LONDON: Buoyed by a vibrant real estate market, investors in Britain are increasingly preferring India for investment seeking higher returns on the back of a slowdown in Britain's realty market.Navyroof.Com, a company that highlights investment opportunities in the most upcoming areas of India to the UK investors, Managing Director Andrew Fassnidge said, "All the economic indicators project a bright, sustainable future for India.

In the last two years alone, property prices in India increased by 70 per cent." India is also seen as an attractive destination due to the Indian government recently relaxing rules for foreign investment in the housing sector. Merrill Lynch consultants have predicted a 700 per cent increase in the Indian property market by 2015.

Meanwhile, except in several areas in London, property prices all over Britain have recorded at least a two per cent drop in the last year due to the credit crunch and a further fall in prices is predicted.British citizens of Indian-origin are increasingly investing in places such as Gujarat, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Pune and Jaipur.In order to guide NRIs for purchasing property, Indian builders and property agents often organize exhibitions here.

The Housing Development Finance Corporation would organize a two-day show called "India Homes Fair".About 18 eighteen leading developers, including Ansal, Unitech, from India will showcase flats and villas at the event.Renu Sud Karnad Joint Managing Director of HDFC said, "Home buying is a tedious process ... As pioneers in housing finance, we have well understood this need and have thus organized this exclusive event to guide our NRI customers so that they take an informed decision."