Category: Experts

5th June – World Environment Day Green Buildings – An Imperative, Not a Choice

June 6, 2018

By Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Across the globe, 5th June is celebrated as World Environment Day, which is the principle platform of the United Nation to create more awareness and action towards protecting Earth’s environment. This day has a very special significance for the real estate sector Over the past few decades, fast-paced […]

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A Closer Look at Distressed Property Auctions

June 1, 2018

By Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO – ANAROCK Capital We often hear of banks auctioning off seized distressed properties, and how such properties can be lucrative investments as they come at very attractive prices. Studying the market of distressed properties is not very easy, but there are some areas of predictability. The ‘supply’ of distressed […]

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Undri, Pune – from Nondescript Hamlet to Residential Hotspot

May 30, 2018

By Prashant Thakur, Head – Research, ANAROCK Property Consultants Located in south-eastern peripheries of Pune, Undri was once a small and unremarkable village outside the Pune municipal corporation limits. After opposition from residents regarding merging of Undri into the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in 1997, it was demerged in 2002. In 2017, Undri came under […]

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Delhi-NCR – The Growth Story Continues

By Santhosh Kumar, Vice Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants Despite being hit by the overall slowdown in the real estate market and seeing price corrections up to 10% in most areas, Delhi-NCR continues to be attractive to end-users and investors. Being the national capital, Delhi attracts migrants from all across the country. In fact, as […]

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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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