The Economics Of Mumbai’s Shanty Towns
July 22, 2013 in Daily Bulletin
You might want to consider getting in on the Mumbai shanty real-estate market while you can writes Divya Sathyanarayanan:
- A house in a shanty-town of Mumbai costs about ₹31,000 (US$ 520) per square feet.
- In contrast a house in a posh central area of Mumbai can be had for as little as ₹23,000 ($390) per square feet.
- In fact even as Mumbai’s wider property market slows down, sales of slum-houses have increased with prices almost doubling.
Read more about the quirks of the Mumbai housing market over here.
Source: The Economic Times
Via: Marginal Revolution
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