Banks and housing finance companies should be allowed to fund land transactions when there is no real estate bubble, as is currently the property transactions costs comprise almost 70-80% of the total cost.
Parekh called upon the developers to diversify their focus away from luxury projects and said an online single window clearance mechanism should be put in place for affordable housing projects.
Parekh is a Chairman of home loan major HDFC, also pitched for banks and housing finance companies being allowed to fund land transactions during periods when there was no real estate bubble.
He emphasised on the need to increase the threshold limit for priority sector housing loans to at least Rs 40 lakh per unit, from the current "unrealistic" level of up to Rs 25 lakh.