Bank credit outstanding to real estate rose to Rs. 28 lakh crore in July: RBI
The HinduBank credit to housing as well as commercial real estate witnessed a nearly 38 per cent annual growth in July, taking the loan outstanding to the realty sector to a record Rs 28 lakh crore, as per the latest RBI data. Huge loan growth The credit outstanding in housing rose 37.4 per cent annually in July crossing Rs 24.28 lakh crore, according to the RBI's data on 'Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit – July 2023'. Commenting on the RBI data, Anarock Chairman Anuj Puri said the impressive loan growth in the real estate sector is a function of a large-scale demand revival across the board. Samantak Das, Executive Director and Head of Research, JLL India, said the RBI's latest sectoral credit data showed a remarkably high growth in bank lending to the real estate sector in July 2023.