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Private equity investors injected USD 10.7 billion (INR 843 billion) into the sector across nearly 100 deals from 2021 to 2023. Transaction volumes have increased by over 25% annually, with investment values rising 13.7%, reaching USD 3.9 billion in recent years.

Prices of premium homes -- under construction and ready -- have increased up to 45 per cent in Gurugram in the last one year, according to Savills India. Real estate consultant Savills on Saturday released a report showing that prices of completed housing units have risen by 28-45 per cent in

As the residential market gains momentum and capital values experience a surge in recent months, buyers are motivated to make purchasing decisions, anticipating a continued strengthening of property prices.

In Noida, the prices rose by 27-36 per cent for completed units and 23-47 per cent for under construction residential properties.

Hinjewadi in Pune, Gachibowli, Nanakramguda, and Kokapet in Hyderabad, and Mount Poonamallee Road and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Road in Chennai are becoming popular office locations due to affordable rents, reasonable residential prices, and good connectivity. The Triumvirate of Gachibowli, Nanakramguda, and Kokapet in Hyderabad offers a rental arbitrage of 25-30% compared to HITEC City.

As per ICICI Securities, there has been a notable deceleration in significant leasing decisions since January 2023. This slowdown can be attributed to global macro headwinds, including the rise in interest rates and a slowdown in hiring by technology multinational corporations (MNCs), which account for 67% of the demand for office space in India.

Even though the interest rates in India are expected to stay higher for longer than previously thought, the housing prices in India are set to hold above consumer inflation, according to a Reuters poll of property analysts. The demand in the real estate market rose amid a surge in savings and minimal income disruption to cash-rich home buyers during the pandemic and this made the market more resilient to interest rates than initially expected. -- aaa

A surge in savings and minimal income disruption to cash-rich home buyers during the pandemic led to a rise in demand that has made the market more resilient to interest rates than initially expected.

Home prices in India are set to hold above consumer inflation, even though interest rates are expected to stay higher for longer than previously thought, a Reuters poll of property analysts found.

The last few years have seen the emergence of a new class of homebuyers -- somewhere between an investor and an end-user – who is not interested in making a quick buck, but is in it for the long haul.