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Real Estate Forum on Repo Rate Cut

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Q: Real estate developers are expecting that repo rate cut by 25 bps will help ease home loan.

Latest Answer: RBI repo rate policy will be very helpful in terms of availing bank loan with lower interest rates and EMI part will also make a difference if you choose long term repayment plan
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Q: Watchful customers are waiting for price corrections to happen in sluggish market after the Repo Rate cut.
Latest Answer: Currently, demand in the real estate sector has remained flat for long time. While it is expected to improve, with interest rates on housing loans declining and property prices softening. Few developers too believe that demand is expected to bring around from the 4th qtr of this financial year.
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Q: It is expected that the reduction in the banks' lending rate will lower the borrowing cost of builders and comfort the pressure on interest charges.
Latest Answer: A real estate agent thinks that not much has been done by banks towards increasing lending in the affordable housing segment and feel that the government and the RBI must instantly work for an instrument and set targets for banks to make sure increased lending for affordable housing projects and cheaper home loans.
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Q: Real Estate developers hope that 0.50% rate cut by Reserve Bank of India will change into sales and thus minimize on piled up housing inventories.
Latest Answer: There are other positive signs too. Outsourcing companies have seen a healthy growth in the business with the devaluation of the rupee. That can be seen in the large amounts of office space that was leased in 2014. If business development lead to IT companies hiring more talent and giving higher increment to keep talent, it will surely begin home sales.
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Q: This decision of the RBI to reduce repo rate will significantly provide policy support to the real economy and help in the recovery process.
Latest Answer: It is really a good move by the RBI. SBI slashed its lending rate by 0.40% within a couple of hours of rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India. The largest private sector lender ICICI Bank also hinted at cutting its base rate by at least 0.25%. It clearly shows that interest rates will come down, base rates will come down. A large part of the cut will get transmitted.
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Q: Could RBI's rate cut revive the home sales?
Latest Answer: @Abhi, Manoj Gaur, MD, Gaursons India Ltd told that with this move, stakeholders are now expecting the sales to improve as more potential customers will think of buying homes as the interest rates will be reduced. With weakening rupee and core sector index shrinking to 0.4% in the month of April, this move by RBI shows aggressive decision making which will be very crucial for the upcoming months.
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Q: Right after the RBI's decision to keep the repo rates unaffected, 3 ace Indian Banks, which include the State Bank of India, ICICI and HDFC, leaders in the private sector, have cut their base lending rates.
Latest Answer: Earlier, this year, there is a significantly rate cuts (twice) by the bank effect the realty market as sales in Pune have settled down over the last 3 qtrs, and the most strength being seen mainly in the budget homes segment. This clearly indicates that the market is manipulated towards budget homes, and reduction in interest rates is a critical factor in affordability. I expect to have sales momentum to start lifting clearly, and also believe that more rate cuts will follow on the heels of the stronger economic signals being felt in the country.
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Q: Hey, Have you heard about the RBI's second rate cut?
Latest Answer: @Shantanu, For the moment, bankers across the board welcomed the rate cut move, which comes within days of the Budget'15 and an agreement being reached between RBI and the government over inflation targeting. Private sector lender Yes Bank's Rana Kapoor said he expects cuts of 1.50% more this fiscal which will help boost the sentiment and re-ignite investments. Similarly, Bank of Maharashtra's Executive Director R K Gupta said the rate cut shows the central bank's comfort about the quality of fiscal consolidation and is positive for growth.
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Q: A move in Repo Rate cut that brought huge cheer to the markets.
Latest Answer: The 5th bi-monthly monetary policy statement also stated that once the monetary policy pattern shifts, following policy actions will be consistent with this pattern. Key to further relief are data that confirm continuing reduction in the rate of inflation pressures.
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Q: Good news for realty player!!!! The repo rate cut by the central bank could signal the beginning of the change for real estate industry that has been hit by slowing sales and a massive liquidity crisis over the past 2 years.
Latest Answer: As per Pankaj Kapoor, managing director of property research firm Liases Foras, pointed out that in cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru, where there is higher end-user demand, marginal improvement in sales could come in faster. But the National Capital Region will take time. In addition, property prices are expected to be motionless for the next year or two, which will help in repairing the affordability gap that exists in most markets today.
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