Repo Rate Cut - A Perfect Start to a New Financial Year

Repo Rate Cut - A Perfect Start to a New Financial Year

Anuj Puri 04/04/2019 3

As hoped for, the RBI has reduced the repo rate by another 25 basis points.

Back-to-back repo rate cuts by the RBI are indeed the perfect start to a new financial year, resulting in overall reduction of 50 basis points since February 2019.

The repo rate now stands at 6% - returning to the same level as in April 2018.

This will augur well for the Indian real estate sector and keep the momentum going in the coming year.

As it is, the sector already saw an uplift in homebuyer sentiment due to the multiple sops offered by both the Government and the RBI in just the first three months of 2019.

These measures have contributed to a 12% increase in housing sales in Q1 2019 across the top 7 cities.

The RBI has done its part by slashing the repo rates.

The onus is now on the banks to concurrently reduce home loan rates further, thereby encouraging more fence-sitters to take purchase decisions and giving another boost to the real estate sector.

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  • Michael Thomas

    India needs a stable and transparent government.

  • Liam Jeffrey

    Banks can do more !!!

  • Carl Ferris

    This will boost your country's real estate sector.

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Anuj Puri

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Anuj Puri, Chairman of ANAROCK Group is a highly respected industry authority and thought leader with 30 years' experience in leveraging Indian and global real estate opportunities. His company ANAROCK has a staff complement of over 1800 qualified and experienced professional, with offices in all major markets in the country, dedicated services in Dubai and a global footprint with over 80,000 preferred channel partners.

   
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