New housing supply down 46%, unsold inventory shrinks 2%
More business shifts to key developers amid pandemic chaos
The income tax relief provides incentive to the middle class to buy homes
Buoyancy supported by demand from returning NRIs; digitisation plays key role in enabling sales
Developers' cash flows remain under pressure despite the extension on loan moratoriums.
Affordable and mid-segment housing units priced up to Rs 80 lakh formed 72% of total new supplies
The expected time to liquidate stock has increased from 3.6 years in Q2 of 2020 to four years in Q3, says a report by JLL Research
Sales of new homes rose by a very strong 4.8 per cent in August to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.01 million units.
The National Capital Region (NCR), Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Bengaluru and Pune have accounted for 84 per cent of the sales in the first quarter of the year.
In the last quarter, home sales had fallen 13 per cent on a yearly basis
Sales in Mumbai rose 22% in 2019 even though a persistent credit crunch and economic slowdown curtailed recovery in India's housing sales across top seven cities
In value terms, MMR (Mumbai Metropolitan Region) topped the list with housing sales worth Rs 62,970 crore
The council also decided to lower the tax rate on affordable housing projects to 1% from 8%
Around 64,080 homes were sold in the top seven cities during the January-June period
Bengaluru saw a 32% growth in home sales in Q2,2018
Housing sales fell 35% across eight major cities in the July-September quarter, as demand slowdown continued in the property market
Homes sales in top 10 cities including the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Kolkata & Bengaluru, among others have declined at a compound annual growth rate of 8% since 2011
Across the eight cities, sales rose 21% in the first quarter after 15% decline in the fourth quarter
Contracts fell in the Northeast, Midwest and South, but surged 5.8% in West
Fall comes amid a shortage of homes in market that is pushing up prices, sidelining buyers