Trends those are likely to shape the real estate market in 2020

2019 was a relatively challenging year for Indian real estate, which faced a slowdown in the sector. Nevertheless, the recession made Indian developers aware of where they stand and the drawbacks are to blame. As a result, industry experts expected, in 2020, to adapt to several changes in terms of preference, demographics, technology and policies, in a bid to boost buyer sentiment and promote affordable housing sales.

Even with the slowdown in the sector, sales showed some signs of improvement in Q3 and Q4 of FY19, due to redemptions made by developers in their product offering, based on an understanding of consumer demand. New age developments are more suitable for millennial, which are actually the target group of many affordable housing developers,” says Dinesh Doshi, Managing Committee Member, CREDAI MCHI, Raigad.

Top Realty Trends in 2020

Real estate to operate the end user

The market is becoming increasingly end user driven. “While the number of real estate investors is already small, this segment is shrinking further. In the coming year, it seems that almost all of the demand will come from end users, with the supply of products targeted primarily to them, says Mayur Shah, Managing Director, Marathon Realty.

Demand to increase compact housing, co-working and commercial space

The demand for 'compact housing' is likely to increase a great deal across the country. In different regions, homes whose price is right have the potential to elicit good feedback from consumers. Developers will address this challenge, going further,” says Shah. The healthy demand for co-working spaces seen in 2019 is likely to continue until 2020. The growth of the commercial real estate segment, which is attracting foreign investments, will also help in improving the economy.

Heavy Dependence Technology

New-age customers rely heavily on technology and social media as they enter the housing market. Thus, it will become imperative for developers to adopt and leverage technology, to engage with customers, to enhance the experience at every point of view and to create positive perceptions about the field. Adoption of technology will also increase efficiency, quality and transparency, which will lead to change in the sector, ” he explains.

Challenges facing real estate in 2020

The industry is seeking support from the government, to overcome some challenges and to emerge from the recession. While the government has taken several steps so far, continuous reforms are necessary in many key areas.

·     Industry status and single-window clearances

·     Funding from banks

·     Financial bailout

·     GST burden and input tax credits

·     High stamp duty charges

·     Home loan interest rates

Real estate welcomes lockdown extension, How to measure for liquidity crisis to seek loss

The health and safety of the nation is the focal point at this time. The real estate industry welcomed the Centre's decision to extend the lockdown period until 3 May. But as a body, it is also quick to provide a relief package to the government to alleviate the liquidity crisis faced by the builders and also allow limited construction activities with appropriate. 

“We support the Prime Minister's announcement on the extension of the lockdown. We are waiting for the roadmap to be presented by the government on April 20 and will also urge the government to allow limited construction activity as it will help the real estate sector to bring its economic movement in a formidable shape, "CREDAI.

It is anticipated that this will adversely affect an economy already under severe stress. Industry giants are looking for some measures that will keep businesses such as outright restructuring of bank loans from developers to deal with this liquidity crisis.

However, the cumulative approach of all veterans is that economic activities should start slowly including resuming construction activity at project sites.

2 lakh or more affordable housing by central government

On 9 April, the Minister of Urban Development and Housing in Ahmedabad M.Venkaiah Naidu has launched around 2.03 lakhs affordable houses at a function organized by CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India).

The hard work put in by the Union Government has started showing results in the construction sector. The maximum dwelling unit size will be a carpet area of ​​643 square feet which is equivalent to approximately 900 square feet of built up area.

Getamber Anand, president of CREDAI, and CMD of NCR-based ATS Infrastructure, also said that the association has decided to play a major role in engaging its members for affordable housing projects. He also mentioned that CREDAI intends to work as a nodal agency to avail the benefits announced by the Central Government under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).

Jaxay Shah, MD, Ahmedabad-based Savy Infrastructure, who was appointed as the chairman of CREDAI at the investment function on 9 April, said that with several measures announced by the central and state governments, affordable housing will be the main area in the coming times. “The condition of affordable housing infrastructure would help the developer to get a construction loan at very affordable rates” said by Shah.

A budget of Rs 70,000 crore has been allocated for 375+ new affordable housing projects. Such projects are spread across India, with the development of a total of 60 million sq ft of land and construction of 20.80 crore sq ft, for the construction of a total of 23,000,000+ houses.

On this occasion Jaxay Shah also mentioned that India has registered a shortage of 20 million houses and is an attempt to overcome the housing shortage by placing consumers at the center of all our efforts. "Our 375+ affordable housing projects will fulfill the dreams of millions of Indians who own a house."

On top of that, expanding the 80IB benefit that would make the profits earned by an affordable housing project tax-free would make the cost of affordable housing units very reasonable. The prices of an affordable housing unit will decrease from Rs 12 lakh to Rs 35 lakh depending on location and cities.

A senior official in the ministry said that developers are the second most important stakeholder in the housing sector after the buyer, with the government deciding to rope them in to distribute various benefits to the end users.

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