Housing sales and new launches rise in Mumbai in H2, 2015
Residential property sales in Mumbai saw a rise during the…
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No major incentive to fuel housing demand in Budget
Housing demand is a serious matter of concern and the…
Union Budget 2016-17 confused about housing needs
After much expectation the Union Budget 2016-17 neither addresses the…
A new CEO-led consortium to drive sustainability in India’s housing sector
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is convening a voluntary, collaborative effort with leading Indian housing sector companies to form an industry-led Sustainable Housing Leadership Consortium to drive sustainability in India’s housing market with a particular focus on the affordable housing sector.
A look at India’s housing market in 2015
In many ways, the year 2015 was a defining one for the residential real estate segment in India. This was the period when the market began to evolve, along with customer expectations as well as market dynamics.
Tata Housing launches unique ‘social sell’ initiative with Facebook
Tata Housing has announced India’s 1st ever “Social Sell”, on Facebook. Announcing the pre-launch of its project “Codename – Goa Paradise”, prospective buyers need to register themselves through Facebook to ensure they receive their unique invite Code. This unique invite code would ensure and allow customers to login on 26th Oct and book these limited homes on a first come first basis.
Affordable housing for the middle class
Affordable housing, though a widely-used term in India, actually means different things to different sets of demographics. The definition of ‘affordable’ is heavily influenced by the socio-economic variables that drive a certain city or location.
Housing for All by 2022 – far-fetched or feasible?
Viewed dispassionately, the current government’s ‘Housing for all by 2022’ promise seems a bit unrealistic at the moment, as the modalities and concrete steps needed to be undertaken to achieve this goal have not been spelled out. Making 2 crore urban houses and 4 crore rural houses available is a huge undertaking in itself, and will require not only sustained government interest and investment but also substantial private sector investment and involvement.
Housing demand from home buyers in 2014 fell byapproximately 30% y-o-y
Track2Realty: Residential sales declined by approximately 30% y-o-y by the end of 2014 in the seven leading cities of the country, largely due to high price points, sticky interest rates and cautious buyer sentiments. The decline, which was noted across all major cities, was particularly steep in the DelhiNCR (National Capital Region).The slowdown was reported in the premium/luxury as well as the high-end/mid-end housing segments.
Housing sales across India’s leading cities decline by about 30% in 2014 over that of the previous year: CBRE
Track2Realty: Housing sales across India’s seven leading cities declined by approximately 30% on an annual basis by the end of 2014—according to the latest CBRE report, India Residential Market View – H2 2014. The general decline in the housing market was particularly steep in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), signaling the need for property prices to get rationalized in tune with average per capita income rates of home buyers.