India housing sales dip 7% quarterly in top seven cities for Q1 2026 amid geopolitical instability.

Pune’s residential property sales fell 3% in 2025 with unsold inventory rising over 11% as buyers become selective due to price growth; key trends and figures summarized.

Indian cities like Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata have seen tremendous residential real estate growth. According to a recent survey, selling active unsold home inventory took 22 months in Q1 2024, down 31% from 32 months in 2019.

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.

Over the previous six years, unsold flat stock in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has dropped 14%. On Thursday, ANAROCK Research said that unsold apartments fell from 2.23 lakh in the first quarter of 2018 to 1.93 lakh by March 2024.