Amidst various industry reforms in the last seven years, multiple new trends emerged in the Indian residential real estate market.

Amidst deals, discounts and cheaper home loans, nearly 62% of respondents in the CII-ANAROCK COVID-19 Sentiment Survey consider it expedient to buy homes right away.

As expected, the repo rate and the reverse repo rates remained unchanged while maintaining an accommodative stance.

In the whole debate about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Indian economy – and what was expected from Union Budget 2021-22 to revive it – the very important market community of non-resident Indians (NRIs) cannot be side-lined.

Considered ‘the Margaret Thatcher moment’ for the FM, Union Budget 2021-22 was literally a make-or-break event.

In a major trend reversal in the post COVID-19 pandemic world, ‘bigger is better’ is once again the catch-phrase on the Indian housing market.

For some months, COVID-19 brought construction activity to its knees in 2020, followed by restricted on-site activity.

As per the Deepak Parekh committee, as on date there are as many as 22 premiums collected in Mumbai under various heads - including FSI, staircases, lift well and lobbies.

Have the government and RBI done enough to bail out the economy - and, by implication real estate?

The Indian residential real estate market proved its resilience in 2020 2021 holds promise for commercial office and residential real estate, as well as warehousing and data centers Coworking requirements may also rise once the vaccine is available to the larger masses Real possibility of a holistic and sustainable recovery cycle taking hold in 2021 and beyond