DLF sales bookings jump over 3-fold to ₹6,404 cr in Q1 on high demand for luxury homes

The company had sold properties worth ₹2,040 crore in the year-ago period.

DLF has given guidance to achieve ₹17,000 crore worth of sales bookings for the entire 2024-25 financial year as against nearly ₹15,000 crore in the preceding year.

According to its latest investor presentation, the company's sales bookings in the April-June quarter were driven by its luxury project 'DLF Privana West' at Sector 76/77, Gurugram that saw sales of ₹5,600 crore.

In its super-luxury housing project 'The Camellias' at DLF 5, Gurugram, the company sold 4 units for ₹251 crore. On Thursday, DLF reported a 23% increase in its consolidated profit to ₹645.61 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal.

Its net profit stood at ₹527 crore in the year-ago period.

Total income rose to ₹1,729.82 crore during the April-June period of this fiscal from ₹1,521.71 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.

In a statement on Thursday, DLF said, "We believe that the residential segment is witnessing a structural upcycle and hence we continue to strengthen our new product pipeline."

"We stay committed towards leveraging this positive momentum and have planned a strong launch pipeline of an additional 9 million square feet of new products during the fiscal, across various segments and geographies including Gurugram, Mumbai, Goa and Chandigarh Tri-city," the company added.

The company said it continues to witness healthy sales momentum and strong growth in collections leading to further improvement in its net cash position.

"Our rental business continued its steady performance during the period," DLF said.

DLF's rental arm DLF Cyber City Developers Ltd (DCCDL) revenue stood at ₹1,553 crore, reflecting (year-on-year) y-o-y growth of 10% while consolidated profit for the quarter stood at ₹470 crore, registering a y-o-y growth of 20%.

"We continue to have a positive outlook on the rental business and are accelerating our capex commitments to further strengthen our rental portfolio and deliver healthy growth," the company said.

DLF is India's leading real estate developer and has more than seven decades of track record. It has developed more than 178 real estate projects and developed an area in excess of 349 million square feet.

DLF Group has 220 million square feet of development potential across residential and commercial segments.

The group has an annuity portfolio (office and retail real estate spaces) of over 44 million square feet.

DLF is primarily engaged in the business of developing and selling residential properties (Development Business) and developing and leasing commercial and retail properties (Annuity Business).