Santhosh Kumar, Vice Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants
- Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai saw a 77% increase in new residential supply in 2018; NCR 16%, MMR & Pune 17%
- Chennai led new launch supply with a 98% increase, Bangalore 91%, Hyderabad 43%
- Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai saw a 20% increase in housing sales; 18% in North, 15% in West
The year 2018 was a mixed bag of highs and lows for the Indian real estate sector. The initial pangs of policy alterations seemed to fade away with each region seeing visible signs of recovery across segments.
Even as the liquidity crunch and stalled/delayed projects continue to plague the sector, the main southern cities of Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad actually saw faster growth momentum than their northern counterpart NCR.
Retail, commercial and residential real estate saw a lot more activity in Southern cities than in the North.
Residential
As per ANAROCK data, the southern cities raced far ahead of those in the North, including entire NCR.