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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.

Headlines China Evergrande Group, China Real Estate, Investment in China Property, Real Estate Defaults, Debt Liability of Real Estate

China’s Evergande both a learning & potential disruption for Indian real estate?

It is the story of a debt ridden real estate company that is financially overleveraged; gone beyond execution capabilities; has multi-city penetration; is into multiple businesses; and the promoters are just delaying the inevitable. The developer that you instantly recall is China’s Evergrande. It’s the talk of the town across the built environment of global real estate today. But wait! Has India not been witness to its own Evergrande moment (though on a smaller scale) in the past? Track2Realty speaks to cross section of industry analysts.

Consumer Connect Wish List Fingers Crossed, What Home Buyers Want, What Home Buyers Need, Home Buyers' Wants & Needs, Home Buyers' Grievances, Housing Market After Corona, Post Corona Home Buyers

Home buyers’ wants & needs in housing after Coronavirus

The real estate industry stakeholders are debating over the design changes and other functional changes in the housing projects after Coronavirus. An impression is gaining ground that the developers have the realization that the world has changed due to pandemic and they need to alter to fit into the buyers’ needs. An online poll by Track2Realty nevertheless finds that the industry is off the mark when it comes to read the pulse of the buyers. The buyers are not looking for knee jerk design changes but housing to have long term functional changes.      

Headlines Construction Labour, Labour Shortage, Labour Migration, Reverse Migration, Indian Real Estate, Indian Property Market

Reverse Migration: Tier II & III city property gaining by default

What is icing on the cake for the developers in these smaller towns now is the fact that they are getting the labour force at a much lower cost. Explaining this trend, Sandeep Agrawal, a property broker in Patna says that the labours were getting their daily wages in the Delhi NCR region in the range of INR 350-500, depending upon the project. But now they are more than willing to work at INR 250 in places like Patna, Kanpur, Kochi etc where they are stationed in proximity to their home towns and the cost of living is much lesser, compared to the metro cities. 

Reports Wellness & Housing, Housing & Wellness, Green Homes, Green Buildings, Housing & Mental Health

India an emerging market for wellness real estate

This raises a fundamental question as to whether wellness is possible only with the luxury housing or affordable housing too can incorporate it. Within the built environment of the Indian real estate it is generally accepted that wellness is an aspiration concept but it can be incorporated into affordable housing as well. This would require focusing on some of the key elements right from the planning stage. Some of the real estate companies with international exposure are now working towards cutting down their carbon footprint apart from focusing on the other aspects of wellness.

Policy Supertech Emerald Court, Supertech Twin Towers, Supreme Court Orders Demolition of Supertech, Supertech Fraud, Supertech Cheating, Noida Property Market, RK Arora, Mohit Arora

Supreme Court demolition order against Supertech twin towers won’t change market realities

A closer look at the way the sector operates indicates that the ground realities are different than what is being anticipated post this historic judgment. The Supreme Court order has hence raised more questions than settled the answers that could goad the sector to best practices in the business. The court order touches upon some of the grey areas like “long & expensive legal battle” that the buyers have to go through. It nevertheless doesn’t offer any solution for the same. The fact remains that the long & expensive legal battle is the primary cause of home buyers’ suffering in silence at the hands of the builders.

Consumer Connect Real Estate Strategy, Real Estate Narrative, False Narrative, Real Estate Communication, Real Estate PR

Narratives that could goad realty to revival

It is easy to criticize the Indian real estate sector for its narrative, or the lack of it. But it takes some thorough understanding of the business, its ROI cycle, its historical legacies and multiple other factors to find method into the madness. We explore how the real estate can create its own effective narrative like some of the other matured industries.

Headlines Real Estate in 2021, Real Estate in Tier II & III Cities, Property Market in Covid Times, Price Crash After Covid, Work From Home, Holiday Homes After Corona

Will Covid-hit 2021 lead real estate into Tier II cities?

The cost of doing business per square feet has always been challenging in the top 10 cities of India. The ever increasing migration for jobs in these cities have made the housing affordability even bigger challenge. Critics are not cynical when they question as to what extent and till when these cities will continue to be filled up like a soda bottle. Aren’t our metro cities on the verge of a population blast? Come 2021 and Track2Realty analysis believes the infamous Coronavirus in a strange way has shown the way forward.

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Is consolidation imminent in the real estate sector?

With the vaccination drive in full swing, there is renewed optimism, and the country’s economic momentum seems to be picking up.  In particular, the real estate sector is witnessing new interest from homebuyers as seen in Q1 FY22, spurred due to positive government policies, initiatives taken by the developers and pent-up consumer demands. This is a new phase of real estate growth, innovation, and investment, contributing towards making India the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

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