Track2Realty: India’s economy grew 5.7% y-o-y in Q1 2014 (April–June) beating market consensus forecasts of 5.3%, and showing signs of recovery following annual growth numbers of between 4.4% and 5.2% in each quarter between Q1 2012 and Q4 2013.
Track2Realty: Pune’s real estate market is constantly growing, and one of the hallmarks of this growth is the rapid development of new locations that are becoming increasingly attractive to home buyers.
Track2Realty: Over the past couple of months, no other Indian state has been talked about as much in the Indian media as Gujarat. Be it about Narendra Modi, former Chief Minister of Gujarat who is now Prime Minister of the nation or the growth model of the state.
Track2Realty: The residential real estate market across leading cities of the country is unlikely to see any traction before the upcoming festive season, when demand is expected to improve. While buyers have held off purchase decisions in anticipation of lowering interest rates, developers have been waiting for the festive season before launching special schemes and discounts to boost housing sales.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The NRI enquiries are unlikely to materialise as sales because Indian real estate has lost its credibility. Moreover, given that general elections are around the corner, real estate is in doldrums as all the black money that has been pumped into realty, is slowly being drained out to fund elections.
Track2Realty: Ghaziabad caters primarily to the mid-segment and affordable housing segments. It is home to established housing clusters such as Kaushambi, Vaishali and Indirapuram while upcoming residential corridors include Raj Nagar Extension and developments along the NH-24 beyond Indirapuram, including the Crossings Republic township.
Track2Realty: Snapdeal.com and Tata Value Homes have entered into a strategic and exclusive partnership with which Snapdeal.com will now foray into the real estate category and start selling apartments by the real estate major on its site. Together, the brands will work towards revolutionizing the real estate sector in India.
Track2Realty: The home buyers expect real estate prices to rise over the next six month, says the Housing Sentiment Index (IIMB-MB-HSI) by IIM Bangalore and Magicbricks. It forecasts the trend across 9 of the 10 cities surveyed.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It is strange paradox of economics that property prices keep on moving up despite the sluggish market economy and demand. Various research agencies in recent years have reported about the amount of unsold stock lying with the developers and how it has increased over the last quarter or year. This gives hope to the end users that prices might come down to reasonable level.
Track2Realty: When the point finally comes where you are ready to invest in your own flat, there are many considerations that are likely to confuse you. However, the most confusion that Indian middle-class homebuyers usually face is whether to a smaller or a larger flat. One of the biggest contributors to the confusion is that home purchase is rarely, if ever, done without consulting others.