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The RBI has once again opted to keep the repo rate unchanged

Feb 8, 2024 by Sujata Muguda 0 Comments #Ajendra Singh, #Ambience Group, #Amit Modi, #Ankush Kaul, #Ansal Housing, #Ashwinder R. Singh, #Axiom Landbase, #Bhartiya Urban, #CMD Gaurs Group, #County Group, #CREDAI NCR, #kushagr ansal, #Manoj Gaur, #Mohit Goel, #MRG Group, #Nayan Raheja, #Omaxe Group, #Pawan Sharma, #Pradeep Aggarwal, #Raheja Developers, #Rajesh K Saraf, #Rajjath Goel, #Sanchit Bhutani, #Sanjay Sharma, #Saya Group, #Signature Global (India) Ltd, #SKA Group, #Spectrum Metro, #Trisol Red, #Vikas Bhasin

The outcomes of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) meeting have been announced by Governor Shaktikanta Das, confirming that there have been no changes to the repo rate, which remains steady at 6.5 percent. As a result, there will be no increase in loan EMIs. The real estate sector has welcomed this decision favorably.

Manoj Gaur, President CREDAI NCR and CMD Gaurs Group

Excellent decision by RBI. For the last one year, RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The real estate sector continues to exhibit a steady demand, the commercial segment is doing exceptionally well, and the country’s economy is growing from strength to strength. The residential segment will maintain the trajectory it took last year. I am sure that the sector will continue to show buoyancy as in the past quarters across the country.

Amit Modi, Director County Group

Once again, RBI has not made any changes in the repo rate, which is undeniably beneficial for the real estate sector. This will particularly uplift the morale of home buyers and investors. It clearly indicates that the country’s economy is consistently performing well.

Mohit Goel, Managing Director Omaxe Group

The RBI’s decision to maintain the repo rate at 6.5% aligns with its consistent approach and is welcomed. With a robust economy, high GDP growth, buoyant Sensex, stable crude oil prices, and easing inflation, the real estate sector is poised to sustain its strong performance in 2024. RBI’s decision aligns well with the country’s economic performance and signals stability, crucial for the ongoing realty sector’s robust growth.

Ashwinder R. Singh, Co-Chairman, CII, NR Committee for Real Estate, CEO Residential at Bhartiya Urban

With policy rates unchanged @6.50% and the RBI MPC’s commitment towards stable lending rates bodes well for India’s real estate sector, particularly in terms of home sales and home loans. With steady rates, prospective homebuyers can approach the market with confidence, driving increased demand for residential properties and facilitating easier access to home financing. This positive environment fosters growth and opportunity within the housing market, benefitting both buyers and developers alike.”

Nayan Raheja, Raheja Developers

The realty sector welcomes the RBI’s decision to hold the repo rate. This move will foster stability and bolster confidence among stakeholders, including home buyers and investors. However, the repo rate at 6.5% remains at a 4-year high, and a rollback would have boosted the affordable housing segment.

Pradeep Aggarwal, Founder & Chairman, Signature Global (India) Ltd

As expected, the RBI kept rates on hold. The prolonged pause, for the sixth time, since February 2023, is aimed at keeping inflation in check without hurting the economic growth momentum. With the reduction in policy rates would have been the best scenario for interest-sensitive sectors like the real estate sector, policy continuity is the next best outcome for both borrowers and developers alike. The decision allows homebuyers to make informed choices, which is expected to result in enhanced demand across all housing segments in line with the country’s overall economic progress.

Kushagr Ansal, Director Ansal Housing

The RBI’s decision to uphold the current repo rate is greeted with approval. While the real estate sector hoped for a slight reduction, this decision underscores stability. It is poised to enhance confidence among developers and homebuyers, providing clearer long-term financial commitments and EMIs.

Rajjath Goel, Managing Director of MRG Group, comments on

The RBI’s decision to sustain the repo rate at 6.5% for one more consecutive time, anticipating a positive surge in the housing market. Despite the rising housing costs, the unchanged home loan rates offer a semblance of relief to homebuyers. Consequently, both buyers and developers stand to benefit from stable interest rates, fostering increased consumer confidence and investment in the sector. The RBI’s decision is expected to bolster new launches and the expansion of projects in emerging hotspots.

