Category: Expert Views

The Rise and Rise of Indian Malls

May 29, 2018

  By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Over 30 new shopping malls covering 14 million sq. ft. of area expected across top 8 cities by 2020  Indian retail pegged to grow by 60% to reach US$ 1.1 trillion by 2020  Tier 2 cities fast catching up with the metros Rapid urbanization and digitization, increasing disposable incomes and […]

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The Low-down on Compact Homes in Mumbai

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Small is beautiful’ is the new buzzword with Indian millennials when it comes to buying homes in cities like Mumbai. These young professionals are less focused on size and look for homes in locations close or well-connected to their workplaces so that their daily commute is reduced […]

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Realty Sector Trending Upward with Increased Supply, Sales in FY 2018-19

May 16, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants   Buoyed by positive consumer sentiments and favourable policies, the Indian real estate sector is coming back on track. 2018 started on a positive note with the first quarter recording a q-o-q increase in housing sales, and the momentum seems to be increasing. With nearly 1,800 unit sales […]

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Will the Banking Mess impact the Real Estate Sector?

May 14, 2018

By Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO –  ANAROCK Property Consultants From bad loans to loan defaulters to financial frauds and embezzlement, the Indian banking system seems to be in a crisis mode. And, needless to say, it will have a cascading effect on most sectors – including real estate. To build a project, developers largely […]

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Mumbai Salt Pan Lands

May 10, 2018

Prashant Thakur, Head – Research, ANAROCK Property Consultants Mitigating the Hazards of NDZ to Affordable Housing Bonanza After a year-long delay, the final draft of Greater Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034 recently saw the light of day. The highlights were the amendments in the development control regulations (DCR) in terms of increased FSI and the […]

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How RERA is revolutionizing Indian real estate

May 4, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants The 14 spokes of RERA’s protective umbrella The Indian real estate industry, particularly the residential sector, was in the past correctly characterized as being unregulated and unorganized with unreasonable project delays and poor quality of construction being definitive aspects. The arrival of the Real Estate Regulatory Act […]

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Busting the Myth of the ‘Ideal Home’

April 30, 2018

By Santhosh Kumar, Vice Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants You read of it in advertisements and on hoardings, and hear of it in radio jingles and TV commercials – the ideal home, or ‘dream home’. It makes you wonder if you’re living the lifestyle you truly deserve, if your previous home purchase decision was too […]

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Bengaluru housing sector outstrips Hyderabad, Chennai in Q1 2018

April 23, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Addition of nearly 6,800 new units marks 127% increase over previousquarter  Emerging as the front-runner in the major South Indian markets in terms of new housing supply infusion, Bengaluru saw significant growth in new housing launches as well as absorption in Q1 2018. In fact, Bengaluru saw highest […]

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Walk-to-work Trend Gathers Pace in Mumbai’s Goregaon

April 20, 2018

By Prashant Thakur, Head – Research, ANAROCK Property Consultants Goregaon, located on the western lines of the Mumbai suburbs, is one of the oldest and most popular residential areas in MMR. A vibrant residential hub, Goregaon lies between Bandra and Borivali and has earns its tag as a premium residential hotspot due to its proximity to the entertainment […]

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Now Trending – Commercial Real Estate

April 17, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants In the past, the ROI on housing assets had been quite satisfactory and in some cases even spectacular, depending on the aptness of choice in terms of specific location, configuration, amenities and builder’s brand. While rental yields for residential assets in India have historically been low, capital […]

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