ahmedabad the launch of new residential units in ahmedabad during the first half january to june of 2017 sharply declined because of lack of clarity on the real estate regulation and development act 2016 rera among the eight cities surveyed in the country by knight frank india ahmedabad was revealed to have registered the steepest fall of 79 in new launches followed by delhi ncr 73 with compliance made stringent under the new realty law and the state government still creating adequate infrastructure for rera the property consultant believes that new launches will continue to remain subdued over the second half julydecember of the current calendar year according to the report 1874 new units were launched in ahmedabad in h1 of 2017 in 2016 8809 units were launched in h1 and 5200 units in h2 the decline in new launches in ahmedabad can be attributed to lack of clarity especially on rera which has been the single most important factor that has held back developers from launching new projects said balbirsingh khalsa directorahmedabad knight frank we expect launches to pick up once there is clarity on rera and systems are put in place for its implementation the sales of residential units eased 7 to 7941 units in h1 2017 from 8556 in h1 2016 however the sales improved by 731 when compared with 7400 units sold during the second half of 2016 this was possible due to the availability of readytomovein homes as developers rushed to complete unfinished projects before rera came into force from 1 may 2017 khalsa saidwest ahmedabad in particular saw improvement in sales with 27 growth due to its proximity to industrial clusters such as sanand sales are expected to rise in the second part of 2017 the research report states that around 80 of new launches in ahmedabad as well as in pune kolkata and ncr were in the affordable segment stating that the average rates have not increased khalsa said over the past year ahmedabad residential prices showed a lower growth than retail inflation