The average market prices quoted by developers across major Indian cities are 6 percent to 75 percent higher than the government-prescribed circle rates, the value at which stamp duties are paid and properties are registered, said real estate consultant Anarock.
The report comes in the background of heavy speculation that the developers might be forced to reduce their prices in view of high bank dues and unsold inventory and an economic slowdown due to two-month nationwide lockdown.
Circle rates, guidance values or ready reckoned (RR) rates is the value set up by the state government below which a property cannot be registered. Each area within a city has its own ready reckoner rate on which the stamp duty is collected.
“In a significant trend seen in the Indian housing sector over the last five years, the latest data points towards a reduced difference between the ready reckoner (RR) rates and the actual market prices in the primary (sale by the developer) segment in the top cities,” Anarock said in a statement.
Difference between avg market prices, circle rates
Anaraock said its research data shows the difference between circle rates and average market prices, which was as high as 100% in certain localities of Mumbai, Pune and Gurugram in 2015, presently stand at a mere 6 percent variation.
Mumbai
In Mumbai, average market prices in Lower Parel are 6 per cent higher at Rs 34,660 per sq ft compared with the RR rate of Rs 32,609 per sq. In Worli, the market value is Rs 38,560 per sq ft while the circle rate or RR rate is Rs 35,350 per sq ft.
Market prices in Jogeshwari East stand at Rs 17,279 per sq ft while the RR rate is Rs 15,143 per sq ft, the data showed.
In Dadar, the average market prices were found to be 58 per cent higher at Rs 32,600 per sq ft than the RR rate of Rs 13,624 per sq ft. At Tardeo also, the prevailing market rate is Rs 56,659 per sq ft while the RR rate is Rs 23,597 per sq ft.
Bengaluru
According to the data for Bengaluru, the market price at Rajajinagar is Rs 13,300 per sq ft as against the circle rate of Rs 9,012 per sq ft. At Indiranagar, the market rate is Rs 11,500 per sq ft while the RR rate is Rs 10,312 per sq ft.
Delhi-NCR
In Gurugram, the market price at Dwarka Expressway stood at Rs 5,340 per sq ft while the circle rate is Rs 4,133 per sq ft. At Sohna Road, the market rate is Rs 6,710 per sq ft, up 35 per cent from the circle rate of Rs 4,969 per sq ft. Golf Course Road commands an average market price of Rs 13,150 per sq ft while the circle rate is Rs 7,530 per sq ft.
In Noida, the market price on the Expressway is Rs 5,075 per sq ft while the circle rate is Rs 4,366 per sq ft. At central Noida, the market rate is Rs 4,920 per sq ft as against the circle rate of Rs 3,685 per sq ft.
At Sector-150 Noida where multiple projects have been launched, the market rate is Rs 5,100 per sq ft while the circle rate is Rs 3,716 per sq ft. Similarly in Pune, the average RR rate in Balewadi is Rs 6,359 per sq ft while the market value stands at Rs 6,725 per sq ft. At Dhanori, the RR rate is around Rs 4,666 per sq ft as against an average market price of Rs 4,950 per sq ft.
At Erandwane, the current average RR rate is Rs 10,800 per sq ft while average market value is Rs 14,600 per sq ft.
The average market prices at Baner and Kharadi in Pune are higher by 7 per cent and 10 percent respectively than the circle rates in these localities.
(Source: Times Now News)
