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Indian market ‘correction’ looms

By Joe Leahy in Mumbai

Published: January 28 2007 19:09 | Last updated: January 28 2007 19:09

India’s real estate and stock markets are heading for a correction, with a liquidity crunch in the banking sector likely to accelerate the trend, according to one of the country’s most influential bankers.

Indian stock valuations are inflated and property prices in many areas are beginning to exceed what people can afford to pay, said Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation, which controls India’s second largest private-sector bank.

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