Office, retail, and industrial & logistics segments contributed 95% of the total institutional investment in the real estate sector during January-March period
Going forward, the ability of developers to show growth on a high base of FY22 sales, and management of a weak macroeconomic environment along with rising interest rates would be the key monitorables
As per data, PE investments in office segment fell to $732 mn during January-March period from $2,148 mn in the year-ago period, while the inflows in residential segment fell to $73 mn from $234 mn
Global investor Actis has acquired Hyderabad-based Rx Propellant, which provides real estate solutions to tenants in life sciences and related sectors.
With this, "the company will take the share of project finance from 5 per cent to 10 per cent in incremental business in the current year", said Y Viswanatha Gowd, MD and CEO, LIC Housing Finance.
Chris Wood believes the best way to play Indian markets is the upswing in the Indian property/real estate sector despite the rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Currently, 18% GST is levied on construction services in real estate. However, one-third abatement is given for land, due to which effective value of taxation comes to 12%
Niranjan Hiranandani, managing director of Hiranandani Group, said the RBI had to ensure that inflationary pressure on the individual did not get exacerbated by higher rates on home loans
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Macrotech Developers, one of the leading real estate developers in the country, got listed last year by raising Rs 2,500 crore through its Initial Public Offer (IPO).
Sales of luxury homes priced over Rs 10 crore in Mumbai jumped more than two-fold during 2021 at Rs 20,255 crore, on the back of low interest rates on home loans and increased demand for bigger flats.