Page 6 - Housing Demand

Housing sales in October-December jump 25% across seven cities

The rise was helped by pent up and festive demand, according to data analytic firm PropEquity

Realtors' body CREDAI seeks tax sops in Budget to boost housing demand

CREDAI suggested government to increase tax exemptions in upcoming Budget to boost housing demand and enhance limit of deduction under section 80C of income tax for principal repayment on home loans

Early Diwali for homebuyers: RBI move to reduce rates, boost realty demand

The decision to rationalise risk weights woule particularly benefit borrowers of higher value loans

Maharashtra stamp duty cut will do little in boosting demand: Ind-Ra

Ind-Ra said the residential real estate's volume and price growth are closely integrated with the GDP growth rate

Covid-19 crisis: In 2020, housing launches fell below demonetisation levels

At 42,000, new housing units launched during the period in the top seven urban clusters (NCR, MMR, Pune, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, and Hyderabad) fell even lower than post-demonetisation period

Housing prices up 9% in one year across 9 cities despite demand slowdown

According to the data, Hyderabad saw the maximum increase of 9 per cent in basic selling price to Rs 5,434 per sq ft

Budget 2020: Housing demand may feel squeeze despite sops, say experts

Knight Frank's Baijal said unless demand picks up across all price segments, there won't be any real recovery in real estate

Housing demand fell 22% in H2 2019 amid slowdown in real estate market

Overall sales during 2019, however, inched up while new launches grew 21 per cent year-on-year

Demand for residential space in Delhi grew just 2% in 2019: Report

Out of the 12 cities surveyed, 10 residential markets have shown positive market dynamics in the last quarter of the year, Magicbricks's PropIndex Report Q4 2019 said

Rise in demand for affordable homes boosts housing sales 6% in NCR in 2019

Prices in Delhi-NCR remained stagnant at nearly Rs 4,600 per sq ft, while unsold inventories fell by 6 per cent to 1,75,079 units from 1,86,714 units

Housing sales up 6% in 9 top cities during Apr-Jun, Bengaluru leads: Report

The nine cities included in the study are Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Thane and Chennai

Housing demand not likely to improve in 12-18 months: Crisil

According to Crisil, high property prices have turned end-users into fence-sitters in most micro markets