50% residential units sold in last 6 quarters priced below Rs 50 lakh

Experts say CLSS benefits, effective GST rate are helping attract buyers

Raghavendra Kamath  |  Mumbai 

Over half of the residential units sold between the second quarter of 2017-18 financial year (FY) and the fourth quarter of FY19 were priced less than Rs 50 lakh, indicating that affordable housing is selling well in the country, said a recent study. “After the RERA/GST implementations in Q1FY18, developers have tweaked their product offering to include more affordable and mid-income housing projects because that is where the demand lies.

Further, CLSS (credit-linked savings scheme) benefits, coupled with lower effective goods and services tax (GST) rate of 8 per cent for ...

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First Published: Sun, June 16 2019. 23:05 IST