Real Estate has always been a value asset and its value continues to appreciate with the passage of time

1. Property as an Investment Vehicle
Property was the one of the first investment vehicles available to the modern man. Real Estate
has always been a value asset and its value continues to appreciate with the passage of time.
Of course not all areas, or types of properties will see the same kind of appreciation, but one
has to agree that given the limited inventory of property available it has a greater chance of
appreciation than most other assets.
The sector as a whole is expected to rise in the next few years given the market-friendly
government and reform oriented policies on the anvil. The Indian economy has been liberalized
for the last two decades and we are now well into the second generation of the liberalized
populace. This generation has seen affluence grow to new heights and have the disposable
income to afford new homes solely as investment vehicles rather than buying homes for self-
consumption.
Investment adviser Harsh Roongta writes in the Forbes India magazine, “You should definitely
invest in real estate as long as you have a fairly large portfolio and only some portion (up to
30-40 percent) is allocated to this asset class. But don’t delay buying your own home.”
Roongta, however, advises against investing or buying an under-construction property.
One of the emerging trend in the real estate industry has been that the NRIs – a sizeable and
fairly affluent investor community – has taken to the Indian real estate sector in a big way.
Several NRIs have been queuing up to park their funds in the Indian real estate sector and cash
in the benefits.
At the same time the reverse has also been a very prominent trend – Indian investors looking
for real estate investments outside India, typically the destinations have been Dubai, UK and
the US. This trend has caught up with the upwardly mobile and constantly travelling Indian
populace with high disposable incomes and frequent travel engagements.
"Indians accord a second-home status to Dubai and they are coming there in huge numbers to
live, work and invest with a long-term perspective. Lower interest rates, lucrative yearly rental
yield, security, tax-free returns on investments and attractive payment options are additional
triggers for driving them in huge numbers," said Ranjeet Chavan, Director of SPF Realty told
the Economic Times.
About Pashmina Developers
Pashmina Developers is one India most trusted property developers with a portfolio of projects
currently under development in Pune, Mumbai and Bangaore. Pashmina Developers was
founded in the year 2007 and has been a trendsetter in the Indian real estate space with some
of the most iconic and prestigious properties developed during this time.
Bangalore is the current focus for the developer with two iconic properties – Pashmina
Waterfront & Pashmina Brookwoods – both located on the Old Madras Road. Pashmina is one
of the garden city’s much revered property developers with each of its properties is designed
by renowned designer – Hafeez Contractor.