Malad West's real estate market has recorded impressive 6.2% price growth in 2024, outpacing previous years. This western Mumbai suburb is transforming rapidly due to Metro connectivity expansion and commercial development, creating an investment hotspot with stabilizing supply-demand dynamics.

The Indian warehouse leasing market grew 8% in H1 2024. With Mumbai and Pune leading absorption rates, the industry has grown and faced hurdles. Ghar.tv offers 6 tips for understanding 2024 Indian warehouse leasing trends:

Office space leasing in India's top six cities rose 19% to 29.4 million square feet in the first half of 2024. Mumbai and Hyderabad quadrupled office space absorption, with Bengaluru leading at 8.8 million sq ft.

Bank lending to commercial real estate, including residential projects, rose 23% last fiscal year excluding the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger. Loans totaled Rs 3.97 lakh crore. Including the merger, growth rose to 38.9%, with Rs 4.48 lakh crore in loans as of March 31.

Shriram Properties plans to expand in Pune, the second-largest property market in the country due to its rapid growth. Shriram Properties is expanding into Pune as part of its expansion plan.

Bank of America (BofA) has acquired 1.1 million square feet of Chennai office space in a major move. This sale is BofA's biggest office space transaction of 2023 and one of its largest captive centres outside the US. The DLF Downtown, Taramani site is for the bank's Indian back office.

After a cautious first quarter, India's top six cities' office space absorption rose 2 percent to 14.6 million square feet in the second quarter of 2023, up from 14.3 msf in 2022.

Net absorption of warehouse space is expected to reach 42.5 mn sq ft by the end of 2022, according to a forecast by JLL.The total vacancy rate drops significantly to reach 11.4% in H1 2022 as demand rises.