The second half of 2014 was full of positive surprises for India’s real estate sector. Important events like banks lowering interest rates, RBI offering incentives for infrastructure financing and creation of real estate investment trusts (Reits) were one-of-its-kind initiatives that real estate developers cheered during last year.
And, the two most remarkable events was unveiling of ‘Make-in-India’ campaign and relaxation of FDI norms in construction sector has also brought in a lot of optimism into the sector, which is most of the times riddled with controversies.
Now, when we have ushered into 2015, real estate developers and experts believe there could be even more interesting trends that would rule the real estate sector.
Lets scroll down to know what’s in store for the real estate sector in 2015.
Residential plots to rule the roost
Unlike conventional market trends, residential plots are gaining prominence amid property buyers.
Buyers prefer to buy plots for attractive returns in the mid-to-long term horizon.
This can further be justified by the fact that they are now considering upcoming smart cities, where apartment culture is yet to catch pace.
Also, for the development of these smart cities, smaller areas in the peripheries are being identified.
As this concept is yet to take off in most areas, plots tend to have become a strong investment option.
South India will gain a lot of traction and here’s why
Projects with over 1000 units or above are gaining ground in regions like Devanahalli and Hoskote in Bangalore and Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST) in Chennai.
And, the two most remarkable events was unveiling of ‘Make-in-India’ campaign and relaxation of FDI norms in construction sector has also brought in a lot of optimism into the sector, which is most of the times riddled with controversies.
Now, when we have ushered into 2015, real estate developers and experts believe there could be even more interesting trends that would rule the real estate sector.
Lets scroll down to know what’s in store for the real estate sector in 2015.
Residential plots to rule the roost
Unlike conventional market trends, residential plots are gaining prominence amid property buyers.
Buyers prefer to buy plots for attractive returns in the mid-to-long term horizon.
This can further be justified by the fact that they are now considering upcoming smart cities, where apartment culture is yet to catch pace.
Also, for the development of these smart cities, smaller areas in the peripheries are being identified.
As this concept is yet to take off in most areas, plots tend to have become a strong investment option.
South India will gain a lot of traction and here’s why
Projects with over 1000 units or above are gaining ground in regions like Devanahalli and Hoskote in Bangalore and Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST) in Chennai.
Interestingly, these projects are situated on the outskirts of the city.
While availability of land parcels are prompting developers to launch these projects, lack of requisite social infrastructure provisions in the area is fuelling demand for the large projects.
A few such projects can be spotted in north India as well.
Heritage cities are a next big thing
The recent initiative by the government to develop various regions as heritage cities will also lead to high realty growth in those cities in the times to come.
The cities to be considered in the 1st phase of development include: Mathura, Amritsar, Ajmer, Varanasi, Vellankani, Kanchipuram and Gaya.
The second phase will include cities such as Puri, Tirupati, Allahabad, Ujjain, Hampi, Rishikesh and Lucknow. While cities like Varanasi, Rishikesh and Lucknow are already seeing considerable realty growth, other cities are likely to join the bandwagon soon.
Industrial corridors to boost infra growth in hinterland
Cities falling along the major industrial corridors are expected to see immense growth in the coming years.
As each corridor passes through various existing industrial clusters, towns and cities, these are likely to become investment hubs.
Thus, once completed, the real estate growth at India’s hinterlands, connected via these corridors, will be exponential.
Affordable Housing wil be the buzzword
Affordable housing has become the talk of town ever since BJP, in their manifesto, promised ‘housing for all’ by 2022.
Post the budget, that opened a jackpot for affordable housing with a mammoth budget of Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) and tax incentives for home loans, the mission got another facelift.
In July 2014, RBI also tweaked the definition of affordable houses. As per the changed norms, home loans up to Rs 50,00,000 in metropolitan cities and Rs 40,00,000 in non-metro cities will now come under the purview of affordable housing.
Moreover, RBI accorded the infrastructure status for affordable housing projects. Cashing on this, realty giants such as Mahindra Lifespaces, Tata Housing, Supertech are launching affordable projects in major metro cities.
Faridabad, an emerging hotspot in NCR
Faridabad and even greater Faridabad is expected to be the next hotspots in NCR due to the robust connectivity they have with Noida, Gurgaon, Greater Noida and Delhi.
Greater Faridabad is a newly formed residential and industrial part of the city, and is being developed as a self-sustained sub-city, with malls, wide roads, tall buildings, commercial centres and educational institutions.
There are plans of extending the (Delhi) metro to the city to ease travel between Faridabad and Delhi.
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