Brighter days ahead for the Real Estate Sector in india

1. Real Estate Update 01 January 2016
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Update Friday, 01 January 2016
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Brighter days ahead for the Real Estate Sector
Indian real estate market is expected to witness an upswing in the year 2016.
Several policy reforms by the central government coupled with growing GDP,
controlled inflation, low fiscal deficit and improving liquidity are expected to bring
some good news for the industry.
Realty Highlights for 2015
*Record PE investments of Rs.18,300 crore in first three quarters of 2015.
* RBI liberalise FDI and ECB norms
*Rise of property portals with emerging trend of online home sales
*Entry of institutional investors in retail real estate
* Corporate land deals pick up in sluggish real estate market
* Shift from investments in physical to financial assets.
* Crucial reform bills like Land Acquisition Bill, Real Estate Regulation Bill, GST Bill,
Arbitration Bills stuck in parliament.
* REITs fail to take off due to unfavourable realty tax regime.
* Not a single IPO launched
*Slump in new project launches
* High demand for ready-to-move homes while under-construction homes take a
beating due to high delivery defaults
The Indian real estate market is up for brighter days in the coming years and all the
stakeholders – developers, end-users, buyers and sellers can breathe a sigh of relief
in 2016
Why ?
1. Housing for all: This ambitious project is expected to produce over 20 million
housing units by 2022
2. AMRUT: Launched by the Prime Minister in April 2015 , AMRUT or the Atal
Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

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3. Smart Cities – The proposed development of 100 Smart Cities in the country is
expected to provide abundant opportunities to the real estate developers, who will
not only have to focus on technology-driven homes but also affordability and lifestyle
4 Regulatory: Various regulatory initiatives will bring the transparency in this sector.
This sector may become more compliances oriented, when the all the bills will
become Act . Take away will be, developers will become more professional in
execution of the project . Environment ministry is seriously considering a radical
trimming of the green code in building by laws and the National Building Code.
Projects with built-up size area of 5,000-20,000 sq m will face around 12 conditions,
20,000-50,000 sq m projects will have to reckon with around 18 conditions, and
projects over 50,000 sq m will have to comply with 20-24 ecological compliance
conditions. More good news for builders: the environment ministry is keen to
delegate powers of approval to states and local authorities, so that clearance is
faster. Currently, all construction projects spread across a built-up area over 20,000
sq m need the ministry's green nod.
5. Economy: To add to the list of positives that 2015 can boast of, several central
government initiatives also improved India’s stance in Global Competitiveness Index
and World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Ranking in the country in the last one
year. In addition to this, the recent downturn in China’s market along with high labour
cost present elsewhere, is also working in favour of India. It is heartening to note that
Indian economy is on a recovery mode - from hovering around 5 per cent for the past
many years to a projected figure of approximately 7.5 per cent in the current year.
Future out Look 2016 :
# Implantation of REITS
# Clearance of Land acquisition bills
# Clearance of Real Estate Bill
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