69% Of Mumbai’s Unsold Housing Stock Priced Above Rs. 1 Crore..
Among the
launches seen in 2Q15, 83% of housing units fall in this price range
By Mr. Ramesh
Nair, JLL India
At a time when the residential real estate
industry in Mumbai has hit a plateau in terms of capital value appreciation and
sales, a startling fact has come to fore.
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| Mr. Ramesh Nair, JLL India |
A good 69% of the overall unsold inventory
(within BMC limits) is of units worth more than INR one crore each. That is,
30,501 units out of a total number of 44,032 fall in this ticket size.
With land prices only expected to go
upwards, there is no stopping this trend. All the launches expected within the
city limits in the future too, will largely consist of units priced above INR
one crore and above.
Consider this: from the number of new
launches in 2Q15, the share of housing units that are worth over INR one crore
each (within BMC limits), stands at 83%.
Although the share reduced from 90% at the
end of 1Q15 due to some new launches in suburban locations, it is still
overwhelmingly high for a city where only a limited percentage of residents are
able to afford ticket sizes of over INR one crore.
This percentage share is
expected to go up, albeit marginally, in launches in the near term.
Moreover, in 2Q15 launches, there is only
3.21% of housing in the INR 31-65 lakh ticket size and none under INR 30 lakh
ticket size in Mumbai (BMC limits). Compared to pan-India figures, the numbers
are highly skewed towards the higher ticket sizes in Mumbai.
Very few units in
the affordable range were available from all these launches and mostly were in
the suburban locations. Even if the overall inventory is considered, there is
very little stock in the affordable range (INR 65 lakh and below) in the city.
Unaffordability
factor..!
Let’s look at how unaffordable housing has
become in the city. The normal multiplier should be six times of the annual
household income; in other words, it should take six years’ salary to own a
house.
From the Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2014-15, the annual income of a
four-member household is calculated below.
Similarly, taking the weighted average of
ticket sizes in Mumbai city, we get a number slightly above INR 2 crore.
Resultantly, at an annual income per household of INR 7.5 lakh, it will take 27
years for a person to afford an apartment worth slightly over INR 2 crore in
Mumbai.
For a house worth INR 1 crore, it will take 13 years.
To suit the budget of a majority of home
buyers in Mumbai, developers have been steadily reducing average unit sizes
over the last few years and will continue to launch smaller-sized apartments
for the same reason.
The reduction in average unit sizes has been the highest
in Mumbai at 26.4% from 2010-1Q15.
The average unit sizes in Mumbai have been
the lowest among Indian cities.
About the author..
Mr. Ramesh Nair is COO & International Director at JLL India
+91 22 6620 7575.
ramesh.nair@ap.jll.com
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