The margins may continue to suffer due to increasing wage costs. Baheti says employee costs will grow by 8 percent in FY18 due to wage agreements. Margins will take sometime to make a comeback, he adds.
"Declining affordability and high economic uncertainty are the twin reasons, which would cause property prices in Mumbai to remain subdued, in the near and medium term," said ICRA in a research report.
Steel consumption in the country grew by just 3.3 percent to 73.3 million tonne in 2012-13 on subdued demand due to slackening economy and high interest rates.