Ashwin Sinha, 32, invested almost half of his salary in stocks and mutual funds until the pandemic struck. He had lived much of his life as an IT professional, literally out of a suitcase, moving from one paying guest accommodation to another. Zoom call meetings made him dash to the […]

In what could be termed as green shoots of recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, sales across Tier I cities have recovered by 60 percent in the second quarter of 2020. The maximum increase was observed in Kolkata which was 68 percent followed by Ahmedabad by 64 percent, MMR and Bengaluru […]

Despite COVID-19, Mumbai’s luxury homebuyers are coming forward to register their properties this festive season. In fact, quite a few properties in the range of Rs 35 crore-Rs 55 crore have been registered after the state government decided to reduce stamp duty, suggesting that the realty market in Maximum City is […]

Commercial real estate is one of the worst-hit markets due to the 2020 pandemic. Anytime there is a real estate meltdown, it triggers a massive recession. However, this one is slightly different. It accelerated the anticipated recession and impacted certain sections of the job market. Consequently, the world has gone […]

During uncertain and turbulent times, the one place that offers comfort and safety is ‘home’. With job losses and economic upheaval, paying rental for homes suddenly became a financial burden. Home loan borrowers on the other hand had an option to avail EMI moratorium making it beneficial over rental payouts. […]

Demand for buying homes among Indian millennials has increased compared with pre-pandemic levels, as mortgage rates hit a multi-decade low, and more of them expect to work-from-home regularly or permanently in the future, according to executives from leading real estate companies. This demand is in part being driven by millennials […]