In theory, lower interest rates are supposed to push demand for real estate. but if one looks at what has happened in the last one year, this theory has been turned upside down. Interest rates are high on a relative basis as compared to what they were three years back, but still demand for real estate has not been impacted. It is the economic growth which matters for the demand of real estate. There are two or three ways to play to the real estate boom. One of them is the housing finance companies, which had gone through its fair share of problems then a clean up in the last few years. A number of them have also implemented tech solutions both from growth and controlling non performing assets NPAs.
