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No festive cheer for realtors this year
Based on the information collected from 250 builders in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh and Dehradun, the poll found that the demand for new projects is low while new launches have come to a trickle, marked by lack of consumer confidence and cash deficit of the builders.Â
New Delhi : Real estate developers across the country are unlikely to witness higher sales this festive season even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed interest rate by 0.25 per cent, according to a report. Buried under high debts and inability of developers to complete and hand over pending projects well beyond the commitments to hard-pressed consumers, the troubled housing sector is not witnessing any festive activity this year despite the latest cut in the policy interest rate by the RBI,” the Assocham survey revealed.
Based on the information collected from 250 builders in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh and Dehradun, the poll found that the demand for new projects is low while new launches have come to a trickle, marked by lack of consumer confidence and cash deficit of the builders.
As per the survey, nearly 10 million workers engaged in the building and other construction activities face uncertain future if the sector does not revive. The demand for new launches has come down by over 50-60 per cent in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai while it is lesser by about 40-45 per cent in Hyderabad and Chennai.
In Bengaluru, the activity has come to a total standstill, first by the demolition drive and then by the Cauvery dispute agitation, the survey noted. “Customers are preferably looking for ready-to-move-in properties rather than going for under-construction properties but not many properties fall in this category,” said Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat.
The unsold inventory pressure in NCR is the highest in comparison to other cities. The region’s residential market still has an estimated 170,000 units of unsold inventory, which is approximately 30 per cent of the units under construction, adds the survey. The ticket price for three-bedroom, 2BHK and single-room flats has seen a correction by 30 per cent in Noida, 25 per cent in Gurgaon and 15 per cent in some key areas of Delhi, yet the demand stays subdued.
To evoke interest in real estate, all the approvals of real estate projects must be accorded in a time-bound, accountable and simplified manner, Assocham said, adding that the process and status of all approvals be made online so as to bring in transparency.
