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Home sales increase 12 pc in Jan-March quarter: PropTiger


Various measures taken by the Government at the Centre as well as by several state governments to boost buyer confidence have started to show positive outcomes, with home sales in India’ eight prime residential markets showing a quarterly increase of 12 pc in the January-March quarter (Q1) of CY (calendar year)2021 compared to Oct-Dec quarter of 2020, shows a recent report by online property brokerage firm PropTiger.com.
According to Real Insight – Q1CY21, builders sold a total of 66,176 homes in the primary market in the January-March quarter of 2021, a time marked with several state governments, including Maharashtra and Delhi, announcing stamp duty and circle rate reductions to boost buyer sentiment and by effect housing sales.
When compared to Q1CY20, however, home sales in the markets covered in the analysis showed a decline of 5 pc from 69,555 units, something that can be termed marginal, considering that the January-March period in 2020 was the last quarter before the pandemic spread started in India, forcing the Government to announce a nation-wide lockdown late in March 2020 that brought economic activity in the country to a standstill.
“Though the recent surge in COVID infections concentrated in a few markets is a concern, we expect the residential market recovery to continue,” Mr. Agarwala added.
Supply increases 49 pc Y-0-Y
On the supply side, a total of 53,037 units were launched across India during the three-month period, which saw the Union Cabinet approving a Bill to set up a Rs 20,000-crore Development Finance Institution to offer long-term capital support for infrastructure development in India. This marked an annual growth of 49% in housing supply. A quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) comparison shows new launches declined 2% when compared to the last quarter of CY20.
Prices remained mostly stable
As expected, no extraordinary upwards movement was seen in average prices of property in the primary or new homes market. While annual growth remained largely flat or in low single digits in most markets, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad stood out, with 5% annual growth in average rates of property.
“In a show of great intent to help buyer sentiment, almost all banks have lowered home loan interest rates to 6.90% level. We expect this low rate regime to continue, as the Indian economy attempts to make a recovery from the pandemic-induced GDP contraction” added Mr. Rangarajan.
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