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Consumer Connect Myth & Reality of Home Buying, Festive Sales in Housing, Festive Offers in Property Market, Festive Offers in Home Purchase, Festivals and Home Buying

Festive home sales! Reality versus narrative

I often get amused when I get into the details of the industry survey that shouts at the top of its voice – “All is Well”. Some of these industry reports claiming the business to be witness to higher consumer sentiment are based on the feedback of connected parties like developers, banks, financial institutions and private equity players. All in all, it’s a family cycle where everyone is desperate to beg, borrow or steal for sale. The most important stakeholder – the home buyer – whose sentiment is being tracked is better left out in this mutual appreciation club of vested interests. 

Headlines Festive Home Sales, Festive Property Sales, Housing Sales in Diwali, Property Market on Diwali

Catalysts of real(ty) optimism on festive season

Will the festive season of 2021 change the course of real estate is something that most of the analysts are curious to see. The festive season has just started and it is too early to guesstimate the exact sales volume & value growth at this point of time. But with a closer look at the Indian housing market one can probably vouchsafe that there are more catalysts of optimism than pessimism. How far this optimism is sentiment driven and to what extent the economic fundamentals support the business take-up is something that needs to be evaluated.

Reports Debt Default, Home Loan Default, Home Loan EMI, Home Loan Interest Rate, Housing Foreclosure, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Indian Property News

Rising Debt to Income Ratio bothering home buyers

A record low household savings, double digit unemployment, and rising inflation, has added to the harsh reality of Indian home buyers’ high Debt to Income (DTI) ratio. The Covid induced financial hardships have indeed wreaked havoc with many of the Indian home buyers. Despite of the advantages of lower interest rates, their DTI ratio has suddenly shot up beyond what could be termed as manageable level.

Consumer Connect Home Loan, Cheaper Home Loan, Home Loan Interest Rates, Lower Cost of Borrowing

Can cheaper home loans lead to more housing sale?

With home loan interest rates below 7 per cent, an impression has gained ground that this is the best time to buy a house. Track2Realty takes a closer look at the economic fundamentals that suggest the interest rates are one of the sales catalysts and there are many variables to consider. 

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.

Reports Foreclosure, Banking Defaults, Job Losses & House EMI, Salary Cut & Home EMI, Housing After Corona, Covid-19 and Housing

Foreclosure fears real; property not best hedge against crisis

If the Indian real estate was gasping for breath since long, Cronavirus has further pushed it to the ventilator. Track2Realty in an online poll finds that the challenge is no more limited to the unsold inventory, liquidity crisis & buyers’ reluctance, but to keep the existing buyers stay afloat. Job losses and salary cut threatens to make foreclosure a reality now.

Advocacy Ramesh Nair, JLL India, Ramesh Nair on Repo Rate, Ramesh Nair on Policy

Policy rate nearing a decade low of 5.15% with strong focus on growth

The consecutive rate cuts have been a succor for the real estate sector thereby making it the most opportune time for buying homes. This has been reflected in the continuous improvement in the residential sales that registered a 14% Y-o-Y growth in sales during January- September 2019 as compared to the corresponding period in the previous year.

Analysis NRI Investment, NRI Property Investment, NRI Investment in India, Real Estate Returnsd on Investment, Real Estate ROI, Real Estate Versus Gold, Real Estate Versus Equities

Indian housing a good hedge in troubled times for NRI investors

Indian real estate is still a viable and fairly safe long-term investment option. Investors with a short-term view on ‘instant returns’ need to look elsewhere, but most other asset classes are quite volatile in nature and will continue to remain so.  Indian residential real estate is a long-time favourite of resident Indians and NRIs, and recent trends suggest a positive outlook for this asset class going forward. Property prices have bottomed out and cannot possibly reduce further, especially since construction costs are gradually heading north.

Column Elections & Real Estate, Real estate in election year, Elections & Property Market, Elections Impact Over Real Estate, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Real Estate News India, Indian Property Market News, Investment in Property

5 years of Modi – is Indian real estate ‘house’ in order?

This policy ‘trishul’ brought about a paradigm shift in the way Indian real estate does business and laid the groundwork for improved transparency and efficiency in the sector. However, while end-user and investor confidence were rekindled for real estate, it did not exactly set the industry on fire with renewed interest.

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