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Housing sales and new supply increased 22 per cent and 86 per cent, respectively, during January-March this year on better demand, according to residential brokerage firm PropTiger.com. REA India, a full-stack real estate technology platform, owns Housing.com, PropTiger.com and Makaan.com. In its report titled Real Insight Residential - January-March 2023, PropTiger.com said that housing sales rose to 85,850 units across eight cities in January-March 2023 from 70,630 units in the year-ago period. New launches grew 86 per cent to 1,47,780 units -- highest in a quarter -- from 79,530 units. Reports of other property consultants have also reported an increase in housing sales during the January-March quarter despite a rise in mortgage rates in the last one year. "The Indian housing market is witnessing a significant growth, with both sales and new launches on the rise. This is particularly noteworthy considering the challenging global environment and the hardening of interest rates on
Housing prices have started to firm up after a two-year COVID lull and unsold inventories have declined on rise in demand, the Economic Survey said on Tuesday, as it anticipated a decline in prices on the back of a cut in import duties on many construction materials. India's residential market has witnessed recovery this fiscal on pent-up demand with increase in housing sales despite impediments like rising interest rates on home loans and appreciation in property prices, said the Survey which was tabled in Parliament. The release of "pent-up demand" was reflected in the housing market, as demand for housing loans picked up, the Survey noted. "Consequently, housing inventories have declined, prices are firming up, and construction of new dwellings is picking up pace and this has stimulated innumerable backward and forward linkages that the construction sector is known to carry," the document said. Housing prices have risen due to an increase in the construction cost amid ...
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Housing prices increased in the range of 3-7% last year across eight major cities due to rise in rates of construction raw materials like cement and steel, says property brokerage firm PropTiger.com.
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