Ankush Kaul, chief business officer – Ambience Group

“A commendable decision by RBI. It has been one year since the RBI decided to hit the pause button and keep the repo rate at 6.5%. It is expected to stimulate growth and boost the realty sector, providing a fillip to the premium housing and commercial segments. This decision presents the picture of the country’s resilient economy.

Sanchit Bhutani, MD of Group 108

This move is seen as a positive development, anticipated to stimulate growth in the real estate sector. The decision is expected to provide relief to the middle-income group, as they won’t have to bear the burden of higher interest rates on home loans. Additionally, there is a prediction that both commercial and residential property sales will experience an upswing. The Reserve Bank of India’s choice to maintain the repo rate reflects growing confidence in the sector.”

Rajesh K Saraf, Axiom Landbase, Managing Director, Axiom Landbase

The RBI’s decision to maintain the repo rate at 6.5% brings positive implications for the Indian housing and home loan sector. With interest rates remaining steady, prospective homebuyers can benefit from a favorable lending environment. This consistent stance instills confidence in the market’s reliability.

Pawan Sharma, Managing Director Trisol Red, comments that

The decision not to increase the repo rate is once again good news for the real estate sector. The fact that the repo rate has not increased in the past year has proven beneficial for the real estate sector in every aspect. This is undoubtedly excellent relief news for both home buyers and investors. Indeed, this will further benefit the market.

Sanjay Sharma, the Director of SKA Group

He emphasized that any hike in interest rates could adversely affect the real estate sector. The decision not to increase interest rates is expected to boost investor confidence and contribute to a rise in demand for residential properties.

Vikas Bhasin, Chairman & Managing Director, Saya Group

The RBI’s decision to keep the repo rate steady provides optimism to the real estate sector. This move underscores both macro and microeconomic stability, fueling year-end housing sales and bolstering the sector’s growth trajectory for 2024. It showcases the resilience of the country’s economy, poised to spur growth, particularly in premium housing and commercial segments.

Ajendra Singh, Vice-President (Sales & Marketing) Spectrum Metro

Not making changes in the repo rate signifies that the Indian Economy is strong. Compared to the Global Economy, India’s economic situation is better. The steps taken by the RBI are beneficial for the commercial and residential real estate sector in every aspect. We hope that this entire year will prove to be suitable for investors.

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Inputs on RBI Repo Rate Announcement

Oct 10, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Amit Modi, #Manoj Gaur, #Pradeep Aggarwal, #RBI Repo Rate, #Uddhav Poddar

Dhruv Agarwala, Group CEO, Housing.com, Makaan.com and Proptiger.com, The status quo on repo rate was expected as inflationary pressures made it difficult to cut rates further. Rationalising risk weightage on home loans and linking it to Loan to Value (LTV) ratio will effectively result in higher credit flow to the real estate sector, which is positive news for the sector. Also, the hike in credit limit for retail exposure by a single lending entity from Rs. 5 crores to Rs 7.5 crore is a welcome move that will immensely help both retail as well as small businesses.

Ashish Bhutani, MD & CEO, Bhutani Infra
This decision of the RBI to keep the repo rate unchanged was taken due to the signs of revival that the MPC has observed recently. However, the bank should have taken into consideration the need for liquidity. The apex bank has also talked about improving liquidity in the market, which will have a direct bearing on the real estate too. Like the RBI we too are optimistic about the economic growth. Having said that we were hoping for announcements that can specifically talk about various sectors and how banks are going to help improve the growth. However, we are upbeat as the consumer sentiment is high, especially after they witnessed the brittle nature of other investment vehicles as against real estate.

Ankit Kansal, Founder & MD, 360 Realtors
The recent decision by RBI to keep the repo & reverse repo rate unchanged underpins the accommodative policy by the government alongside reining the inflation rate. This should have an overall positive impact on the recovering Indian Real Estate industry as an accommodative stance should plug-in the liquidity crunch in the market. Likewise, managing inflation will control the cost. At the same time, the RBI has announced a sharp GDP decline of 9.5% for FY 21, which is in line with what has been predicted by most of the major international & domestic rating agencies. Now all eyes would be on how the government plans to combat the economic slowdown and boost demand. A host of steps in the form of capital injection, refinancing of banking institutions, policy impetus, subsidies, and discounts are required to see a faster recovery.

