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Housing prices surge to 59% on high demand; Delhi-NCR sees highest rise

Housing prices in Delhi-NCR rose the maximum, by 16 per cent, in the January-March period among top eight cities on better demand and higher construction cost, according to a report by CREDAI, Colliers and Liases Foras. Realtors' apex body CREDAI, real estate consultant Colliers and data analytic firm Liases Foras on Wednesday released their joint 'Housing Price-Tracker Report Q1 2023'. As per the report, housing prices across the top eight cities rose 8 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y). Delhi-NCR saw the highest increase in residential prices at 16 per cent YoY, followed by Kolkata and Bengaluru with 15 per cent and 14 per cent YoY increase respectively. The report mentioned that housing prices in Delhi-NCR have seen a steady rise since the last 11 quarters. "Notably, Dwarka Expressway witnessed a significant price rise at 59 per cent YoY, largely led by opening of Central Peripheral Road and the loop connecting Dwarka expressway with NH-8," it said. Housing prices in Golf Course R

Property prices rise in 43 out of 50 cities in Q4 of FY23: NHB data

As many as 43 cities out of 50 registered an increase in property prices during fourth quarter of 2022-23, according to the National Housing Bank (NHB) data released on Thursday. However, 7 cities registered a decline in the property prices. The home loan rates are still lower than that of pre-Covid period leading to a healthy affordability overall, it said. India's eight key primary residential markets witnessed appreciating property prices during the January-March 2023 period. Ahmedabad with a rise of 10.8 per cent, Bengaluru (9.4 per cent), Chennai (6.8 per cent), Delhi (1.7 per cent), Hyderabad (7.9 per cent), Kolkata (11 per cent), Mumbai (3.1 per cent) and Pune (8.2 per cent) recorded an increase in the index on an annual basis as per the Housing Price Index (HPI) published by NHB. The 50 city HPI based on valuation of properties collected from banks and housing finance companies (HPI @ Assessment Prices) recorded an annual increase of 5.8 per cent during the fourth quarter o

New projects account for 41% housing sales in Q1CY23 in top 7 mkts: Anarock

Share of newly launched homes was much lower in the same period of CY19, with just 26% homes sold in new projects out of about 78,520 units

Singapore may vote on soaring rent as locals feel real estate price pinch

Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said, in Singapore, the prime minister has to be a real estate agent while acknowledging that prices have soared

Housing.com and Niro come together to offer facility to pay rent on credit

Proptech firm Housing.com has tied up with fintech startup Niro to offer customers the facility to pay their rent on credit. Housing.com, which is part of Australian firm REA, has started this credit solution -- Rent Now Pay Later (RNPL) service, in partnership with Bengaluru-based Niro. "Now, rent can be paid on Housing.com by users with a zero-convenience fee, an interest-free credit period of up to 40 days, as well as an option to convert rent payments into easy monthly instalments (EMIs)," the company said in a statement. Housing.com had earlier started offering customers the facility to pay rent using credit cards. "However, given that only 4 per cent of Indians have credit cards, the Rent Now Pay Later service affords non-carded users a significant flexibility in their financial planning - allowing them to pay their rent at zero cost and freeing up a significant portion of their disposable income for other items," it said. The new service further provides users with the opti

Budget balanced, likely to boost demand in housing sector: Realty industry

"Moreover, the sustained attention on manufacturing and improvement of urban infrastructure is likely to boost the I&L sector and at the same time spur economic activity and job creation"

Affordable housing demand down to 26% in 2022: Sector expects on budget

While the affordable housing segment, the backbone of the housing sector has witnessed a poor performance, the country's residential real estate sector looks to Budget 2023-24

Record-high housing sales in 2022, new launches in 7 top cities: Data

The year 2022 witnessed record-high housing sales and new launches across the top seven cities in the country, according to new data

Experts see 2023 as a year of smooth sailing for real estate sector

Demand likely to remain buoyant despite prospects of another rate hike; industry looking for tax breaks, lower transaction costs

Why India's growth should stay resilient

Indian property cycle has multi-year pent-up demand and is more dependent onpricing sentiments (now strengthening) instead of mortgage rates.

Uttar Pradesh plans to buy 43,000 acres of land for Rs 7.3 trillion

According to estimates, the state requires about 6.4 million new housing units in the urban and suburban centres in the next five years to meet the target

Listed real estate majors home in on market-share gains, price hikes

The sector has been able to offset interest rates, input cost pressures

Godrej Properties adds 8 new projects worth Rs 16,500 cr so far in FY23

Enthused by strong housing demand, Godrej Properties is aggressively acquiring land for future development and has added eight new projects so far this fiscal with an estimated revenue potential of Rs 16,500 crore. With four months still left in 2022-23 financial year, Godrej Properties Executive Chairman Pirojsha Godrej is hopeful that the company will add many more land parcels in its portfolio by March. The company is in discussions with multiple landowners for acquisition of land, either outrightly or by entering into joint development agreements (JDAs). "We have added projects worth Rs 16,500 crore so far this financial year and have already crossed our full year guidance of Rs 15,000 crore. Given strong further visibility, we will end the 2022-23 fiscal much ahead of the target," Pirojsha Godrej told PTI. He did not share the revised target for the new business development for the current fiscal. Pirojsha sounded extremely bullish on sales bookings and new land acquisitions

RBI's Housing Price index up 4.5% in Q2, Kochi tops chart with 11.5% rise

Four of the 10 cities in the index recorded sequential contraction, the others posted expansion

Walton Street invests Rs 165 cr in Sowparnika Homes' Bengaluru projects

Sowparnika caters to the middle-income/affordable segment with an average ticket size of Rs 50 lakh in a project close to key employment centres and IT Hubs

Indiabulls Housing embarks on growth path after three quarters of stability

IHFL's balance sheet and AUM have stabilised and the base has been formed for 10% YoY growth in loans this financial year

Hemmed in by interest rate hikes, HFCs see 19% dip in Q2 net profit

The uptick in operating income reflects robustness in the home loan portfolio and hike in lending rates

Indiabulls Finance Q2 consolidated net up marginally to Rs 289.4 cr

Impairments on financial instruments double YoY; income from operations almost flat at Rs 2,229.7 cr

Godrej Properties net profit up 54% to Rs 55 cr, net income grows 13%

Company says it has added 6 new projects with a total saleable area of 6.34 million sq ft

We work in a few mkts, don't spread ourselves thin: Mahindra Lifespaces CEO

In a Q&A, Arvind Subramanian says his firm hopes to achieve Rs 2,500 crore residential sales a year and industrial leasing of Rs 500 crore by 2025