Are you going to invest in real estate.?

Are you going to invest in real estate..?

I know your answer would be yes that the people more tend to buy a property. The last week I have read the story about the deal of the iconic film actor Rajesh Khanna’s bungalow which is situated on Carter Road , Bandra in Mumbai. It considered a very posh area as it also have a sea facing location. Rajesh Khanna bought this bungalow for Rs 3.5 lakh in 1970. After 44 years his heirs sold it for Rs 85 crore. The property has multiplied by 2428 times or in other words annualized return og 19.38% over 44 years.

In Mumbai, there are many more examples of the same type of property deals which has given handsome returns. Samudra Mahal in Mumbai is another expensive property. A flat purchased in 1970 at Rs 700 per sq. feet was sold at Rs 1,18,000 sq. feet in 2013. Money multiplied by 168 times in 43 years means 12.66% annualized return.

In 1963 Godrej paid Rs 1 lakh to buy his first house in south mumbai. In 2011 the property was sold for Rs 25 crore. Money multiplied by 2500 times in 48 years. It means the annualized return of 17.70% over 48 years.

Now assume if you had invested Rs 100 in Sensex in 1980. Not it has become more than 27000. If dividend yield also include assume 2% then Sensex has delivered 20% annualized tax free return. It means sensex has beaten most expensive prime properties in the point of view return.

Good mutual funds and many stocks have delivered awesome return like 25% to 30% far superior to sensex itself. Unfortunately, in India the investor are least understood about this investment. Only about 3% saving goes into stocks or mutual fund. Investment in equity have one another benefit except tax free return. You can sell it anytime according to your need and get sell amount within 2 days. You need not to sell entire mutual funds holdings or stocks. You can sell stocks or mutual funds in the part. In the case of property you have to sell whole property and it is very difficult to sell immediate. In normal cases of property deals happens between 1 month to many years. You cannot sell in part of your flat or bungalow. You need not annual maintenance or local tax for your mutual funds or share holdings.

I observe many time when I meet my friends or investors that they are more willing invest into property instead of equity mutual funds. Investment in the flat or property always their first choice and they happily take loan for it if they do not have lump sum amount. They completely ignore the cost of acquisition of that property which is very significant. The cost of acquisition means the brokerage you pay the broker, stamp and registration duty, annual municipal tax, maintenance of the property and the interest you are paying on the loan.

Give some importance to equity as you give to real estate. Give it also at least more than 10 years and ignore bull or bear run of the market. If you hold it for more than 20 to 30 year you would be amazed at the fortune created for your retirement and next generation.

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Arvind Trivedi

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