India’s real estate market is on a high growth curve and is today one
of the fastest growing market in the world. It is categorized into four
sub-categories such as housing, retail, hospitality, and commercial.
While housing projects contributes six-seven percent of India’s gross
domestic product, the remaining three sub-categories are also increasing
at a fast pace. The Indian real estate is an infrastructure services
that is driving the economic growth of the country. The role of
Government of India has been instrumental in the real estate
development. There are many developer and buyer friendly policies which
are introduced by government.
The market of India real estate stood at US $ 56.2 billion in the
survey of 2010-2012 and expected to touch US $ 179.9 billion by 2021.
The market is expected to grow at the compound annual growth rate of 20
percent in the period of 2011-2014. With first series the modern cities
expected to account for about 45 per cent of this growth.
The
top eight metropolitan cities such as Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata and Ahmadabad have maximum office
space absorption were up to 59 per cent during January-March 2014 as
compared to periods of last year. During the period of January-March
2013 Ahmadabad and Delhi-NCR recorded a threefold increase in net
absorption.
In the first quarter of 2014 number of new
residential projects launches with 56,000 units across eight
metropolitan cities and Bangalore recorded maximum number of units at an
increase of 21 per cent at 17,838 units, followed by Mumbai and
Chennai, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield.
Indian real estate has large number of investment opportunities, all
corporates look to expand businesses, India is expected to witness major
demand for office space in 2014. Office space absorption across the
country’s seven major cities is likely to increase ten per cent this
year to 30 million square feet, according to global real estate
consultant.
The retail space absorption by the top eight metropolitan cities is
expected to more than double to 12.7 million square feet in 2014 and
this will take up the retail space across India’s modern cities to 88.6
million square feet by the end of the year according to a report by
Jones Lang LaSalle.
Real estate construction development sector,
including township, housing projects, built-up infrastructure and these
projects garnered total foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$
24,211.54 million in the period April 2001-January 2014. Infrastructure
activities during the period received FDI worth US$ 2,539.58 million
according to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Indian real estate has some major investments and developments such as
Somany Ceramics plans to invest Rs 160 crores for capacity expansion and
brand building, Lodha Developers has invested Rs 1,254 crores for
acquired Clariant Chemicals’ 86-acre plot of land in Thane, Mumbai,
Xander Group has invested Rs 360 crores in Kapstone Constructions,
Ambience Group plans to invest about Rs 1,80 crores over the next four
years to develop two housing projects in Noida and Gurgaon, comprising
1,100 housing units and Vardhman Group invest $70 in Vardhman Camellias.
The market of real estate is expected to result in high
transaction activity, eminently in income yielding commercial office
equity during 2014.The country still needs to add number hospital and
educational institutes to meet the global average.