India’s real estate sector sentiments improve in Q3FY20: Report

15 Jan 2020 Evaluate

A joint survey carried out by Knight Frank-FICCI-Naredco has stated that India’s real estate sector sentiments have shown improvement in Q3 (October-December) of FY20 and turned positive after two quarters on account of several measures taken by the government and the RBI to boost demand. It indicated that after staying in negative zone (below 50 mark) for two consecutive quarters, the sentiments of real estate stakeholders in India was in optimistic zone at 53 in Q3FY20, up from 42 in the previous quarter. It added that this optimism is significant in the wake of the continued downslide in India's overall economic performance.

According to the survey, the future sentiment score that had gone in the red for the first time in the preceding July-September 2019 quarter at 49, also bounced back to 59 in Q4 2019. A score over 50 signifies 'optimism' in sentiments, a score of 50 means the sentiment is 'same' or 'neutral', while a score below 50 shows 'pessimism’. Besides, it stated that though the sentiment is in optimistic zone now, the qualitative outlook of stakeholders remains cautious, with a majority of them opining that the sector will remain at the same levels as previously even while it will not go down further in the next six months.

It further stated that even while the sector is working towards finding its balance, especially in the residential segment, steps by the government have kept the sector stable in 2019. It noted that the sector's optimism is far pronounced for the office sector, which has grown from strength to strength in the past few years, reaching historic highs in 2019. It added that in the next 8-10 quarters, if the office, other commercial including retail, warehouse and logistics and the residential sector continue to show positive growth, despite the pace of growth of Indian economy.

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