investments resulted in a healthy investment volume of USD 3.5 billion for H1 2024 at an overall level, making up for the slow start in first quarter. Foreign investments remained robust, accounting for 81% of the total inflows in Q2 2024, predominantly led by investors from the US and UAE.
A comprehensive analysis of these cities was done involving assessment of various social, economic, financial, and real estate specific demand & supply side parameters. Colliers conducted a broad-based assessment and developed an objective framework incorporating the above-mentioned parameters to assess their relative degrees of importance and impact on various real estate segments such as office, residential, warehousing, retail, hospitality, and alternatives (data centers, senior living, second homes etc.) in the respective cities.
A recent report claims current sentiment index score of Indian real estate is 72. I wonder how! Who is going to believe this? Definitely not the home buyers at the receiving end of the builders with delay, default, unmet promises and what not. But this is not an isolated instance of one-odd such report. As a matter of fact, most of the reports by the brokerage firms (in the guise of consulting firms) and other industry stakeholders would like the home buyers to believe that if you don’t buy property now, you would be left behind. This unnecessarily creates a FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in the minds of the gullible buyers.
With its localized nature of business, along with the fact that historically there had been information asymmetry, Indian real estate for quite some time lacked focus on brand goodwill. Size of the real estate companies for long was seen as synonymous with big brands. With the emergence of India as one of the five key global real estate markets post the introduction of FDI in 2005, with US, UK, China and Middle East being other four geographies, the focus shifted to brand building for the first time. Track2Realty analyses how brand equity has historically been a market-linked evolution.
The 12th edition of Track2Realty BrandXReport 2023-24 is witness to the fact that the fiscal performance of nearly all the large & listed players is at an all time high. The real estate leadership is hence defined by the consumer experiences and their shared satisfaction along with the aspiration for the respective brands in the business.
Bengaluru-based Prestige Group has emerged as the National Brand Leader for the 2nd consecutive time. As a matter of fact, all the Top 3 National Brands of last fiscal year retain their respective Brand Rank with better Brand Score. Out of the Top 5 National Brands, 5 players are yet again from Bengaluru market. Sobha Limited improves its Brand Rank and jumps up to Number 4 this time around.
When you read in the media that the housing market is on fire, you get pessimistic with FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) gripping your investment strategy. When the market speculators suggest the house price might drop, you rush to sell and/or put your buying decision on hold for a better deal. Track2Realty analyses whether home buyers can time the market.
Despite an increase in the share of commercial investments to 42% in Q1 2024 from 39% a year earlier, they declined by 52% in value terms. Similarly, the share of residential investments also increased to 41% in Q1 2024 from 27% in Q1 2023. However, investments declined by 33% annually in value terms. Investments significantly decreased by 73% in the industrial and warehousing sector in Q1 2024 over the previous year.
The question is what needs to be done. Or in other words, how could real estate consume more out of ‘Make in India’ manufacturing? The question in itself is flawed, if not in sync with the larger eco system issues. Setting up and making a manufacturing unit in India comes with its own challenges. Cheap labour alone would not give India any edge or cost arbitrage over the export items. ‘Make in India’ has to move beyond the rhetoric of nationalism and reforms have to be introduced at each and every level, ranging from lower corporate tax to labour laws and making the country a happy hunting ground for the manufacturers of the world.
Institutional investments in Indian real estate sector touched USD 1.0 billion in the first quarter of 2024, signalling a steady and positive start to the year. While this was a 40% drop compared to the same period last year, India’s real estate investments showed improvement on a sequential basis registering 21% QoQ rise. Foreign investments retained their dominance, forming 55% of the total inflows during the quarter. Domestic investments too witnessed a notable rise at 15% YoY in Q1 2024. The share of domestic inflows in overall institutional investments continued to rise to 45% in Q1 2024, compared to 24% in Q1 2023.