Uddhav Poddar, MD, Bhumika Group & Founding Member, SCAI
“The real estate sector is badly affected due to the pandemic, and it needs support from the banks. One of the biggest issue with some of the realtors is the liquidity issue, and we hope RBI will address it as it has announced to take steps to ease liquidity. One of the announcements that is beneficial for the sector is that the new housing loans to be linked to LTV only. We hope that the buyers will take advantage of the situation and realize their dream of owning a home.”

Amit Modi, Director, ABA Corp & President (Elect) CREDAI Western UP
Even though the apex bank has kept the rates unchanged, but we still believe that there is room for financial institutions to cut down on their lending rates for their customers. During the lockdown, the RBI reduced the repo rate which failed to bring cheer to the market, however now the stagnant rates today might have helped smooth the economy to some extent and the benefits of which are yet to be fully passed on to the customers.

Manoj Gaur, MD, Gaurs Group and Chairman, Affordable Housing Committee, CREDAI (National)
With inflation remaining above the targeted level, the status quo on the policy was expected. But it is indeed heartening to note that despite not much room available for lowering of rates, the apex has yet ensured some relief for the real estate sector. The lower of risk weightage on home loans and linking it to LTV only will ensure more credit to customers and thereby to the sector. Also, by announcing that accommodative policy stance, RBI has indicated that interest rate is unlikely to harden anytime soon, which again augurs well for the sector”.

Pradeep Aggarwal, Founder & Chairman – Signature Global Group & Chairman – ASSOCHAM National Council on Real Estate, Housing and Urban Development
“It was an expected move by the RBI to keep the repo rate unchanged, and it is commendable that it is doing its part to ensure that the economy stays on the right path. Loan on LTV will be helpful for the real estate sector, and it will help them get more loan amount.”

Abhishek Bansal, Executive Director, Pacific Group
It was an expected move, as we all understand that the repo rate is already low. The real estate market has started picking up as people are enjoying the low-interest rates and subdued pricing. The sector is also enjoying the fruits of the changed mindset of people towards owning a real estate asset, be it for living or earning extra income. The safety of real estate investment that came to the fore will gain steam during the festival season as fence-sitters too will come out in great numbers.

Deepak Kapoor, Director, Gulshan
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the repo rate would remain unchanged at 4 per cent and reverse repo rate at 3.35 per cent. The apex bank has also announced that it is ready to take steps that will infuse liquidity to improve financial conditions. The market will eagerly wait for these steps as improvement in economic conditions of other industries will have a direct bearing on the real estate sector. The realty sector is already reaping rewards of the multiple steps taken by the government and low home loan interest rates extended by banks. RBI should have made some announcement to improve liquidity in the real estate sector, as many developers are facing the heat after COVID-19 led to a complete shutdown of operations. The optimism of RBI regarding economic growth is welcome, and we hope that the government pays attention to the requirements of the sector, which is the largest employer in the country.”

Achal Raina, COO, Raheja Developers
The extension of lending limit for retail exposure from Rs 5 crore to Rs 7.5 crore along with the reduction of risk weightage on home loans and linking it with LTV ratio augurs well for the real estate sector.

Yash Miglani, MD, Migsun Group
The real estate sector is enjoying the fruits of high consumer confidence for the past few months, and it will attain newer heights in this festive season. We were expecting the repo rate to remain unchanged, and the decision of the RBI it will have no impact on the sector in the current scenario. In the latest announcement, the provision of housing loan to be linked with LTV is going to help the buyers, and hence the sector will see more sales.

Harvinder Singh Singh Sikka, MD, Sikka Group
We understand the reasons for keeping the repo rate unchanged. However, one favourable measure for the real estate is that the new housing loans will be linked on to loan to value (LTV). It will help the buyers get loans easily and realize their dream of buying a home. The buyers are already coming back to the sector and the coming festival season would be a lot better than the previous years.

Rajat Goel, JMD MRG World
RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4% and reverse repo rate at 3.35%, during its recent announcement with the prediction of GDP decline about 9.5% for FY 21, which is on similar lines with the prediction from rating agencies. Affordable housing segment has seen a good number of enquiries from end-users amid the uncertain market conditions which is a sign of positivity. Apart from this, RBI’s decision to take steps for infusing liquidity remain awaited, which will prominently affect the overall sentiment of the real estate sector.

Amit Jain, Managing Director, Mahagun Group
The announcement was on the expected lines; the good thing is that the RBI looked optimistic about the economic growth, which is a good sign. Real estate sector has already started witnessing positive growth and is speedily recovering from the loss of lockdown. The momentum is picking up pace in this festival season as buyers are enjoying low home loan interest rates.

