Thursday, May 27, 2010

NCR Recovery to be Gradual

Although absorption continues to be healthy in NCR, we believe increased FSI for group housing projects in Noida and fresh land auctions would cap rapid price rise. We estimate marginal 5-10% appreciation across the NCR over CY10-11. During Q1CY10, over 50,000 apartments were launched with delivery timeline of 36 months.

After registering a slowdown in new project launches in CY09 due to unabsorbed inventory and sluggish demand, Q1CY10 has seen the launch of a number of new projects in Gurgaon/Noida/Greater Noida. Over 50,000 apartments are planned to be constructed over CY10-12. The Noida-Greater Noida region has seen the highest number of launches (over 35,000 apartments) by major developers including Jaypee Infratech, Unitech,

Majority of the projects were launched in the Rs2,000-3,000psf price range with completion timelines of 36 months. Due to the enhanced FSI in Noida (2.5x for group housing projects from 1.5-1.75x earlier) and new land auctions in Noida Extension in H2CY09, about 75% of the new launches have been in the Noida/Greater Noida region with the thrust being on affordable housing projects.

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