CREDAI MCHI ‘MMR Housing Typology Report Traces Home Buying Trends

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CREDAI MCHI, in association with its Knowledge Partner CRE Matrix jointly unveiled the second edition of its comprehensive research titled ‘MMR Housing Typology Report’, tracing the most pertinent home buying trends of MMR residential real estate transactions since January 2017 – till date. The research report shares a thorough and insightful micro-market analysis by dividing MMR into 8 key housing markets: CBD Mumbai, Central Mumbai, Central Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Raigad and Palghar. With Mumbai one of the costliest property market in India with larger ticket sizes than anywhere else in the country, smaller houses (2/2.5 BHK) in MMR remain consistently in demand – a trend that has continued for years. In Jan-Feb 2021 too, Rs 20,736 crores worth of houses were registered under the category, amounting to approximately 60% of the total value of properties sold in the same timeframe. Central Business District (CBD) has witnessed a y-o-y growth (2020 as compared to 2019) in sales in terms of both number and value of units sold, despite year 2020 being a truncated year due to COVID-19. In Jan – Feb 2021, the 4BHK category had the highest impact and share in terms of value of properties sold, with an average ticket size of Rs 13 crore. Central Mumbai region has historically witnessed majority of sales (in value terms) coming from larger typologies. In Jan – Feb 2021 too, 4BHK category had the highest share in the value of units sold. In fact, the Rs 1,863 crore spent on 184 units in Central Mumbai is the highest amount observed across all of MMR. Central Suburbs is typology agnostic – as all types have contributed at least 15% in value terms in 2020. The highest contributor in terms of value of properties sold, though, was the 3/3.5 BHK category, at an average ticket size of Rs 3.6 crores. Eastern Suburbs, on the other hand, 2 - 3 BHK category had the highest impact (~60%) on value of properties sold, with an average ticket size of Rs 1.7 crore. Across Western Suburbs, 2.5 BHK is the most popular category, contributing to over 84% of unit sales in 2020, a trend also witnessed in Jan-Feb 2021. Historically, while majority of sales in Thane have come from the 1/1.5 BHK segment, with an average ticket size of Rs. 30 lacs, but the 2/2.5 BHK category has emerged as the highest impact typology - contributing an avg. of 22% to units sold but 27% to total value sold. Moreover, the average unit price of 2/2.5 BHK typology in Thane has increased by 6% on a 3-Year CAGR basis to Rs. 54 Lakhs in 2020. Led by an increase in real estate development and enhancing infrastructure, we foresee a change in Thane’s buyer preferences in the future. In Raigad, the affordable segment market has witnessed almost 66% units being sold in Studio / 1 / 1.5 BHK segment with an average ticket size of Rs 27 lacs. Palghar has witnessed majority of sales happening in smaller typologies of 1/2 BHK segments, contributing 94% in number of units sold and 84% in total value sold in 2020. Going-forward, with Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train route passing through this region, it is likely to see an improvement in overall development and an increase in demand for larger typologies as well.