Real estate in general and its future growth in particular is defined by its demand drivers. It is relatively easier to forecast the demand drivers in the residential sector. Reason being that the economic activities indicate the migration of the workforce and hence inherent need for housing. However, to forecast the emerging economic activity, both sector wise and region wise, is more often than not guesstimate, finds Track2Realty.
Puravankara stock has been pretty under-valued, claims Abhishek Kapoor, CEO of the company. According to him, it is the perception battle that Puravankara has to weather as the intrinsic value of the stock and the performance of the company is at par with the top real estate companies of the country. In an exclusive interview with Ravi Sinha, Puravankara CEO explains why and how the brand would change the perception in the next few years. Excerpt of the interview:
In an interesting year when Godrej Properties lost its sheen, Sobha Limited yet again bounced back as the National Brand Leader after a gap of 2 years. The 10th edition of Track2Realty BrandXReport 2021-22 finds that the market perception vis-à-vis the brands could change dramatically, and it takes all the more care to retain the Brand Leadership than reaching at the top.
Across the world the commercial real estate, most notably the retail and office spaces, have been hit the most due to Covid-induced new normal. It is hence being debated as to whether commercial real estate would be able to reinvent itself to remain relevant in the post-Covid world where the Work From Home and online shopping threatens to eat up the market share of till-recently lucrative business models of retail and office space. Track2Realty explores the need for innovation.
When it comes to the recovery of the asset class, the market doesn’t spread its gift with equal generosity. The historic high growth curve of the stock market post Covid crash in March 2020 didn’t make every company’s share valuable. Similarly, in real estate there are certainly some clear winners & losers during the pandemic, finds Track2Realty analysis.
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.
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.
Located in Dodamarg, Axis Lake City is barely 35 KMs away from Panjim city centre. It is also just 18KMS away from the prestigious MOPA airport, which is expected to be operational by 2022. Spread across 12 acres, the project offers commercial plots in the size of 150 square meters, with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities. The size of the project is INR 40 crore and it is expected to be completed by 2023.
Godrej Properties has strengthened its brand leadership for the 2nd consecutive year. The 9th edition of Track2Realty BrandXReport 2020-21 finds that the K-shaped recovery in the Indian real estate has helped most of the organized developers with corporate governance, at the cost of the large universe of the companies operating like personal fiefdoms.
Investors continued to be bullish on the Indian market, snapping up assets in office and industrial space. Office assets accounted for 35% of the total investments in H1 2021, followed by industrial and warehousing assets with a share of 27%. Investors are viewing the current scenario as an opportunity to snap up properties at attractive valuations.