IIFL Securities Thursday said it is bullish on real estate companies in the National Capital Region (NCR).
The NCR market has been the worst-performing among all the geographies for some time now and a bullish outlook from IIFL Securities suggests the tides may be turning for the sector in the region.
IIFL pointed out that new launches are being lapped up across Gurugram and Noida. Resale markets are also very strong with meaningful price appreciation coming in. Land prices have also been steadily rising.
In Gurugram markets like Dwarka Expressway, for instance, launches are now happening at double the price; at Rs 23,000 per square foot versus Rs 12,000-15,000 per square foot. In Noida, Max Estates sold its Sector Project at a price of Rs 18,000 per square foot, much higher than the expected Rs 13,000, IIFL noted.
Godrej Tropical Isle, the recent launch by
Godrej Properties has also seen sales of Rs 2,000 crore making it the most successful launch for the company so far. And project launches are largely catering to the high-rise premium and luxury segments. This indicates there is no dearth of demand in the premium segment.
The broking firm expects listed developers with meaningful exposure to NCR including
DLF, Godrej Properties, Signature Global, Max Estates, Century Textiles, and
Sobha to be the likely beneficiaries.
"The pent-up demand which has happened over the last decade is now coming up in strength and it is no surprise that you are witnessing this kind of growth in the market. Going ahead also you will see the NCR market continue to outperform the other markets," according to Parvez Akhtar Qazi.
"We are still far away from the kind of volumes that we had seen in NCR in 2010-2012. So over the next couple of years, this region should continue to outshine others in terms of both supply as well as demand as far as percentage growth is concerned," he noted.
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