Over the
past few years there were predictions that the property rates in Delhi-NCR will
slash down offering the buyers a much needed relief. But despite all these
speculations nothing came to the rescue of the buyers till now. In this
scenario what should a buyer do? Wait for the prices to slash down or take the
risk at the glossy schemes offered by different developers?
Do not worry
and stop putting too much of your head in this as we will give you a third
option. “Resale Flats” are a great option to own a dream house and that too at
a very affordable price range. Resale flats can be a great deal as most of them
have not even been lived in and the developer are ready to offer great
deal of discount on them.
Now you must be thinking that why the resale flats are so
cheaper? Well there can be many reasons
for this. One of them is that these houses have been snapped up by buyers and
investors during the pre-launch phase to gain profits in the coming times as at
that time they had to pay only down payment.
"Many investors book a property at the initial stage
just to make a small profit. If they want to make a quick exit, they will price
it cheaper than the one offered by the developer, for a faster sale," says
Yashwant Dalal, president of the Estate Agents Association of India, an apex
body of real estate developers.
Another reason is that a lot of investors who book flats
during soft launches are offered heavy discounts by builders. "To get
funding before construction commences, builders offer investors at least a 20%
discount to the prevailing market rate," adds Dalal.