The Millennium city, as Gurgaon is commonly referred to has grown
rapidly from a small village into a sprawling residential and commercial
center. It is often no longer mentioned as simply a part of the NCR but has
acquired an identity that is separate from New Delhi as well.
With residential homes that consist of independent homes and high
rise apartments, Gurgaon offers future residents diverse options pertaining to
the kind of housing they prefer to live in. Even Gurgaon’s neighbor New Delhi
may not have as great a variety of apartments for buyers to choose from.
In Gurgaon, the selection of flats for buyers to choose from is
rapidly increasing as is the size and magnitude of the development which the
flats are a part of. Currently there are over 450 new developments under
construction in Gurgaon; many such new developments are being built close to
the new hot spot in the city, Sohna Road. At sector 36 Sohna, it may still be
possible for middle class buyers to own a flat in the city of Gurgaon as buying
the same in other parts of the city may be prohibitively expensive.
Sohna road may offer an attractive and affordable alternative to
those eager to own property
in Gurgaon, for instance most 2
BHK flats in Gurgaon are usually priced at well over 50 lakhs in most
parts of the city; however at Sohna Road there are new developments under
construction where the same are available for just under 40 lakhs. Such
properties offer the chance to many middle income households to own property in
the millennium city, something which many middle class families may have
thought they had no chance of owning.
Sohna, a city next to Gurgaon, is where a few builders
in Gurgaon have ventured in an attempt to tap a hitherto untapped and
potentially relatively high end real estate market. For many owning property is Gurgaon is almost impossible, however Sohna, which is part of the
Gurgaon district has a few upcoming developments and may be an attempt by builders in Gurgaon to recreate at
Sohna what has been done at Gurgaon over the past 30 years. Till today the
property market at Sohna may have been only modestly impacted by the entry of a
handful of new builders, prices for apartments at Sohna stand at close to 4,200
rupees per square feet but have fallen to this level after reaching a high of
4,500 rupees per square feet nearly a year ago.
What lies ahead for the city of Gurgaon is anybody’s guess;
however the large number of new residential
projects in Gurgaon clearly implies that demand for residential housing
in the city is yet to be fulfilled. Whereas flats
in Gurgaon are now priced nearly 10% lower than they had been at the
peak of the real estate market boom and for many investors this may be a signal
to come into the market and purchase an investment home in the city, many
middle class families are still barred from becoming homebuyers in the
millennium city due to the exorbitant prices of real estate. Whether Sohna is
the right place for such middle class families to invest is far too early to
say.
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