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 […]
Realty Sector Trending Upward with Increased Supply, Sales in FY 2018-19more
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 […]
Will the Banking Mess impact the Real Estate Sector?more
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 […]
Mumbai Salt Pan Landsmore
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 […]
How RERA is revolutionizing Indian real estatemore By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Buying a house is an important milestone and a lifetime decision for most Indians. After years of saving and diligent planning, one decides to purchase a house. In addition to the increased social stature and financial security implied in home-ownership, a home purchase also helps in big-time […]
The Logical Way of Seeing Real Estate Price Correctionsmore
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 […]
Busting the Myth of the ‘Ideal Home’more
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 […]
Bengaluru housing sector outstrips Hyderabad, Chennai in Q1 2018more
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 […]
Walk-to-work Trend Gathers Pace in Mumbai’s Goregaonmore
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 […]
Now Trending – Commercial Real Estatemore By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Why RERA is still not a nation-wide market force Many state governments have been lax in implementing RERA. There are various forces at play – the primary one being change aversion. RERA was conceived to change the entire status quo of how real estate is designed, developed […]
RERA in real time – nowhere close to the finish linemore
