Arbaaz Khan Inaugurated Indian Property Show

According to experts, in present real estate is one of the most profitable and secure investment instrument in India and the main reason behind that is the depreciation of Rupee and ease of FDI flow as well as upswing in NRI investments.

On December 5, 2015; in Dubai UAE the most awaited and popular exhibition of Indian properties was inaugurated by Arbaaz Khan, Bollywood actor and Brand ambassador of the Indian Property Show. This Indian Property Show was held at Dubai World Trade Centre for the duration of 4 days ie. December 1 to December 3, 2015 between 11 AM to 8 PM, during the property expo more than 170 developers, Banks and cream of the Indian real estate construction companies participated with more than 600 projects. In this property show entry and parking of vehicle was free.

Details about Indian Property Show:

In this Indian Property Show there were more than 170 exhibitors including real estate developers, construction companies and Banks, however; more than 600 projects were on display. The main attraction of the property show was that here real estate developers were offering amazing discounts with free tickets for visitors, apart from that there were also the kid’s competition which was worth AED 44000 in the form of an apartment worth Rs 25 lacs. In Dubai or UAE this property show was ideal for those who wish to invest in Indian real estate sector as this property show was exploring a variety of properties in India and people have an opportunity to interact with developers on one-on-one contact.

Attractions in the Indian Property Show:

To attract the investors, there were many banks with an aim to finance their investments and apart from that there were attractive promotions pre-launch offers, lucrative discounts and free gifts such as; free air tickets to visit the property in India. Apart from that for children’s there were a special art contest in which they were able to win the gold bars worth AED 44000. First time ever in any property show children have become an integral part of the show as organizers was offering exclusive drawing contest for the Children’s who were between the age of 5 to 8 years and 9 to 12 years. The theme of the contest was “Draw Your Dream Home” where winners in each group were awarded with 100 gms, 50 gms, 20 gms gold bars.

Importance of Indian Property Show in Dubai, UAE:

In present, NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) are extremely active in Indian real estate market and according to reports; NRIs are among the top five investor communities in the Indian realty sector. Apart from that they also have natural affinity to India and due to that NRIs are seeing higher intrinsic value for Indian real estate market and due to that they prefer to own property in India rather than owning property anywhere else in world. And now depreciation of Rupee and ease of FDI flow has provided them reason to invest in India.

According to Sunil Jaiswal¸ President of event organizer Sumansa Exhibitions, “Due to  rupee depreciation by 20 percent against US dollar, it perfect time for NRIs to investment in India and apart from that the other driving forces are; that real estate sector is one of the fastest growing sector in India and it is able to provide big and secure returns with more positive prospects. There are some projects which are coming up in 100 smart cities and these projects have captured NRIs eye with the government easing FDI flow in such projects the investment is expected to boost further”. The more he added that Due to easy payment plans which real estate builders are offering its affordable to manage the investments for affordable smaller units as major developments are coming up in Tier II and III cities and it is expected that investment of NRIs will improve the outlook of property market in India. However; Pune Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad are the cities which are most popular among the NRIs due to higher chance of capital appreciation, however; according to property experts, cities like; Chandigarh¸ Jaipur, Coimbatore, Kochi and Indore will come in focus till next year”.

Participants of Indian Property Show:

In Indian Property Show, there were plethora of choice with more than 170 exhibitors, who were there for displaying more than 600 projects with ample opportunity to browse and find the best suitable property in terms of size, city preferences and budget. The main hosts of the property show were some of the best Indian developers such as; Indiabulls¸ Lodha Group, Bhartiya City, L&T, Sobha Developers, Rachana Lifestyle, Unique Group, JP Infra, Sheth Creators, Akar Realty, Sunteck India, Mantri Developers, Ozone Group, Kanakia Kalpataru, Jaypee Greens, ATS Satya¸ Supertech, LifeSpaces, Godrej¸ Saarthi Group, Suvilas Rajesh, Unnati fortune¸ Antriksh and Risara . Apart from that for visitor there were choice to buy property in preferred cities of country such as; Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, NCR, Navi Mumbai, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Goa, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Bengaluru ,Mangalore and Kochi.

