[ecis2016.org] India has moved up 13 places, to rank as the ninth-highest price appreciating housing market, among 55 international markets, according to the Knight Frank Global House Price Index Q2 2017
The growth in mainstream residential prices in India, has landed it a place among the top ten international markets in the 12-months to June 2017, according to the Global House Price Index for Q2 2017 by Knight Frank. The country stood ninth, among 55 international markets – 13 spots above its position on the index over June 2016. It even bettered the performance over the previous quarter wherein it ranked 13th.
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- India ranked 9th among 55 international markets – 13 spots above its position on the index over June 2016.
- Matured markets such as Singapore and Japan saw negative growth
Established more than a decade ago, the Knight Frank Global House Price Index allows investors and developers to compare the performance of mainstream residential markets around the world. Compiled on a quarterly basis using official government statistics or central bank data, the index’s overall performance is weighted by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on a Purchasing Power Parity basis and the latest quarter’s data is provisional, pending the release of all the countries’ results. While the overall index was a comparison of residential prices up to the June-ending quarter of 2017, in case of 16 countries including India, the report considered data until the March-ending quarter this year.
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Housing price rise in India versus international markets
At an annual price appreciation of 10.5 per cent, India’s residential sector outshined matured markets such as China (9.6 per cent) and did nearly four times better than the price rise recorded in the United Kingdom (2.8 per cent), revealed the report. Commenting on the findings, Samantak Das, chief economist and national director – research, Knight Frank India said, “The residential sector in select tier-2 cities such as Kochi, Lucknow and Kanpur, have triggered the price growth. However, home prices in most metro cities such as Chennai and Delhi, have not shown significant performance.”
Markets with the highest and lowest price appreciation
Overall, nearly 90 per cent of the 55 housing markets tracked on the Global House Price Index witnessed a flat or positive price growth in the 12-month period to June 2017. Iceland topped the index, with year-on-year price rise of 23.2 per cent, followed by Hong Kong (21.1 per cent). Prices in both the markets primarily strengthened owing to limited supply and healthy surge in demand, the report added.
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Meanwhile, matured markets such as Singapore (-2.1 per cent) and Japan (-0.2 per cent) saw negative growth. While Hong Kong emerged as Asia’s strongest market in the 12-month period, an analysis of five years puts India in the front, recording an average price growth of 70 per cent, edging past 65 per cent price appreciation witnessed in Hong Kong.
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