Fractional Ownership - Magnifying Real Estate Gains (Colliers)

Fractional ownership is a co-ownership framework wherein the retail investor can invest in smaller fractions of the property with relatively smaller amounts.

With Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) formulating detailed guidelines for Small and Medium REITs (SM-REITs), a large number of erstwhile unregistered Fractional Ownership Platforms (FOPs) for real estate assets are expected to get listed as SM REITs. This will effectively have the potential to regularize underlying real estate assets to the tune of over INR 40 billion in the near to midterm.

Key highlights of the report include:

• In the office market, strata sale form of fractional ownership constitute 28% of total Grade A stock with over 200 mn sq ft of Grade A strata sale stock across the top six cities.
• Strata sale office stock in top six cities in India will swell to 260-270 mn sq ft in next two years, with an estimated market value of around INR 4,500 bn.
• A well-regulated market of fractional ownership will attract investors across various asset classes and diversify in alternative asset classes like industrial & warehousing, data centres, retail etc.