Track2Realty Exclusive: When Prahlad Patel went on a property hunt in the city of Vadodara, the broker had a curious look at his face. Under the impression that Patel is one among the many NRIs looking to invest in the city property with the fall in the Indian currency he thought it is his duty to narrate how the property market is just ripe to enter for sizeable return.
Track2Realty Exclusive: At a time when the critics of Mumbai real estate were busy with the conspiracy theory and prophets of doomsday were writing the obituary, with the report suggesting the city market sitting over 48 months of inventory lending credence to such conspiracy theory, there has been an under-current in the Mumbai property market where some of the smart developers were devising new strategies to beat the slowdown.
Track2Realty: India is among the top ten global markets to recorded the highest rental increase year on year as per the annual report ‘Main Streets across the World 2013’ by Cushman & Wakefield. Punjagutta in Hyderabad, recorded the 8th highest growth in retail rental values globally with an annual growth of 29% year–on- year.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Industry experts assert if the neighbourhood does not have the supportive social infrastructure, the demand will be less compared to the well-developed areas. The number of houses remaining vacant in a project in the core areas of the city is less compared to those outside the city.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Decline in supply of additional office space is likely to put pressure on rental values in the coming quarters, even as the demand is expected to be moderate, industry experts say.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The steady growth of the Coimbatore property market even in the wake of the overall economic slowdown makes it a curious case for many analysts. It is convenient to say that the market of Coimbatore real estate is by and large end-user driven and hence a realistic market to sustain the effects of slowdown.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Omkar luxury projects are being developed rapidly at upmarket locations like Worli. Malad, Parel and BKC in Mumbai and designed to offer homes according to the niche lifestyle of the affluent clientele.
Track2Realty: The overall vacancy levels in malls declined by 0.6 percentage to 14.51% on account of consistent leasing activities while supply has been only 0.77 msf gets added in Kolkata and Pune, says a retail report by Cushman & Wakefield. Healthy transaction activity led to reduction in overall mall vacancy of Pune and Kolkata despite the addition of fresh mall space in both the cities.
Track2Realty Exclusive: While the property markets in other parts of the country are busy with festive offers, Coimbatore real estate is showing no signs of gift, freebies and other marketing lucrative schemes. Prima facie it may seem like the festive buying of homes is not a reality in this part of the world, and hence no developer is bothered to lure the home buyers with gold coins, cars, foreign tours or outright discount.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Some other developers maintain property exhibitions aim to bring property buyers and developers on a common platform, where home buyers can access a range of properties that suit their price points. Property expos serve as an avenue to showcase assorted projects to property seekers.