As widely anticipated, the RBI has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. India continues to outperform other countries in terms of consumption and with the festive season coming up, the RBI will not risk denting it. This is nothing but good news for aspiring homebuyers on the market for a purchase in
Following the RBI’s surprise pause in rate hikes on Thursday, Indian stock markets recovered from early losses. The repo rate was kept unchanged at 6.50%, contrary to wide expectations for a 25 basis point increase. RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said, “The MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.50%
Much against general expectations, the RBI decided to keep the repo rates unchanged at 6.5% today. This is indeed good for the residential real estate market, which faces a tough road ahead amid massive layoffs by large corporates the world over. India is not decoupled from global economic dynamics and their invariable impact on the
Mumbai 19 December 2022: Despite the back-to-back repo rate hikes in 2022, the average cost of debt for the top eight listed realty developers is at its lowest since the pandemic. Analysing the financial data of the top listed players reveals that with the rise in sales revenue, their average cost of debt has reduced from
A rate hike was expected, but the expectation was for a maximum of 35 bps. The hike by 50 bps is definitely on the higher side, and home loan lending rates will now edge further into the red zone. This is the third consecutive rate hike in the last two months and finally marks the
Current inflation in India is not due to surge in demand exceeding supplies. On the contrary, consumption demand is subdued and the production capacity is underutilized. In such circumstances,recent hikes in repo rate from 4.0% to 4.9%, almost by 25%, might be counter-productive. It shall increase lending rate hiking EMI of Housing and Auto loan.
With inflation edging higher in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war and the surging oil prices, the RBI took a tough unscheduled decision – to increase the repo rate by 40 bps, bringing them to 4.40%. Overall, this was expected, as inflation has definitely moved into the threatening zone. Unfortunately, for home buyers, this hike
Despite inflation edging higher in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war and surging oil prices, the RBI has again decided to keep the repo rates unchanged at 4% and reverse repo rate at 3.35%. This is the eleventh consecutive time that the RBI maintained status quo amid the current uncertainties and the global economy also
With Omicron throwing a shadow of doubt across the world and in India, the RBI has decided to keep the repo rates unchanged at 4% and reverse repo rate at 3.35%. This was expected, and is the ninth consecutive time that the RBI maintained status quo amid current uncertainties. The unchanged repo rates will help
