Realty sector wants industry status in Union Budget
Property consultants and real estate developers have demanded industry status to the realty sector in the forthcoming Budget.
Property consultants and real estate developers have demanded industry status to the realty sector in the forthcoming Budget.
Mumbai continues to be the costliest property market in India but the sales graph show this value has started taking its toll on the volume. Property registration in India’s biggest real estate market continued its slide and in September recorded a 29-month low at 4,137, down 22 per cent year-on-year.
RBI’s latest notification says that stamp duty, registration and other charges should be excluded while calculating the value of a property. This is expected to have a short-term impact and is unlikely to turn out to be a show stopper.
Purvankara Projects has recorded 31% increase in consolidated revenues to INR 5,825 Million for the 9-month period ended 31 December 2011 compared to INR 4,440 Million for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2010.
High property prices coupled with continued increase in home loan interest rates over the last six months and inflationary pressures will keep transaction activities restrained.
First generation of commercial realty saw sales model and then the Indian developers learnt the global pattern of lease model.
Mumbai’s residential home sales dropped to a three-year low in the quarter ended December as record home prices and higher interest rates crimped demand, according to Liases Foras Real Estate Rating & Research Pvt.
As far as IPOs are concerned, out of the 132 IPOs lined up, the largest number -15 -are from the real estate sector.
It is not just strange, it is ironic. When the facts and indications are all misleading, investor in the Indian market have no choice but to keep the fingers crossed and it is precisely the reason what is hurting the realty stocks, finds Track2Realty.
Analysts are worried and do not see a rosy picture ahead in 2012. According to them real estate companies planning IPOs in 2012 may experience a lack of enthusiasm on the part of investors.