Banks in India are suggesting property developers to stop increasing real estate prices as it could stop the market recovery. Developers have been taking advantage of rise in sale but its side effect could put off the buyers.

S. Sridhar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Central Bank of India described the move as short sighted and that the developers are naïve if they think that by increasing prices, they would stimulate demand. Further he said, “It is difficult to generalise but as a whole there is some more scope for downward adjustment in prices, or in certain places it should plateau. That will stimulate the demand”. He added, “If the real estate players revise the prices upwards, it will stall the recovery process. Demand for housing loans has picked up among the banks but the situation is still fragile”.