Post by : Badri Ariffin

India’s housing sector is rewriting the rules. Even as fewer homes are being sold, the total value of residential sales is climbing faster than ever, signaling a shift toward high-value properties.

According to the latest ANAROCK data, the top seven cities in India could see the total home sales value reach Rs 6.65 lakh crore in FY26, nearly 20% higher than the previous year, even though the number of homes sold is expected to remain flat.

Luxury Homes Take the Lead

The market is increasingly driven by premium and luxury housing, while demand for affordable homes slows. In FY25, around 4.22 lakh homes were sold in the top seven cities, generating Rs 5.59 lakh crore. In H1 FY26 alone, 1.93 lakh homes worth Rs 2.98 lakh crore were sold — already over half of the previous year’s total value.

High-ticket purchases, rising property prices, and domestic demand for spacious, well-amenitized homes are behind this surge. Luxury and upper mid-segment projects now make up a significant share of new housing supply, with 42% of H1 FY26 launches falling into these categories.

City-Wise Performance

Sales growth varies across India’s major cities:

• NCR: 29,175 homes worth Rs 75,859 crore

• Chennai: 11,670 homes worth Rs 12,370 crore

• Mumbai (MMR): 61,540 homes worth Rs 1 lakh crore

• Bengaluru: 29,955 homes worth Rs 43,627 crore

• Pune: 32,030 homes worth Rs 30,324 crore

• Hyderabad: 22,345 homes worth Rs 30,646 crore

• Kolkata: 7,655 homes worth Rs 5,429 crore

While NCR and Chennai show strong growth in sales value, Mumbai and Pune are comparatively slower.

A Shift From Volume to Value

The trend reflects a broader change in India’s housing market: buyers are prioritizing lifestyle upgrades, larger spaces, and premium amenities over simply purchasing more units. Developers are responding with high-margin, luxury-focused projects in prime urban areas, indicating a strategic pivot toward value-led growth.

Affordable housing, meanwhile, faces challenges due to rising property prices and borrowing costs, signaling that the market is increasingly catering to affluent buyers.

This “high-value, low-volume” pattern is expected to continue through FY26, as India’s real estate landscape evolves with changing aspirations, urban lifestyles, and rising disposable incomes.

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