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Finance Budget Expectation, Union Budget 2021-22, Budget and Real Estate, Budget and Home Buyers

Builder-buyer concerns juxtaposed with Union Budget 2021-22

Union Budget every year is the time when all the stakeholders of the Indian economy look up to the Finance Minister with optimism. Track2Realty noted that across the industries the wants & needs of the demand & supply side are not as juxtaposed as with the real estate. While the developers lobby hard to get the best deal out of the Union Budget, the buyers have their own set of choices and concerns. The Finance Minister is expected to walk a tightrope to balance the concerns of various stakeholders.

Headlines Senior Care, Senior Living, Senior Housing, Assisted Living, Ashiana Housing, ASLI, Ankur Gupta

3rd ASLI Annual Senior Care Conclave to roll out Standards and Accreditation Matrix for Senior Care in India

The 3rd ASLI Annual Senior Care Conclave starting, 22nd Jan, 2021, announced the Association of Senior Living India (ASLI) collaboration with Standards Wise International’s Indian subsidiary – Standards Wise International India (SWII) and CommonAge (CA) to roll out the first-ever standards and accreditation matrix for the private sector in the space of senior living and care communities in India.

Finance Real Estate Reforms, Real Estate Policies, Real Estate Budget Wish List

Urgent & definitive reforms needed for real estate

In his budget wish list, Amit Modi, Director, ABA Corp & President (Elect), CREDAI Western UP, points out that the real estate sector in India has been through one of the most difficult periods last year due the pandemic effected slowdown in the economy. While there was an upward trajectory in the last quarter of year 2020, due to correction in prices, availability of affordable home loans and the general realization towards the importance of having an adequate shelter during the pandemic, but to seriously start the process of sector revival, there is an urgent and definitive need for reforms from the forthcoming Budget.

Policy Union Budget, Budget and Real Estate, Property Market and Budget, Housing and Budget

Union Budget, home buyers and need for policies beyond rhetoric

Budget after budget the industry voices across the built environment of the Indian real estate echo the causes & concerns of the supply side – builders. On the eve of the Union Budget 2021-22, it is imperative to address the issues that affect the demand side – buyers. Failing to address the buyers issues, would be detrimental to the revival of the sector which, in turn, is critically linked to the revival of the economy at large.

Reports Housing Absorption, PropTiger Report, Real Estate in 2020, Housing Demand in India, Housing Supply in Indian Cities

2020 ends on a positive note for realty: PropTiger report

New homes supply and sales showed a significant improvement in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Oct–Dec) in line with the ongoing economic recovery with government’ initiatives and increased market confidence providing an added growth impetus.  

Headlines Positives of 2020

Silver lining of 2020 for Indian real estate

Beyond the pessimism & optimism and, to some extent, more than expected recovery post the Covid-19 lockdown, the fact remains that 2020 has been by and large the most unforgettable year for the economy in general and the real estate market in particular. The old timers in the business even maintain that this has been even worse year than the global economic collapse after the Lehman crisis in 2008.

Editorial Ranjeet Mishra, ART Housing Finance

Is due diligence lacking in home finance?

In the financial sector, housing finance is relatively a new concept as the government took interest in the last two decades to diminish the housing problem in India. However, the participation of banks and financial institutions in the housing credit sector has swelled and the sector itself has evolved over the years, fuelled also by the concurrent evolution in government regulations in the sector and real estate industry as a whole.

Headlines Real Estate 2021

Catalysts of real(ty) change in 2021

Ever since the lockdown was imposed in March 2020 with Coronavirus scare at its peak, it seems the built environment of the Indian real estate is experiencing the Placebo Effect. The Placebo Effect is when an improvement is observed, despite an individual receiving a placebo as opposed to active medical treatment. In medical fraternity, it is estimated that 1 in 3 people experience the placebo effect. It seems every stakeholder, barring the home buyers, is experiencing the Placebo Effect in the property market.  

Editorial Aditya Kushwaha, Axis Ecorp

Shifting focus from metro cities to tourist destinations: Aditya Kushwaha

While the COVID-19 has by and large dented the confidence level of the real estate developers, Aditya Kushwaha, CEO & Director of Axis Ecorp believes there are silver lining for the players who are forward looking in their approach. In an exclusive interview with Track2Realty, Kushwaha asserts that the Work From Home trend would shift the focus from top metro cities to open spaces in and around the tourist destinations. He therefore urges the government to look at the Holiday Home segment as a priority sector.

Consumer Connect Housing Foreclosure, Fiscal Stress, Housing Defaults, Property Market Distress, EMI Defaults, Coronavirus & Housing Defaults, Property EMI Defaults After Covid-19

How foreclosure could be mitigated in Coronavirus hit housing market?

The statistics are scary for any salaried class across the cities of India who has an EMI to pay for his home purchase. The Indian Chamber of Commerce has estimated that the real estate would be witness to 65% defaults from the buyers of under construction projects due to Coronavirus hit lockdown. The estimation is not without its logical reasons. A CII snap poll of the CEOs finds that 52 percent of the companies surveyed foresee job losses, in their respective sectors.

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