JLL Asia Pacific property digest: Delhi NCR
Leasing activity continued to remain strong in suburban micro-markets of Delhi – NCR, while the CBD and SBD saw moderate activity.
Leasing activity continued to remain strong in suburban micro-markets of Delhi – NCR, while the CBD and SBD saw moderate activity.
The period ending 4Q10 witnessed low to moderate activity levels in the CBD and SBD of Delhi NCR. The CBD, with its low vacancy levels, continued to cater to small office queries, while the SBD with significantly more office stock, catered to the larger corporate office space demand.
Real estate markets are inherently vulnerable to prolonged periods where prices deviate from their fundamental value. The features that contribute to this deviation are imperfect information, suboptimal financial markets and supply rigidities. Imperfect information causes buyers to either overestimate or underestimate the fundamental value of real estate assets.
When the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, urged the States to cut Stamp Duty rates in her 2024-25 budget presentation, this was by & large seen as a mere headline making statement. Why would States cut the Stamp Duty on property when it is one of the major sources of revenue, was the general feeling in the collective consciousness. But now sources tell Track2Realty that there had been a message of deep meaning to the States going to polls.
ASK Property Fund, the real estate private equity arm of Blackstone backed ASK Asset & Wealth Management Group, has announced the successful investment of INR 190 crore in a project being developed by Kalpataru. The project is an upper mid-segment project, located in Borivali West, comprising 310 units and is spread across 6 acres with a total saleable area of about 6.5 lakh square feet.
Magicbrickshas unveiled its instant property valuation tool, PropWorth. It is powered by an advanced machine learning algorithm to assist buyers and sellers evaluate the estimated price for any property. Trained on 15 years of data and over 30 million listings, PropWorth covers 50,000 projects in 5,500 localities across 30 cities, offering comprehensive valuations for various property types, including apartments, independent houses, and villas. Track2Realty reports.
Between April and June 2024, residential supply witnessed the highest growth rate in the last 24 months, driven by the increasing availability of under-construction properties, shared the recently published PropIndex Report (April-June 2024) by Magicbricks, India’s leading real estate platform. According to the report, the supply of under-construction properties has increased by 11.7% QoQ, while prices have risen by 15.2% QoQ between April-June 2024. This surge has resulted in prices of under-construction properties surpassing those of ready-to-move properties in several cities such as Gurugram, Mumbai, Noida and Thane.
According to the report’s findings, Q1 2024 marked a discernible shift towards high-end properties among homebuyers. Notably, the share of properties priced at INR 1 crore and above in sales surged to 37%, a significant increase from the pre-pandemic levels of 2019, more than doubling in magnitude. During this period, there was substantial growth (50-55%) in demand observed within the INR 1-5 crore price bracket, closely followed by the INR 5-10 crore range, particularly evident in cities like Mumbai, Gurugram, and Bengaluru. This transition signifies a departure from purely budget-driven decisions towards properties that better resonate with buyers’ lifestyle preferences.
Soaring economic activity, infrastructure development, and reverse migration are driving double-digit property price appreciation in emerging urban centers of Tier-II cities, says “The Bharat India Report” by Housing.com. Housing.com, has released its inaugural “The Bharat in India” report that highlights remarkable growth trends in Tier-II city real estate markets across the country. It highlights how these once overlooked urban centers are rapidly closing the gap with their Tier-I counterparts. This growth is fuelled by economic diversification, rising consumer demand, and reverse migration patterns accelerated by the pandemic.
North Bengaluru has emerged as a real estate hotspot in recent years due to the presence of the Kempegowda International Airport, major corporate offices, a host of recreational options, and the arrival of the next phase of Namma Metro in the near future. An integral part of North Bengaluru is the 3,000-acre KIADB Hardware & IT Park which is home to many Aerospace and IT campuses surrounded by well-planned infrastructure, ample green parks and open spaces, retail spaces, and more. Since this area has been witnessing increased interest from homebuyers over the last few years, a high-end residential project like Assetz Sora & Saki aims to cater to the discerning tastes of the new-age home buyers.