Chennai: A reality check on real estate prices in India often comes through a process known as ‘time correction’, rather than a drop in absolute prices.
Time correction refers to a situation where real estate prices remain stagnant for some years, while inflation and incomes rise, thereby resulting in improved affordability.
The unprecedented impact of covid-19 is now threatening to change this. Industry experts suggest a drastic fall in sales, which in the backdrop of the high inventory held by realtors, should also result in a drop in prices. “The present scenario of a national lockdown is unprecedented.
The global financial crisis marked a financial meltdown, but the covid-19 lockdown has a human angle to it. With uncertainty looming