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Fitch warns of liquidity crisis for developers on NBFC woes
Indian real-estate developers face rising liquidity risk as non-bank financial institutions pull back from lending, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Developers relying on NBFC refinancing, especially those with weak financials, will be…
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Indian real-estate developers face rising liquidity risk as non-bank financial institutions pull back from lending, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Developers relying on NBFC refinancing, especially those with weak financials, will be hit hardest. Large developers' unencumbered assets may not help because NBFIs are cutting exposure to big borrowers, pushing firms toward costlier private equity.
Banks have also reduced lending to real estate, with exposure falling to 2.3 per cent of loans in FY19 from 2.8 per cent in FY16. High-end project developers face higher risk as sales slow. Affordable housing developers may still access some credit due to healthy pre-sales and government incentives. Fitch said the government's July guarantee on securitised assets may ease short-term pressure but lacks clarity and mainly benefits large NBFIs.
The Indian Opinion
The 'liquidity crisis' narrative often paints all developers with the same brush. But Fitch's report is more nuanced: it distinguishes between weak players and those in affordable housing, who still have lender access. The real test is not whether NBFCs resume lending, but whether banks, with their capital constraints, step in. Watch for fresh bank lending data in the next quarter; that will show if relief reaches builders or stays with the largest firms.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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