2012: Year of cautious optimism for real estate-IV
The much anticipated opening up of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail has renewed interest of several large international retailers in Indian retail market.
The much anticipated opening up of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail has renewed interest of several large international retailers in Indian retail market.
In all markets around the globe, challenging market conditions – whilst painful at the time – do have a beneficial long-term impact on the market in that they sort out the ‘wheat from the chaff’.
Macro level forecast suggests Asia in general, and China and India in particular, will continue to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) despite the slowdown as Europe and the US continue to grapple with economic problems of their own.
Regulation is required for any industry to function properly and the real estate industry is no exception. The market is being manipulated by the big and influential real estate lobby causing large inequities in resource and product allocation.
In India, investor interest is also seeing a slowdown on account of the lower absorption of new developments and the disparity between investment returns and capital values.
Market report has it that commercial realty is continuously going into red. A Report by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suggests Indian commercial property market has lost momentum in Q3 with the capital values turning negative for the first time since 2009.
With benefits under STPI scheme gone and deadline to fully avail SEZ benefits set for March 2014, demand for SEZ space is expected to witness some momentum in 2012.
Global financial uncertainty, shrinking demand, liquidity crunch, repo hike and demand-supply mismatch…all is not well with the commercial real estate in India.
Analysts believe that further price correction may not happen in the metros and suburbs due to the holding capacity of the bigger developers, but lack of funding options may force some standalone local builders to drop prices.
In a macro economic perspective booms and slumps in realty market predominantly affect active investors and traders in property who want to make money on every deal they make.