Informative Seminars and Sessions:

All the visitors at the show were able and allowed to attend free interactive seminars for three days which was conducted by the real estate developers and major finance companies and it was the main highlight for this year’s property expo, apart from that people appreciated sessions on Property Taxation, however; the other sessions were; Property Investment in India¸ Taking Care of the Legal Angles, Vaastu, Know Your City, NRI Guide to Property Investment in India, Residential Real Estate Hot Spots in South india and more. Legal experts, also help the investors to take informed decisions on the various aspects of property purchase. Apart from that legal experts were also helping the NRIs to sell their existing property in India at good price.

There were many projects which was offering different kinds of promotional schemes, discounts and free gifts such as; Property Dhamaka offers low-interest loans and fabulous discounts with free air tickets by Jet Airways. Bhartiya City and Indiabulls were the Platinum Sponsors of the property show with Jet Airways,who was the Official Airline Partner. However; AajTak and Sony Times Now were the Official Television Partners and 89.1 Radio 4 was the Official Radio Partner of the Indian Property Show.

Real Estate Market in India

In past few years, real estate market of India has evolved from residential units at great location to luxury and vibrant concept of branded homes. These branded residential units or houses have make up this emerging luxury housing projects where the price of luxury houses are about $ 300,000 for 2000 square feet for the starter size for apartments and into bigger and larger sizes depending on the category of the residential projects. In last 10 years, our country has under gone rapid globalization and urbanization which paved the way for employment opportunities with high income trends. However; these high earning individuals are looking for the world-class amenities to reflect their lifestyle on how they want their homes to look like.

According to real estate experts, currently it is one of the fastest growing clusters in residential housing segment as it would take 1.5 million luxury residential units to cater the demand in the next 10 to 12 years, as per the reports of Business World. In present, most of the real estate developers are taking the advantage from the opportunity which needs to cater the housing needs while also getting high incentives. Now most of the real estate developers are targeting the uber rich of the city, who are willing to pay for property which is luxurious enough to reflect their social as well as financial place in the hierarchy. Apart from that there is also sudden influx for investments on bespoke properties because of the emerging trend of owning luxury as well as more than one property in same or different city in the upper segment of the society.

While making an investment in the premium properties, there are few uber rich individuals who prefer to diversify their assets that can be fueled by several reasons ranging from passionate and practicality inclination to investment opportunities. In present, the fastest growing real estate market of India, its common trend to own more than one property and it’s also the  aspiration for the higher class as more than 80 percent of them are investing in at least two properties while the balance 55 percent stake on three or even more. In Indian real estate market there are also few international developers who are ready to invest in the customized possessions to cater the luxury housing demand for the wealthy who want to be at par with their peers’ or surpass their luxury lifestyle.

Rising aspirations of the wealthy professionals are also in the target market of real estate developers for their premium constructions. Luxury residential units are definitely looking for promising trend in Indian real estate market to gain the momentum, which could even surpass the traditions of real estate market.

FDI – Indian real estate

The central government’s decision to ease the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms will certainly bring in much-needed capital in the cash-crunched domestic real estate sector, but according to experts, it will further fuel the soaring prices.

Property experts say the capital raised from FDI is not cheap. It comes with an interest rate of 20-25 per cent. “If developers take a loan to buy land at this rate, it is natural for them to increase the rate of the property to recover the cost. Earlier, the property market was driven by the end user. Now it is driven by investors,” opines property researcher Pankaj Kapoor, MD of Liases Foras. “FDI has been creating a vicious circle by spiking the property rates resulting in imbalance to the urban economy. While easing of FDI norms is good for investors, it does not solve the affordable housing problem. Rather, the government should ask banks to lend to developers at a cheaper interest rate and set stringent timelines for completion of projects,”  he added.

