by jaydad 
How real estate business works in Pakistan
To understand the working of the real estate business in Pakistan, we cannot begin without hinting upon a staggering decision announced by the Prime minister of Pakistan in April 2020. The headlines around the nation read what proved to be a dream statement for investors. It was the amnesty scheme proposed and enacted for the construction sector.
What a landmark in the Pakistani real estate market! It meant that people started investing their untaxed capital in purchasing lands and properties in an attempt to legitimize their black money during the amnesty period.
Another factor that played a key role in the overall working of property businesses is the limited scope of the amnesty scheme, allowing the immunity to only the riches from disclosing the source of their income. So only the developers and builders of housing societies were given the privilege of not having to expose their capital to public knowledge.
Below are the 7 key factors dictating how the property business works and grows into the future.
The growing demand
The real estate industry has a lot of potential in Pakistan and allows many investors to earn profits on their capital manifold. An imposed Lowered Tax in the construction sector has given many the confidence to put their money into the real estate business in Pakistan.
People who have a decent sum of the capital gathered suddenly cannot suppress the desire to buy their ideal house in Bahria or DHA, a desire that remained an unrealistic dream or an imagination of a youngling for the most part of their lives.
The amount of capital spent
Every new calendar year brings an investment of billions of dollars into Pakistan for the past couple of years. The gross capital lies in the range of $300 billion to $500 billion. The new investments are growing faster, which has taken the real estate assets to the overall figure of 70% of the overall wealth of Pakistan. These stats clearly show an increase in the interest of foreigners and locals in Pakistani properties.
The Statistics Bureau revelations
The PBS, also known as the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, has revealed that the real-estate business market is directly responsible for 2% of GDP. The digit itself intrigued the smart business minds of the country to consider this infamous sector as one of their A list priorities, and they recognize the significant inflows their businesses will be able to generate if they invest in it with a rather serious temperament.
This factor specifically excites many foreign Pakistanis to invest in their homeland and add to the increasing share of GDP in our overall economy. We witnessed Bahria, DHA, and Model town expand beyond the epicenters of big cities and give more consideration to suburban areas, which naturally alludes to how many folks are willing to invest right now, and judging by the growing interest, it’s safe to presume that suburban colonies would be cities of their own.
Need for Urbanization
Like many other segments of the world, we are witnessing an increase in urbanization and this only means stacked cities and packed highways if we do not take the task of segmentation rather seriously. This is yet another reason that played a cardinal role in the growth of real-estate business in Pakistan as we see housing societies like DHA and Bahria dealing quite effectively with the criticality of the afore-mentioned problem.
The growth of new housing projects is solving the alarming threats this rapid urbanization poses to the whole nation.
Credible transactional methods
People of Pakistan are no foreigners to the scams that involve the activity of transactions. While the complete transactions have already taken place, many never get the properties registered to their names is just one instance of how scammers operate in different regions.
The credibility of the recent methods allows people to have their desired property registered with their IDs without having to rush into the transactional part forcefully. The regulations keep a close watch on this activity and ensure that a client leaves with the same trust in the company he/she hired without any mark of inconvenient and fraudulent experience.
Local Help
Locals and their housing needs are the centers of any realtor’s business plan because they take special care of their target audience. Real estate agents go extra lengths to provide the locals with their dream houses, and the convenient payment methods in place ensure that no inconsistency happens in the transactional phase.
The initiatives taken to add quality to customer experiences in the real estate industry in Pakistan are evolving towards an ideal solution. We see the local firms maturing their business models in order to focus on the client’s perspective more often, an innovation welcomed by the entire real estate market.
Regular cash Inflows
Other than the contribution of the real estate industry to Pakistan’s GDP, the persistent inflow of money helps Pakistan a lot. The importance of the real estate business in Pakistan tells us that to be a successful firm, you must come up with ways to continually generate enough money for lasting periods just to stay relevant in the eyes of clients and investors.
Imbalanced Interest rate
Generally speaking, most people in Pakistan, in their pursuit of a dream home, depend on property loans they acquire from financial institutions or seek attractive payment plans from any housing society they want to settle in. This decides the growth or decline in the buying habits of people in Pakistan. Since the Stock exchange market is in charge of controlling the flow of interest rates, we see a shaky figure more often than not.
A higher interest rate simply means a sharp decline in the buying of properties while the lower rate beckons to the fact that more people are in the market to strike their dream property deal.
Lastly, property scams are everywhere in the real estate market and it is advisable to do proper research before spending your hard-earned money. The research itself will enrich your knowledge of the locality you are interested in, which will help you take effective and successful decisions.
