No one would like to admit or put on record but privately most of the developers maintain that their major investors have pulled out of market, both for land finance as well as for investment in the under-construction inventory.
The Central and States governments are now contemplating many ways and means to provide access to housing for all. Affordable housing will not only fill the housing gap but be the next major economic growth driver by creating more than 2 million jobs during the period till 2022.
What makes Mumbai a global real estate market to bet on? There are many USPs of the city property market to make it a global property market, like luxury landscape of the city; its positioning as a job market; social life of Mumbai; investment in the city; appreciation potential; and insulation against price crash. Mumbai is one of those markets that have also weathered the slowdown challenges without crash; not even New York, London or Dubai have this distinction.
Mostly as of now only the developers of integrated townships have got into the healthcare investment. The dilemma of whether or not to have healthcare facility in the project also comes with whether the developer should himself get into the operational side of running it or it should be outsourced post the investment.
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In many ways, the year 2015 was a defining one for the residential real estate segment in India. This was the period when the market began to evolve, along with customer expectations as well as market dynamics.
In the evaluation of sustainability of a housing market, the absorption of office space is the prime indicator across the world. After all, it is the economic activity and the job magnet that fuels the demand for new houses. The city of Mumbai has always been blessed on that count due to demand and supply dynamics.
Track2Realty: The West Bangalore sub-market covers the areas and projects around Tumkur Road NH-4 towards the Yeshwanthpur and Malleswaram junction, the Rajajinagar Industrial Area, Yeshwantpur, and Tumkur Road and its surroundings (which has a high-density population and has traditionally been the primary industrial hub of the city).
Track2Realty Exclusive: Compared to other countries in Asia, India still lags behind on the transparency parameter. But we are increasingly scaling up with the data availability for the retail and residential sectors improving across all tiers led by the fast-paced development of the residential sector and modern retail formats.
If only the secondary market was any indicator of real estate growth, the argument that that the real estate market is turning bearish in Chandigarh would have been true. But while the prices have softened a bit in the city, the beneficiary is the periphery of Chandigarh that makes the overall property market in the city very bullish and overall economy vibrant.