High interest rates, prices stunt real estate
High interest rates and overheated asset prices have cooled the super-charged growth in real estate even as a demand-supply mismatch continues in the Indian property market.
A cross section of opinion in the real estate sector suggests that overall prices have stagnated or declined 10 to 15 per cent in the past six months in prime commercial areas and are expected to dip 10 per cent more in the coming months across key Indian cities. Stagnation and fall in NCR We have not seen any major movement in prices of office buildings over the last three months. In fact, prices in the central business district of Delhi have remained hard. Rentals in the suburbs have stagnated, said Pradeep Jain, chairman, Parsvnath Developers.
Rentals of prime commercial buildings in the New Delhi central business district, which covers the area around Connaught Place, stand at their December prices of Rs 330 to Rs 375 per square foot (sq ft).
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