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MahaRERA restricts about 644 projects across Maharashtra from sales

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The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has banned the sale of a total of 644 residential projects in Maharashtra. Several units were stopped due to late completion and delivery, with Pune accounting for almost 30%.

According to data released by MahaRERA, most of the blacklisted project developers are smaller players with less than 100 units per project. Apart from some projects of well-known developers in the region most of them belong to small developers. Approximately 85% of blacklisted projects had an average of 70 units in each project. Such a blacklisting means that the project cannot be advertised, marketed or sold in any condition.

The list also consists some of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) projects promoted by the state government.

Most apartments are sold!

Anarock real estate analysts report that 80% of the apartments in 644 projects have already been sold. According to MahaRERA, 16% of the projects were to be completed in 2017 and the rest were to be completed in 2018. Due to market size, Mumbai topped the list with 274 blacklisted projects, or about 43% of the total, followed by Pune with 29%. The rest are in smaller markets like Aurangabad, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Nashik, and others.

A developer in the region states the condition of small or new developers. He said “ the smaller developers are increasingly struggling with RERA compliance, e.g. proof of capital and due diligence for land. Banks, NBFCs and housing finance companies are often reluctant to lend capital to such agents for fear of low or inadequate securitization.

Anuj Puri, the chairman of Anarock, said, this move by MahaRERA is a strong signal for disobedient developers who are constantly delaying projects. Homebuyers have been waiting to take over home ownership since 2017 or 2018. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) there are at least 496 projects (launched in 2014 or earlier) that have been delayed or stalled so far, while in Pune almost 171 projects have been delayed or stopped.

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Delhi: Homes Sells Faster Than Mumbai

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Mumbai may be second to Delhi in unsold homes, but it will take longer to sell them. Real estate developers in the financial capital must wait over three years to clear 1.13 lakh units or 120 million sq ft as high prices deter potential buyers, shows a study released by Liases Foras, a real estate rating and research consultant.

The study covers units in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) — including Mumbai city, Thane, Kalyan and Navi Mumbai — National Capital Region in Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. NCR, with 232.57 million square feet or 1.60 lakh units of unsold homes — roughly double Mumbai’s —will likely sell homes much faster, in 23 months.

“The NCR market is primarily an investor market and has very little comparison with Mumbai,” says Om Ahuja, chief executive officer (residential services) at Jones Lang LaSalle India. “The real estate market in areas like Gurgaon or Noida attracts a lot of money from neighbouring states like Punjab, UP and Delhi as people invest in residential properties.” Among the six metros, Pune homes will be sold the fastest, taking just 14 months to sell its 43.06 m sq ft at the current pace of buying. A steep rise in interest rates in the last 18 months was seen as the key reason for low sales as buyers try to avoid high home loan instalments.

The Reserve Bank of India cut key rates by 50 basis points last month, forcing lenders to lower their retail lending rates which could push sales.

 

 

Real Estate Sector Brokers bail out Developers with Buyback Deals.

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The prices are not moving up in metros for more than a year now and the buyers including investors are staying away from making a purchase decision, so brokers are in a fix currently.

An Industry watcher said that the Real Estate Developers are facing a cash crunch in the NCR and Mumbai Metropolitan Region and are approaching brokers to underwrite their properties to save the day and maintain prices of properties in a bid.

“So as the new real estate projects that are launched, brokers underwrite a bulk of apartments and the developer can show it as sales,” said Sachin Sandhir, managing director, Royal Institutions of Chartered Surveyors.

Kaustuv Roy, executive director, Cushman & Wakefield, said “For the whole system to work two things are very important, first there should be buyers in the market and second the prices should continue to increase at a faster rate.”