Rajasthan-based real estate developer Trehan Group has launched a new residential project, ‘Shalimar Heights’ in the industrial town of Alwar, Rajasthan. The project is located at a 10-minute distance from India’s longest & costliest highway, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and shares connectivity with metro cities and Tier 2 cities such as Jaipur, Gurugram, and other parts of the National Capital Region.
The residential sector is currently undergoing a bullish phase, characterised by a convergence of factors that foster an extremely favourable ecosystem. As we progress into 2024, we anticipate that both sales and new property launches will sustain the sector’s buoyancy. Despite the potential challenges posed by escalating land costs and limited funding options for early-stage projects, the robust underlying market fundamentals are expected to propel residential activity well above the average trend witnessed in the previous five years.
Housing.com in collaboration with The Times of India, presented the ‘Right To Excellence – Real Estate Summit’ on March 15th, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza in Gurgaon. This summit aimed to convene numerous industry luminaries, market experts, thought leaders, and stakeholders to delve into the future trajectory of the technology and real estate sector in India.
The overall leasing by luxury brands across the formats stood at 0.6 mn. sq. ft. in 2023, at almost 170% Y-o-Y growth. While High Streets constituted a 45% share in the overall luxury retail leasing in 2023, luxury brands’ stores in Malls followed at 40% and standalone stores accounted for the remaining 15%. This surge in leasing has been accompanied by the entry and expansion of various international luxury fashion, watch and jewellery brands across different locations. The eight cities tracked for leasing include Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Hyderabad.
Fractional Ownership is an evolving concept, on the lines of REIT but very different from REIT. Unlike REIT, which is a listed entity owning income producing real estate, Fractional Ownership is coming together of investors to pool their funds and jointly purchase real estate. Though in its very essence, the idea is to rent it out and earn the equitable rentals, many ‘office for a limited purpose’ investors are also getting into Fractional Ownership for convenience. A Track2Realty analysis.
Has housing price surged across India in the last two years? A report says it has surged 20% from 2021 to 2023, led by significant growth in demand. As per the Housing Price Tracker Report by CREDAI – Colliers – Liases Foras major cities like Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Kolkata witnessed about 30% rise in housing prices in two years. Unsold inventory in Delhi NCR dropped the highest during 2021-2023 period, at 19%, followed by Chennai and Pune. Housing prices across top eight cities in India increased 9% YoY in 2023. Track2Realty reports.
Post Covid, the Indian real estate is witness to a K-shape recovery where the listed & larger players are increasing their market share at the cost of smaller ones. Prima facie, what sounds like a market-linked reform, have concerns & repercussions that run much deeper. Is the current criterion of assessing a market with fiscal performance justified? Can only a handful of branded developers be the answer to India’s housing woes, questions Track2Realty.
With the Maharashtra Government indicating to introduce Blockchain in property transactions, this new technology is in the spotlight. There are more questions in the public domain than answers as subject matter experts are few. In an exclusive interview with Ravi Sinha, Tushar Shrivastava, Co-founder & CTO, PropertyPistol.com decodes how Blockchain is the future of real estate transactions.
The Union Budget 2023-24 has by and large ignored the long standing and some immediate concerns (even needs than wants) of the Indian real estate sector. The Finance Minister has not only ignored the supply side of the business, but also didn’t bother to address the demand side, that is the home buyers. Ironically, the leading voices of the sector are still happy with some of the intangible gains even though tangible benefits are non-existent.
The Union Budget 2023-24 has offered more intangible benefits than tangible gains for the real estate sector. It is hence no surprise that while the average home buyers got busy in their tax calculations immediately after the Finance Minister’s budget speech, the industry stakeholders have by and large given a thumbs up to the budget. A Track2Realty report.