Real Estate News: Due to the continuous increase in house prices and the impact of layoffs in the information technology (IT) sector, a huge decline of 14 percent has been recorded in the sales of residential properties during the year 2025 in seven major cities of the country. According to the report released on Friday by real estate advisory company Anarock, despite the decline in sales, due to higher prices, the total selling value increased by six percent and reached more than Rs 6 lakh crore.

Decline in sales of residential properties

The report states that a total of 3,95,625 houses were sold in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai in 2025, while in 2024 this figure was 4,59,645 units. According to Anarock, residential demand remained under pressure this year due to rising housing prices, layoffs in the IT sector, geopolitical tensions and global economic uncertainties. Sales declined in six out of seven major cities, while Chennai was the only city where residential sales registered an increase.

If we look at city-wise figures, residential sales in Mumbai Metropolitan Region declined by 18 percent to 1,27,875 units. In Pune, sales declined by 20 percent to 65,135 units, while in Bengaluru, sales declined by five percent to 62,205 units. Home sales in Delhi-NCR, which has been a fast-growing market in the last few years, declined by eight percent to 57,220 units.

Impact of geopolitical turmoil and layoffs

Hyderabad recorded the highest decline of 23 percent and sales dropped to 44,885 units. Sales in Kolkata also declined by 12 percent to 16,125 units. In contrast, the residential market in Chennai performed better and sales there increased by 15 percent to 22,180 units.

According to the Anarock report, average residential prices in seven major cities are expected to rise by eight per cent to Rs 9,260 per sq ft by 2025, from Rs 8,590 per sq ft at the end of last year. Anarock Chairman Anuj Puri said that the year 2025 was full of geopolitical turmoil, layoffs in the IT sector and global economic uncertainties, but despite this, the pace of increase in residential prices has come down to single digits from double digits in previous years. He said that the performance of the residential real estate sector in the coming year will largely depend on how much the Reserve Bank of India cuts interest rates and what steps developers take to keep prices under control.

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Real Estate News: In June 2025, the major eight Tier ‑1 cities of India have seen an increase of 2 percent annually in residential property sales. As mentioned in the UBS report, this has happened for the first time in the last 12 months. Gurugram boss remained in this improvement- there has been a strong increase in sales here by about 68%, while Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) declined by 29%.

On comparing between cities, Gurugram has made an increase in both sales volume and prices. In June 2025, the average prices of Tier ‑1 cities increased by nearly 20%, while Gurugram alone showed a year -old price hike of up to 40%, which is far more than other cities such as Chennai (21%) and Bengaluru (14%).

New launch activities were also controlled:

In June, there was a decrease of about 12% in the launch of new houses in big cities of the country. The reason for this is that the builders launched as many houses in the market as there was a demand. Due to this, excessive flats or houses did not accumulate in the market. The inventory-to-cell ratio in June was 1.68, which was 1.66 in May. This shows that the supply of houses in the market is balanced at the moment and is much better than the old situation, when the figure went above 3.

Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram increased property value

Property prices around Dwarka Expressway Corridor in Gurugram have almost doubled in the last four years – it has increased from ₹ 9,434 per sq ft to 2024 in 2020 to ₹ 18,668 per sq ft. The region consists of major micro -municipalities such as Sector 84, 85, 78 113, 37D, 106, 111 and 103, which are about 74% of the total supply. During this period, 15,994 units were launched in these sectors and 16,502 units were sold, which show strong demand.

The real estate sector is excited about the increasing demand for premium and luxury housing in Gurugram. Vikas Garg, Joint Managing Director of Ganga Realty, said, “Gurugram is emerging as the premium housing destination of the country today. The skyline, well -organized infrastructure, and connectivity projects like Dwarka Expressway have created a new definition of luxury living. doing.”

Trehan Group’s Managing Director Summary Trehan said, “The demand for luxury floors in areas like Dwarka Expressway and Sohna has increased rapidly in the recent past. Better roads, open environment and continuous development of facilities are making preferred for these areas. According to the recent UBS report, the need of residential sales has been recorded by about 68%, which shows how fast this area is becoming popular among homebires. “

The data of June 2025 shows that the real estate recovery situation has not only improved in quantity, but has also seen a clear increase in demand for premium and luxury segment. While other parts of the country – especially MMR, sales and demands in Pune, Bangalore remained slow, Gurugram gained momentum, especially the investment and prices boom towards Dwarka Expressway and the rise of prices has made Gurugram the leader of NCR.

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