Showing posts with label NRI Investments in India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NRI Investments in India. Show all posts

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Indian Real Estate Market - Investment Opportunities for NRIs

 The NRIs undoubtedly have a tie with India and it’s surely an emotional tie. If the NRIs want to buy any property for a long term purpose, the country that they remember first is India. The Indian realty boom has made the NRIs more eager to invest in their home land. There have been various surveys and reports by many and varied agencies, government bodies and private companies on the NRI’s interest in Indian property market. Out of all these there was a recent report published by ASSOCHAM, Associated Chamber of Commerce of India which has revealed that NRIs feel more confident about investing in Indian property market compared to few years back. We delve into the opportunities laid down to the NRIs in few of the sectors where there is low risk and there is an advantage too from the price point of view too.


Changes in the Indian Real estate sector

The Indian realty sector had been changing in the last one and half decade and accordingly the whole macro-economic environment of India has also undergone a change. In this spree of development, the tier 2 and 3 cities have undergone much of development with influx of various types of industries and sectors. These properties in these cities are comparatively cheaper than their counterparts in the established metropolis of the nation.

There is another important point that the NRIs need to remember is that they should target the ready-to-move-in properties rather than the under construction ones. There are realtors and developers who takes advantage of the absence of the NRIs and on top of that the under construction property will give an upper hand on the developer to do unnecessary delay which can go beyond the control of an NRI. In case the NRIs choose the constructed projects the risks of delay are totally nullified.

Investment in REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust).

REITs have added a new dimension to the real estate investment in India by the NRIs. This has allowed the NRIs to be a part of the Indian real estate growth story. The advantage is that the NRIs can still invest in the Indian property market without physically purchasing the property. Additional good news is that the REIT governed by SEBI will make it fairly transparent for them to participate.

Read On : Land Pooling System

Smart Cities – An area of smart investment.

Smart cities have been drawing everyone’s attention since its announcement. Smart cities offer a perfect opportunity for the NRIs in the Indian Real estate industry. Not only that the Smart City projects offers you both short and long term investment opportunities for the NRIs. Talking about the projects that has already kick started including the ones in Gujarat like Tec City (GIFT), Lavasa Smart City or even Kochi Smart City in Kerala, it has been noted that there had been an increment of 10 to 15 percent in the property value in less than a year. This thus is an ideal investment opportunity for the NRIs.

Sunday, 18 January 2015

Trend Of Premium Housing On The Rise In Bengaluru.

 
Bengaluru has one of the fastest growing real estate markets in India with an assured 20 percent returns on investment year on year. The influx of IT companies and the growth of the sector along with other sectors like textile, biotechnology etc. has always been the propeller for employment and high income generation. Thus there has been an increase of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) due to the availability of opportunities and the influx and growth of service industries and the IT and the ITES sector along with the financial sector as well.  
Not only that Bengaluru stood at the 23rd rank among the most preferred destinations of the Asia Pacific region with more and more NRIs and foreigners coming and staying in the city. Due to the recent drop in the value of the Indian Rupee in the world financial market it has even boosted the interests of the NRIs real estate investment as they find Bengaluru as the most green pasture . Thus the NRIs and the echelons of the Indians settling down in Bengaluru has propelled the demand for luxury housing over the years and today more and more developers are plunging into the luxury housing segment owing to the surge in demand.  
The study of the total luxury residential projects in the city revealed that there has been a gradual rise of the units constructed and the demand for luxury housing units. In the table below we depict the figures for the gradual increase of the construction of luxury projects in the city. 
  
Year 
Projects  
  Units 
2010 
8            
     950 
2011 
11          
 1, 350 
2012 
17         
  3, 800 
2013 
18         
  4, 200 
2014 
35        
  6, 000  

Premium locations are at the core city areas. 
The Central Business District of Bengaluru has most of the concentration of premium and luxury apartments with a few micro-markets in North Bengaluru and Whitefield which are preferred locations for premium and luxury housing. The market watchers and the veterans of the real estate industry opines that due to the offices in locations like Residency Road, Vittal Malya Road, M.G. Road, Cunningham Road, Lavelle Road, Kasturba Road and Langford Town there is a demand of luxury and premium housing in the micro-markets of North Bengaluru, Hebbal and Sadashivnagar. Other locations where premium housing is noticed are Palace Road, Frazer Town, Lalbagh Road, Indiranagar, Rajajinagar, Koramangala, Yeshwanthpur, Sanjaynagar, Hebbal, Thanisandra Road and Whitefield. Few experts opine that over the last few years a demand for premium housing had been noticed in Bellary Road, Rajajinagar and Whitefield. In areas like Devenahalli, Electronic City and Kanakapura Road there has been development of premium housing with many villas being seen.  

 The homes offer high quality lifestyle.  

These homes offer luxurious lifestyle and while detailing about the amenities few of such developers of the luxury housing segment stated that these homes come with extra high-end amenities like 360 degree wi-fi coverage, plug and play homes and other superior quality amenities. Apart from that they remarked that as the buyers want superior quality they also provide the best of building materials and also to attract buyers the developers give high quality interiors like the plush hotels or branded high quality homes. 
  

Pricing and the options. 


The research conducted by the top real estate survey organizations reveal that such luxury apartments in this segment in and around Cunningham Road, M.G. Road, Kasturba Road and other adjoining areas is about Rs. 23, 000 to Rs.27, 000 per square feet.  Luxury apartment around the places like Yeshwantpur, Malleswaram and Rajajinagar would cost about Rs. 6, 500 to Rs. 18, 000 per square feet.  
The real estate market analysts have pointed out that the average price increase of the luxury homes in the areas like M.G. Road is 16 percent, around Cunningham Road is about 18 percent and in and around Richmond Road is about 15 percent. The rise of prices in areas like Langford Road is 12 percent and in and around Kasturba Road it is 30 percent.  


Outlook  

Thus as the trend goes it seems that the demand for the luxury housing will increase year on year and there will be far more areas where luxury homes will be constructed with various price ranges.