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Big Story | Residential real estate severely hit by COVID-19 pandemic

Moneycontrol' Sakshi Batra shares more details on how COVID-19 could spell the worst for the realty sector and what should home buyers do who have already bought a house or are planning to buy one?

April 06, 2020 / 16:58 IST
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Indian real estate sector seems to have hit another brick wall with Coronavirus pandemic which could perhaps be the worst of all historic events like the 2008 financial crisis and demonetisation.  Many had been looking forward to 2020 to finally see the return of buyers for commercial and housing properties, given the government incentives. However, considering the current scenario, even when the lockdown is over, the economy is going to take a sharp hit so much so that top brokerage houses are expecting a GDP contraction.

Realty sector one of the largest employment generators, may also be staring a number of job losses owing to an overall economic slowdown or a possible recession.

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In this episode of Big Story, Moneycontrol' Sakshi Batra shares more details on how COVID-19 could spell the worst for the realty sector and what should home buyers do who have already bought a house or are planning to buy one?

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A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine.

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