It is still too early to provide hard numbers of 2018 festive season’s property sales numbers as it is yet to conclude. Also, sales numbers are usually collated by the end of the fourth quarter. However, trends in recent years suggest that the entire fourth quarter of the calendar year is seen as an auspicious time wherein housing sales rise. Considering the q-o-q trends in 2018, sales numbers have increased across the major cities. For instance, housing sales in Q3 2018 increased by 9% as against the preceding quarter. In comparison to Q3 2017, sales increased by 15% in a year across the top 7 cities.
Senior living essentially refers to homes that cater to adults aged 55+ who are looking to live independently in a peer environment. Seniors who gravitate towards such housing options tend to have no major health issues and are active enough to more or less take care of themselves.
RERA was supposed to save the day for homebuyers, but that doesn't seem to have happened - at least not yet. In many states RERA, in its present form, is currently either non-existent or a pale shade of what it was intended to be. It is a fact that RERA has been diluted in some states to favour developers while in few others it hasn't even been deployed yet.
My work with companies around the world, paired with access to a robust collection of academic research and case studies, has enabled me to create a matrix of best practices for implementing a zero-based budgeting (ZBB) strategy. And like any good list of things an organization should do, there are always a few things not to do.
Housing sales increase by 32% in a year, highest amongst the top cities Unsold housing stock declined by 32% Maximum new supply in the Rs. 40 - 80 lakh budget range
Online retail is projected to grow to US$ 73 billion by 2022 Retail sector attracted US$ 147.40 million investments in FY18 Organised retail penetration expected to reach 10% in 2020 against current 7% Amazon & Alibaba are investing in offline stores – brick-and-mortar retail will survive the ‘online assault’
Digitization of the banking industry is making new banking business models possible. But, it is the combination of regulation and technology that is making new business models a necessity.