Q: I am planning to buy an apartment for investment but for short period. Please suggest some localities in Pune where I can expect good appreciation within a year or two?
Hadapsar, an eastern suburb of Pune, is primarily known for its two SEZs – SP Infocity (Fursungi IT Park) and Magarpatta city. This micro market has grown over the years providing employment opportunities to people in Pune as well as contributing to the city’s real estate market. There has been an increasing demand for residential real estate in recent times owing to multiple reasons. This trend is likely to continue this year as well.
The rate per sq ft values have gone from Rs 3400 to Rs 4300 in the last 24 months.
The presence of SEZs in the locality is one of the most important reasons for the real estate growth of the area. With IT firms coming in the area, demand for residential projects has gone up significantly. There are many big real estate projects such as Amanora and Magarpatta City that have come up in the vicinity. Some of the builders in the vicinity include Pragati Constructions, Gawade Buildcon, Nilesh Construction, Panchshil Realty and Chaitanya Developers. The most common building configurations in the area are 2 BHK apartments. There are also 1 and 3 BHK apartments available. The size of a 1 BHK apartment varies between 550-750 sq.ft, whereas the size of a 2 BHK apartment varies between 850-1,150 sq.ft. A typical 3 BHK apartment will have a covered area of about 1,300 sq.ft or more.
2 bedroom apartment in Pashan will cost you in bet ween Rs 60 lakhs to Rs 70 lakhs approximately and the size of these apartment ranges from 1000-1300 sqft. You can also get a 2bhk for lesser price but you have to compromise on the ticket size that would be around 800-1000 sq ft in size.
The demand for 1 and 3 bedroom apartment is also there. 1BHKs are available for Rs 30-50 lakh while 3BHK apartments are priced towards the higher side within a price bracket of Rs 70 lakh to 1 crore approximately
What led an exponential rise in Hadapsar is scope for greater appreciation due to affordable prices. Apart from proximity to IT developments, residential demand in Hadapsar has largely grown on the back of affordable capital values.
The reason why Pashan has become popular locality in Pune is because of the seamless connectivity to different part of Pune city which pushed up the capital value immensely.
Pashan is situated just off the Mumbai-Bangalore Highway. A 1000 sqft flat which was priced at Rs 45 lakhs approximately two years back will now cost you around Rs 65 lakhs. Its a good time to invest in Pashan.