New Delhi, May 19 -- Traditional investment avenues, such as bank deposits and other fixed income instruments, often fail to deliver positive real rates of return. Though equity markets do, the possibility of losses and volatility is a challenge for investors. A consistent performer, residential real estate, has long been in the shadows.

Investing in real estate bears some distinct advantages. Globally, since 2000, residential real estate investments have delivered high annual compounded growth rates across major emerging markets, including India. During the past decade (2012-2022), while inflation in India averaged 5.7%, housing prices appreciated at a robust 8.04% annually, delivering an over 2% real rate of return in capital appreciat...