** Apartment launch pipelines by Indian homebuilders are
strong for second half of ongoing fiscal year, says brokerage
Nuvama
** Brokerage's top picks are Bengaluru-focussed developers
Brigade Enterprises BRIG.NS and Prestige Estates Projects
PREG.NS
** On the day BRIG up 2.1%, PREG rises 1.8%
** New launches should lead to ramp up in bookings amid low
inventory levels and two straight quarters of weakness (Q1 and
Q2) - Nuvama
** October launches "decent" across geographies - Nuvama
** Developers have ramped up land capex Y/Y in FY25,
utilizing "virtually entire operating cash flows" while debt
remained comfortable, which bodes well for growth in next 6-8
quarters, says brokerage
** YTD, shares of BRIG up 38.6% and PREG up 41.2% compared
to 31.6% gain in the Nifty Realty Index .NIFTYREAL
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee and Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru)
((Ananta.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))