Regulation is required for any industry to function properly and the real estate industry is no exception. The market is being manipulated by the big and influential real estate lobby causing large inequities in resource and product allocation.
In India, investor interest is also seeing a slowdown on account of the lower absorption of new developments and the disparity between investment returns and capital values.
Real estate consultants Jones Lang LaSalle in conjunction with law firm Blake Dawson, have launched The Asia Pacific Property Investment Guide 2012, a comprehensive guide to how real estate markets operate across Asia Pacific.
International hospitality major Wyndham Hotel Group has entered into a partnership with Ahmedabad-based Unique Mercantile to develop 35 hotels in India under Howard Johnson brand in the next five years.
With benefits under STPI scheme gone and deadline to fully avail SEZ benefits set for March 2014, demand for SEZ space is expected to witness some momentum in 2012.
Amidst the turbulence of many of the world’s largest economies, particularly in western markets such as the US and European economies, the broader macro economic outlook in Asia is encouraging.
Global financial uncertainty, shrinking demand, liquidity crunch, repo hike and demand-supply mismatch…all is not well with the commercial real estate in India.
India has the second largest population in the world and is expected to overtake China by 2025. Fulfilling the housing needs of the Indian population which is growing at 1.41% annually is a tremendous challenge for the government today.
Analysts believe that further price correction may not happen in the metros and suburbs due to the holding capacity of the bigger developers, but lack of funding options may force some standalone local builders to drop prices.
In a macro economic perspective booms and slumps in realty market predominantly affect active investors and traders in property who want to make money on every deal they make.