Gulam Zia, Executive Director of Knight Frank India Pvt Ltd, said the real estate sector is going through a bad phase from the last three consecutive festive seasons. As a result, fund raising has become the highest priority for developers. Although FDI will be a major source of capital infusion for them, this policy shift will not have a significant impact in the short run. “Without the consumers’ interest, no amount of changes in policy decision will have an impact on attracting the foreign investment into Indian real estate market,” he further added.

Conversely, Developers have a different point of view. Anand Gupta of the Builders Association of India feels that the easing of FDI will be very encouraging for the property sector. “There will be an easy cash inflow at a cheaper interest rate. Almost 70 per cent of the project cost goes in purchasing land in Mumbai. Once we are able to buy land at affordable rates, it will also cut down the property prices in the long run. It will, however, take at least a year to see the impact on ground,” said Gupta.

Festive season offers

If we will look the business of real estate market at the time of festive season, so we will find that developers and the consultants are on the same side because they are accepting that it will continues to go through a slow time. There are many real estate developers in country which have strong financial support and they tend to challenge or complete the convincing progress of real estate market with their under-construction projects. Unfortunately fact this has been overly hyped by the media and real estate developers that they have strong financial background and they are able to complete their projects on time. But still there is drop in the overall confidence of end buyers because they are worried that if they will commit their money into properties which will not be delivered on time, so it could be problem for them.

Price Correction in Projects:

In last one year, the prices of property in Mumbai has been increased by 3.7 per cent, in Chennai its increased by 15 per cent, but in Delhi or NCR no change recorded in the price of property. All this rise represents the more or less stable scenario and it is expected that it will continue for another 2 or 3 quarters as there are many fence-sitting buyers, who are waiting for the time when real estate prices get correct. But according to real estate experts price correction will be location specific as well as developer and will happen only if there will be nothing to attract the buyers. There are few cities where demand is still sufficient and prices are more or less affordable and in those cities there will be no price correction. Apart from that the regions where people looking for more affordable property certainly price correction will happen in those areas. However; there are much activity to make the real estate market more affordable because developers are actively re-configuring their projects as per market conditions in process to save the cost and pass the benefit to buyers. Much number of real estate projects are about to launch and they all have been at lower rates than those of earlier projects launched in the same locations in such category projects.

Economical Scenario:

In present, economy has not shown any type of perk for which real estate developers are waiting. However; market has definitely improved in comparison of last year. But market is still improving and recently, RBI as cut the interest rates to help the sentiment of buyers and it is expected that it will be factor to drive more sales in real estate market. With the cut in interest rate, the RBI has sent the signal to the real estate market that inflation is under control and buyers and developers can be more confident about economic growth. However; these kinds of signals are positive for buyers and developers as well. If you will show the actual pertinence on property purchase, so it could draw big impact on the savings because impact may not be very significant, in expensive regions such as; MMR, NCR, Delhi and more. If property prices will be expensive in any case, then marginal reduction in the cost of borrowing will not make any big impact. However; the reduction in interest rates will draw a bigger impact on the buying behavior in less expensive markets such as; peripheral locations of tier I and tier II cities.

NRI Investment:

If will take a step towards the domestic real estate consumption and analyze the demand and supply ratio in metro cities so you will understand that outlook looks very upbeat. In present, there are many non-resident Indians (NRIs) who are extremely active while investing in Indian real estate market. In India, NRIs are among top five investor communities who are investing in countries property sector. Apart from that there is natural affinity to India that NRI with high intrinsic value prefer to buy property in India than buying property anywhere else in world. However; sometimes due to weaker rupee value NRIs prefer to invest in India.

This festive season it is expected that buyers will see the mixed bag, but still question remains same, is it a good time to buy? Definitely yes, for end buyers because they have never been more spoiled for choice with bargaining power and lower interest rates. There are many real estate developers who are offering hard discounts registration charges and waive on stamp duty, VAT service tax and on other services such as; floor rise premium, free parking space and more. This festive season is an ideal time to make the best deal of your life and turned your dream home into a reality.