Southern India's residential property market defied broader national trends in Q3 2025, with combined sales in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai surging 47 percent year-on-year to 38,644 units, driven by strong job creation and improved buyer sentiment.

South India's residential market surged 47% year-on-year in Q3 2025, with Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai collectively selling over 38,600 units—outpacing northern metros significantly.

Eight major Indian cities reported 87,603 residential sales in Q3 2025 with 1% annual growth, while NCR led price appreciation at 19% and premium segment properties dominated transactions above ₹1 crore.

Mid-income properties priced ₹80 lakh-₹1.5 crore capture 27% of India's home sales in H1 2025, outpacing luxury and affordable segments with record-breaking developer bookings.

India's top 7 cities report 20% housing sales decline in Q2 2025 with 96,285 units sold vs 1.2 lakh last year. Chennai bucks trend with 11% growth despite nationwide slowdown.

According to JLL, the time to sell active unsold housing inventory in India's top seven cities—Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata—has dropped 31%. Due to rising home demand, inventory liquidation took 22 months in Q1 2024, down from 32 months in 2019.

DLF sells 4.67 acres of excellent Chennai property to Cholamandalam Finance for Rs 735 crore, one of Chennai's largest real estate land deals in Chennai.

The Chennai real estate market has faced unprecedented challenges, according to the September 2023 CREDAI RAW Report. CREDAI Chennai's report covers sales, residential projects, and registration fee increases.