Sales of affordable homes fall 4% in Mumbai, Bengaluru and other top cities in Jan-Mar: PropEquity
Sales of affordable homes — priced up to Rs 60 lakh each — declined 4 per cent in eight major cities to 61,121 units during January-March this year on lower supply and higher demand for luxury apartments, according to PropEquity. The top eight cities are — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad.
Real estate data analytic firm PropEquity data showed that sales of homes, costing up to Rs 60 lakh each stood at 6,3787 units in the January-March period of the last calendar year.
A lower supply of affordable homes is one of the key factors for this marginal fall in sales.
As per the PropEquity data, the fresh supply of homes, up to Rs 60 lakh each, declined to 33,420 units during January-March 2024 across these top eight cities from 53,818 units in the year-ago period.
Builders are focusing more on launching luxury apartments to encash a surge in demand for premium residential properties. Profit margins are also high in luxury projects.
As per the data, housing sales in this price category declined to 2,35,340 units in the 2023 calendar year from 2,51,198 units in the preceding year.
In 2019, sales of homes, each priced up to Rs 60 lakh, stood at 2,26,414 units.
During the 2020 calendar year, which saw an outbreak of the COVID pandemic, sales in this price category fell to 1,88,233 units.
However, sales bounced back in 2021 and 2022 to 2,17,274 units and 2,51,198 units, respectively.
Sales declined again in 2023 to 2,35,340 units compared to the
