Track2Realty Roundtable Panelists—Dr Anil Sharma, CMD, Amrapali Group
Sunil Dahiya—Sr Vice President, NAREDCO & MD Vigneshwara Developers
Harmit Chawla—MD, HCorp Realty
PK Tripathi—President, Unitech
Moderator—Ravi Sinha, CEO & Managing Editor, Track2Realty
Ravi Sinha: Would any of you agree that the pipeline visibility and land bank suddenly has turned out to be a land liability?
Track2Realty Exclusive: Analysis of North zone (Delhi NCR)
Owing to sluggish global and domestic economic growth, high inflation and steep depreciation in rupee value, market sentiment remained subdued during the first three quarters of 2012. International brands are still positive about the Indian growth story.
Track2Realty Exclusive: India Outlook remains positive
Though the Indian economy recorded one of the lowest growth rates in recent years in 2012, indications are that the economic growth rate may have bottomed out and is likely to improve from the current levels over the next six months or so.
Ravi Sinha: In 2013 when most of the PE Funds are maturing, they may not be investing again in the real estate. So, from where will you generate the funds?
Track2Realty Exclusive: With the economy booming in India, the developers are to play an important part as the builders of the nation and are definite to become the most important stakeholders in urban development of the country.
Ravi Sinha: I have a question here, and I will be very frank with Mr Tripathi. Any journalist who writes on real estate finds it very amusing that the sector has always tried to put the ball in the government’s court. Since you have been part of the government, how far will you agree to this?
Track2Realty: Walking on a tight rope of fiscal management, the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram did his best to bring smiles on the faces of home buyers. Something that should cheer up the real estate sector looking left, right and centre for buyers with piling inventory. Still, a section of real estate is sulking. Why so? Track2Realty tries to understand the grey zones where for the realtors it was a case of “ye did maange more.”
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Indian real sector has evoked mixed response to the Union Budget 2013-14, though by and large there is optimism within the sector. Here are some of the responses—
Track2Realty: India faces shortage of fresh supply of houses, the Technical Group on the Estimation of Housing Shortage projects the total shortage of dwelling units in urban areas in 2012 to be 18.78 million, said a report by Knight Frank Research.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Wading in troubled water, when the Indian real sector was looking for direction through the Union Budget 2013-14, the Finance Minister seems to have given symbolic relief to the sector by encouraging the home buyers but at the same time has denied the sector some of the long pending substantive demands. To allow an additional tax deduction of Rs 1, 00,000 on interest rate for home loans up to Rs 25 lakh, the Union Budget has aimed to give more boost in low cost housing segment.