While some reports have predicted correction in Mumbai realty market, Babulal Varma, Managing Director of Omkar Realtors & Developers assert that rising demand and low availability of ready-inventory will make Mumbai the most sought-after property market in 2011.
While there are reports of price correction in Mumbai realty, R Karthik, Chief Marketing Officer of Mumbai based realty firm Lodha Developers believes there will be a positive trend in the year 2011 and the demand will be led by the real buyers.
The eastern corridor of Pune has witnessed rapid growth in commercial sector as Grade A developers have ample stock to lease in the area which enjoys an advantage in terms of social infrastructure, connectivity to other parts of the city, abundant residential options, proximity to airport and railway station among host of other advantages.
The government has also given more time to as many as 37 Special Economic Zone developers, including Navi Mumbai SEZ, DLF Commercial Developers and Tata Consultancy Services, to execute their projects. Five SEZ developers were allowed to surrender their projects as well. But the mounting criticism is now forcing the government to eject non-serious players from SEZ.
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.
Prestige Group has emerged as the new Brand Leader of Indian real estate. The brand had continuously been closer to the Leadership and among the Top 3 National Brands. Brigade Group makes a giant leap and jumps from Number 5 to now the 2nd Best Brand of the business. DLF is continuously scaling up and now rests as 3rd Best Brand at the National level. Godrej Properties is losing its sheen as a Valuable Brand and slips down to Number 5 from Number 2 this fiscal year. Puravankara is also proving to be the Dark Horse of the National Brand Leadership and emerges from Number 7 to now at Number 5.
News reports of real estate nowadays is making me religious. The reports about Supertech Twin Tower demolition is giving me “SPIRITUAL” feeling. If these media reports are to be believed, henceforth all the government officials will be careful in sanctioning the building plans, builders will be fearful with the law and the judiciary will be trusted as more pro-active than reactive. Isn’t it a proverbial “Ram Rajya” for the home buyers?
In an interesting year when Godrej Properties lost its sheen, Sobha Limited yet again bounced back as the National Brand Leader after a gap of 2 years. The 10th edition of Track2Realty BrandXReport 2021-22 finds that the market perception vis-à-vis the brands could change dramatically, and it takes all the more care to retain the Brand Leadership than reaching at the top.
The Union Budget 2022-23 lacked any fresh ideas as far as the real estate in general and the housing market in particular is concerned. Most of the announcements are more or less the extension of the old schemes and roadmaps. The euphoria of the industry stakeholders ahead of the budget turned into a deafening silence in the next few hours of budget speech.
Tracking the sentiment is not that easy in the business of Indian real estate. There is no ideal predictive model that could assess the sentiments of both the developers as well as the buyers. The leading voices of the sector has never been very consistent with their budget wish list and the post budget customary note. The most important stakeholders, the home buyers, are more often than not completely ignored when it comes to sentiment assessment post the Union Budget.