Indian commercial property market loses momentum in Q3: RICS
Indian commercial property market has lost momentum in Q3 with the capital values turning negative for the first time since 2009.
Indian commercial property market has lost momentum in Q3 with the capital values turning negative for the first time since 2009.
The impact of slowdown is already being felt on the real estate market with residential segment witnessing sluggish demand across all the major cities.
The latest interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is bound to push up the price of housing loans as well as the residential apartments.
In a further blow to the dampened Diwali spirit of the realty sector, the RBI raised interest rates on today but said it was likely to hold off on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning in December.
With slowdown signs looming large over the Indian economy, the effect on the job market and its subsequent effect on office space is getting visible now.
The Andhra Pradesh Government will take all steps to ensure that Hyderabad’s real estate industry bounces back to normalcy soon, said Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Patel Realty expects profit to double this year on rising demand for homes in the world’s second-fastest growing major economy.
The level of FDI in the real estate sector is unlikely to show a quantum jump this year, courtesy a slow GDP growth rate, high debt levels of the real estate developers, labour shortage and economic crisis in the US and Europe.
India received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $2.83 billion in August, an over two-fold jump compared to that in the same month last year, an official said on Monday.
Retail chains across the country are signing up for space in a big way, after a long pause that had followed the economic downturn.