'People become guided by emotions, fear of missing out, and greed. They tend to invest in booming sectors that may prove exceptionally expensive.' 'Typically, that represents the peak, and subsequently, they lose substantially.'
After three post-pandemic years of an upcycle, it was a mixed bag for the realty sector in 2025, with sales volumes in the residential real estate moderating across top cities, and commercial real estate and institutional investments emerging as standout performers. Residential: Volumes soften, value holds firm.
Real estate will prosper, small developers won't.
Indian airports are rapidly becoming a significant growth avenue for the country's retail sector, with brands across various consumer segments actively opening stores to tap into the increasing number of flyers and strong domestic tourism momentum.
'The fact that housing units worth a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh crore in top seven cities are stuck under various stages of non-completion indicates that there is a dire need to create stress-asset fund which will help bail out lakhs of distressed homebuyers,' says Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, a real estate services company.
Real estate business and market have so far been the monopoly of promoters, developers and builders.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached land parcels and other immovable assets worth over 270 crore as part of its money laundering investigation against Rajendra Lodha, former director of Lodha Developers.
Restricting the input credit is not a good idea for any sector, particularly real estate which requires more formalisation.
Paving the way for domestic asset management companies (AMCs) to invest directly in real estate, the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) today unveiled the much-awaited guidelines for real estate mutual funds (REMFs), which mandated that at least 35 per cent of the corpus of a scheme be invested directly in real estate assets.
Institutional investments in real estate may fall 20 per cent to $4 billion during this calendar year because of a higher inflow of funds in 2020, according to property consultant JLL India. During the January-September period, the institutional investment rose to $2,977 million from $1,534 million in the year-ago period. "Unless some large portfolio deals are not inked at the end of the year, annual investments are expected to be in the $3.8-4 billion range in 2021," JLL said in a statement. Institutional investments managed to cross the $5 billion mark in 2020 due to large portfolio deals worth $3.2 billion during the last quarter of the year.
India's economy registered a robust 7.7 per cent growth in the fiscal year 2025-26, an increase from 7.1 per cent in the previous year, with the January-March quarter alone seeing a 7.8 per cent expansion.
Real estate biggies expcet single window clearance for upcoming projects.
India's services sector experienced a slight moderation in growth during February, according to the HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index, with new order growth slowing and inflation picking up.
The on-going search operation started a fortnight back in which the evasion by firms providing real estate services, including renting and other collaborations was detected, official sources said.
'The inflection point that really happened in the sector was during the pandemic when buyers' perception changed towards consumption and that gave a trigger to pent-up demand with the increased affordability.'
Companies are already diversifying sourcing, raising prices, and reworking operating models as the disruption drags on.
The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at multiple locations in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 145 crore fraud involving fixed deposits of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation.
As the rupee weakens, wealthy families are accelerating investments in global assets.
BRPSE's new chairman Nitish Sengupta has suggested that at least three ailing companies, which have been referred to the board, hive off some of their land and get into real estate development to become profitable again.
New real estate portals like PropTiger and Commonfloor are also focusing on the secondary market in a big way.
The real estate sector presents a daunting picture with revival prospects appearing to be bleak.
The real estate Bill will stamp out illegal practices prevalent in the industry.
A man has been arrested in Faridabad for allegedly grabbing land using forged documents. The accused, Aman Goyal, was arrested after a complaint was filed regarding a disputed plot in Sector 35. The complainant, Mala Sharma, claimed Goyal threatened her after she purchased the plot and he allegedly attempted to seize it using a fake agreement.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of a stake in AI acceleration cloud provider Neysa Networks by Blackstone-backed private equity funds and other investors, following Neysa's announcement of a USD 1.2 billion capital raise.
C J Roy, founder and chairman of real estate firm Confident Group, died by suicide in Bengaluru. The incident occurred amidst ongoing Income Tax searches at his premises. Family alleges pressure from a central agency may have contributed to his death.
'When I look at India's relative valuations, these are by far the lowest I have seen in my 35-year career.' 'The relative 12-month trailing performance is among the weakest I have seen, and foreign investor positioning is at a 16-17 year low.'
'India has initiated a bear market and we will still go lower. It has nothing to do with the economy.'
The Delhi government is developing a drone policy focused on creating research clusters, establishing testing facilities, enabling drone use in traffic management, and providing subsidies to support the drone ecosystem.
The seasons in 2012 and 2013 went by with hardly any property launches, mainly due to an economic slowdown and a need to clear the backlog
South India's manufacturing, construction, and services sectors are grappling with severe labour shortages, prompting employers to offer attractive incentives like free air tickets and salary increments to lure migrant workers back from their home states after recent assembly elections.
Even though the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the risk weightage on loans to commercial developers and cut general provisioning for commercial real estate, commercial banks may not start lending to the sector immediately.
High interest rates and prices mean low affordability. Also, developers have huge inventories.
As real estate is about a tenth of the Indian economy, the extent of black money floating around in the sector is huge.
Buyers suffer because they often don't know the relevant details.
The clampdown will be part of a package from the central bank to make end-use norms for external commercial borrowing (ECB) funds more stringent for various sectors.
Given its risky profile, the realty sector could collapse if the bull run fails to take off
At a time when capital allocations to real estate are growing globally, investors are expecting transparency standards in real estate to be at par with other asset classes, says Anuj Puri.
The prices started escalating three years back and went through the roof.
