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Realty cos now offer EMI incentives

New Delhi:- Smarting under a correcting realty market and sluggish buying sentiments, real-estate players are scrambling to raise end-user demand through offers that promise to ease Equated Monthly Instalments burden until possession.
So, while realty companies together with Parsvnath Developers are broadcasting ‘No Equated Monthly Instalments  until possession’, others such as BPTP and Gaursons are offering 2-yrs Equated Monthly Instalments  holiday on specific projects.
“For those who are presently living on rent, the scheme makes logic as the Equated Monthly Instalments  load kicks-off only after possession,” says Mr Amit Raj Jain. BPTP’s group housing project, ‘Resort’, in Faridabad offers a 2-yr ‘Pre-Equated Monthly Instalments  interest’ to the bank on behalf of buyers.
Dr B.P. Dhaka, COO told that Parsvnath’s Sonepat project, ‘Parsvnath Preston’, reimburses the  Monthly Instalments paid prior to possession. “Such value-addition is gaining popularity as the customer is motivated to make the down payment and can then relax till possession. From the point of view of the developer, it ensures timely completion of the project as the fund flow is assured.
KDP Infrastructure has announced that ‘No pre- Equated Monthly Instalments  for 18 months’ upon payment of fifteen per cent of the booking amount on its ‘Grand Savanna’ project in Ghaziabad; Gaursons India makes a ‘No Equated Monthly Instalments  till 24 months’ offer to buyers of ‘Gaur Grandeur’ at Noida; and JMD Gardens’ project in Gurgaon promises that Equated Monthly Instalments  payment would start ‘only after house entry.

Realty Is Facing Prices Fall

The transaction level has gone down drastically in various markets. It has resulted in price fall in realty market. This is also because residential capital values in some micro markets in the metros have shown a negative growth in the last 3 months. After tracking capital values in metros such as Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore as well as Pune and the National Capital Region (NCR), the result was that either there has been a fall in prices of residential values or they have not increased in the last three months. In fact, places like Gurgaon have seen a down of 15 percent, while the plot rates have come down by 20 percent in Noida. In Greater Noida, the plots which were selling at Rs 55000 to 60000 are now available for Rs 40,000 to Rs 45,000. In Indirapuram, rates of flats have come down to Rs 2500 to Rs 2700 per square feet from Rs 3000 to Rs 3200 per square feet. Read More »

Realty MF norms in 15 days: SEBI

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said on 11th April it would issue rules on Real Estate Mutual Funds in the next fifteen days, allowing retail investor as well to access the realty market, which has viewed a boom in the last few years. “SEBI is ready with rules on real estate MFs that could be issued any day.T C Nair told the outer time limit to issue guidelines is fifteen days.

India at 3rd position in global realty market rising

Growing realty sector of India has attracted overseas investors and figures in the top three property markets round the world, presenting the finest prospect for capital appreciation after the US and China. In the group of the most favorite property market in between foreign investors globally, US has retained its top position, while China was ranked 2nd followed by India, a survey carried out by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) said. China moved to the 2nd position, garnering 21.4 % votes and displacing India in the process, which was preferred only by 16.7% of the respondents favoring the country as the most fancied place for real estate investment.

In 2006 China got 14.6 % votes while India had 18 % and was ranked in the 2nd position. One of the important findings that cannot be unnoticed is the jump in investor’s confidence in China.

AFIRE Chief Executive J A Fetgatter told that this is the 2nd time in 3 years, China has been chosen as the country offering the 2nd best chance for capital appreciation after the US. Interestingly, the United States, whose economy continues to be bogged down by the subprime crisis and faces the danger of a recession, still managed to preserve the top position in the ranking list.Among those surveyed, 26.2 % said America offered the greatest prospect for capital appreciation in the real estate sector as compared to 23 % recorded in 2006.