About Us
WAAM is a real estate asset management firm that uses technology to make real estate asset ownership possible in a secure and transparent manner.
Our dedicated management team with top credentials, leave no stone unturned to make sure land becomes a wealth asset generating returns comparable to private equity but with the safety and assurance that comes with land.
Opportunity
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Urbanising land parcels around cities in India have generated PE style returns compounding over the last 25 years e.g., prices in outskirts of Hyderabad have gone up by 6x in last 8 years and 2x in last 2 years
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Percentage of urban population in India is expected to rapidly increase from 35% now to ~50% in the next decade (China has 65% now) creating demand for land around cities.
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Large institutional investors in developed countries invest in raw lands for the low risk, stable returns it offers in a diversified basket of asset classes like public markets, PE, gold and fixed income.
Legacy issues
For an investor used to investing in a liquid asset class like stocks, there have been few key issues in accessing this asset class in India
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Diligence needed to find right land parcels
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Monetization of land is relatively harder
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Possession is important over long term specially in outskirts
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Developers build and exit the project