Indian real estate developers at risk as credit dries up
Indian developers are at risk of going belly-up as mounting stress in the nation’s credit market dries up funding even for those willing to pay decade-high rates. “With the worsening shadow-banking crisis, borrowing rates for most developers have surged to the highest in more than a decade, in some cases about 20%,” said Amit Goenka, managing director of Nisus Finance Services Co., which lends to developers. “Even at that cost, capital availability is limited.” India’s year-old credit woes that began after a shock default by the IL&FS Group continue to linger, with many mortgage lenders struggling to roll over debt amid downgrades in their credit ratings. Shadow banks that lent heavily to developers in recent years are among the worst hit, as the recovery in housing sales remains tepid amid a slowdown in the nation’s economic growth.
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