Repo rate hike: Developers watch cautiously, home buyers to pay more
Hindustan TimesThe Reserve Bank of India’s sixth consecutive hike in repo rate on Wednesday has made the real estate industry cautious that it may hit the housing demand and at the same time has left home buyers worried about the rising home loan EMIs. Shishir Baijal, CMD, Knight Frank India, said since the rate hike cycle began in May 2022, RBI had increased its repo rate by 250 basis points and about 60% of the hike, so far, had transmitted into the lending rates while the borrowing costs had significantly increased across the product categories. The impact of home loan interest rate hike will be highly deterrent in the affordable housing segment as it will impact the price sensitive homebuyers and fatigue the supply of the developers. For home buyers like Praveen Bohra, 34, a synthetic rexine trader from Chembur, the interest rate hike has resulted in a steep rise in EMI.