Vikas Bhasin, CMD, Saya Homes
We are optimistic that the measures announced by the RBI will help revive economic growth. Multiple announcements were made that will help other industries to go on a growth trajectory; this will have an indirect impact on real estate growth too as the sector is susceptible to economic changes. However, after the Unlock, the real estate is on a high note as people swarmed real estate sites to get hold of a property.

Raman Gupta, Director- Branding & Construction, GBP Group
In today’s announcement, the apex bank has maintained the status quo by keeping the repo rate and reverse repo rate unchanged. It was an expected move to keep the economy on its path to revival after being hit by Covid-19. Over past few months, people have realized the importance of owning a home and at this time when people are adjusting to the new normal, they have been seen exploring the stable investment options and real estate is topping the chart. The low-interest rates and onset of the festive season is certain is bring cheers to the real estate sector. Apart from keeping the repo rate at as low as 4 pc, RBI has also announced that it is ready to take steps that will infuse liquidity to improve financial conditions and we are looking forward to its positive impact on the recovering Indian Real Estate sector.

Kushagr Ansal, Director, Ansal Housing & President, CREDAI Haryana
The decision of the RBI to keep the new housing loans only to loan to value will encourage more buyers to come forward. The real estate market was looking good after the Unlock, and this particular step will make more fence-sitters to decide on buying a home. Apart from that, the good sign is that the apex bank is optimistic about economic growth. The measures that the RBI took in the last few months are showing a positive impact, and we hope that the latest decisions will help the economy recover faster.

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Luxury buyers seek real luxury including green spaces, multi-functional corners

Sep 7, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Amit Jain, #Amit Modi, #Dr. Rahul Chaudhary, #Luxury buyers

New Delhi: The pandemic has made luxury buyers crave for the best when it comes to their homes as the idea of health and safety has kicked in. As per various reports, housing units priced above between Rs 80 lakh and Rs 1.25 crore are the most inquired ones, especially in Delhi NCR. Also, around 80% of housing deals during these months have been closed as the market is witnessing only the end-users and serious investors.

Buyers are back in the market with renewed demands regarding the design sensibility and quality. This is also reflected in the new launches in this segment in H1 2020 where the luxury segment witnessed more launches as compared to a similar period last year. The percentage of luxury launches in Delhi NCR is higher than that of MMR.

The demand has been on the rise for spaces that can provide absolute freedom to people where they are free to enjoy world-class facilities within the premises. Realtors say that people are now also inquiring about the overall design and judging the project based on the social distancing it provides. Multi-functional corners for working, exercising, or yoga, have now become one of the few must-haves apart from green and naturally illuminated areas such as terraced gardens.

Rahul

Explaining more on the market sentiment, Dr. Rahul Chaudhary, Promoter, Sunworld Group said, “The size of a housing unit has become the deal-breaker now. End-users are stepping out for site visits and are interested in bigger units. The shift in configurations of a home is also an after-effect of home confinement. Apart from IT and ITes professionals, NRIs have also come out as the ones looking for an exclusive lifestyle. A luxury project is being judged based on the amenities that it provides. We hope to see the market get better as the festive season comes closer.”

Amit Modi

Adding on to the developer’s prudent measures for providing the most advanced healthy living amenities, Mr. Amit Modi, Director, ABA Corp & President (elect), CREDAI Western UP, said, “Developers are keen on providing extra amenities that set their projects apart. Luxury buyers, HNIs are attracted to making property investment in Noida and Greater Noida regions. This trend is due to the influx of industrial and foreign businesses entering the region. Better connectivity with upcoming International Airport will lead to a rise in residential and commercial real estate in the Post-COVID era.”

Mr. Amit

Mr. Amit Jain, Managing Director, Mahagun Group, said, “Luxury is a class and rare virtue. For premium buyers, this ability to stand out from the rest must reflect in their homes. The quantum of health, convenience, and safety issues involved have risen lately leading to buyers becoming extremely selective. Technology upgradations and automation in home appliances and facilities have also become one of the deciding and attractive factors for luxury homes”.

Overall, the luxury real estate will continue to get better in demand as normalcy returns. There will be expectations from the developers to include essential and advanced amenities within the premises. This has the potential to become a long-term trend, as convenience and comfort will be the dominating values in the purchase of luxury homes that more or less become status symbols for buyers.