NCR, 6 cities to see shortage of 1.3m houses in 5 yrs: C&W
Housing supply is estimated to fall short of demand by 1.3 million units in seven major cities of the country during the next five years, according to a report.
Housing supply is estimated to fall short of demand by 1.3 million units in seven major cities of the country during the next five years, according to a report.
While many of the Indian cities are reeling under the apprehension of slowdown with sales nosediving, Pune real estate has defied any such apprehensions.
Retail chains across the country are signing up for space in a big way, after a long pause that had followed the economic downturn.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the poster boy of Indian telecom, has ambitious plans in the Indian real estate.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real-estate sector last year was the lowest in four years, but private equity activity gained momentum during the recent months, according to a study by an Indian industry chamber and a global accountancy firm.
Real estate developers have called upon potential buyers in Doha to take advantage of recessionary trends in the global economy and make investments in the real estate sector of growing economies like India.
The Carlyle Group on Thursday, August 25, said it has invested $26 million in Value & Budget Housing Corporation, the Bangalore-based low-cost housing developer promoted by former Mphasis Chairman Jaithirth Rao.
The debt load of 11 listed real estate companies in the country has risen 15%, or by Rs.5,000 crore, to Rs.38,500 crore in the last 12 months.
In Mumbai sales registrations for July 2011 are down 31% to 5,047 as against 6,500 in July 2010, pointing to the continuing downtrend, said real estate analysts for Prabhudas Lilladher.
Pune real estate is poised for growth both in residential and retail segment. While the demand-supply gap indicates that residential prices may go up, the retail segment of the city is also showing strong signs of revival.