Modern Trend of Indian Real Estate
According to the FICCI – Ernst and Young Indian Real Estate Report 2007-08, there is a mixture of sorts for the real estate sector in India while compared to the last two years. Both the International Funding Agencies as well as an ever increasing pool of domestic industries are showing their interest to invest in the major cities of India. In the last 12 months, the real estate sector has also witnessed a spate of landmark deals on the private equity front.
More than 62 percent of developers foresee to make long term real estate investments in the modern trend of Indian real estates as they believe that further price correction will take place due to the changing economics. Developers are not too keen to acquire land from the Government as they believe that auctions will lead to an unjustified real estate appreciation.
Currently the developers focus to invest on the traditional asset classes such as residential real estate followed by commercial real estate. Their focus includes the real estate investment on neo assets as warehousing and healthcare infrastructure.
About Real Estate Projects in India
Developers across India had a unanimous opinion on the delays in approval and clearances of loans. There is a need for apex regulatory body for real estate to facilitate a single window clearance and ensure active representation of the developers. Developers also believe that Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) provide easy exit routes for developers and investors.
Affordable Housing:
Affordable housing is not a part of Indian real estate sector till now but recently attracted attention from prominent developers and private equity players. It is yet to be defined clearly in India. Affordable housing is vastly emerging as a new asset class for developers as well as private equity players who are ready to tap the immense prospective in this segment. The key successful factors for affordable housing include the use of alternate materials, low cost techniques and mechanisms, as apart from the faster approvals from the government.
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