New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India’s residential market saw its strongest first‑half sales performances during the first half this year, as residential sales across eight major cities stood at 171,471 units, a marginal 1 per cent increase from the same period in previous year, a report said on Thursday.The report from Knight Frank India said the real estate activity settled into a phase of consolidation, while developers launched 1,87,350 units, up 4 per cent year‑on‑year. The near‑flat sa…
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New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Homebuyer affordability remained broadly supportive across India’s residential markets during H1 2026, aided by cumulative monetary easing of 125 basis points, with Ahmedabad the most affordable among the top eight cities, a report said on Friday.The report from Knight Frank India said six of the eight tracked cities remain within the 50 per cent affordability threshold, and Ahmedabad securing a ratio of 23 per cent, followed by Kolkata at 25 per cent and Pune at 28 pe…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Mumbai city under BMC jurisdiction recorded 80,221 property registrations across primary and secondary segments in H1 2026, marking a 6 per cent year‑on‑year increase and the strongest first‑half performance since 2013, a report said on Tuesday.The report from Knight Frank India said state government revenue through stamp duty collection from these transactions rose 4 per cent YoY to Rs 6,968 crore, which is also highest since 2013.Mumbai is expected to record 13,…
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Private equity (PE) investments in Indian real estate stood at $1.13 billion in H1 2026, led by robust demand for office assets, which accounted for nearly 89 per cent of total investments, a report said on Friday. The office segment witnessed a 33 per cent increase in investments year-on-year, while NCR emerged as the largest investment destination with inflows of $411 million, data compiled by Knight Frank India showed.”Over the past few years, investors have witnessed a…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) India’s data centre development pipeline has surged to 8.33 GW, more than five times the country’s current live operational capacity of 1.6 GW, a report said on Saturday.The rapid growth of the data centre development pipeline is due to accelerating artificial intelligence adoption, cloud growth and data localisation requirements, the report from Knight Frank India said.India is emerging as one of the world’s most attractive destinations for hyperscale digital inf…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Artificial intelligence-led demand is emerging as a defining force in India’s data centre sector, with cumulative colocation leasing reaching 2.06 GW in 2025, a report said on Tuesday.As per analysis by Knight Frank India, nearly 20 per cent of total leasing demand is now directly linked to AI-related workloads, as generative AI, machine learning applications and GPU-intensive computing reshape infrastructure requirements across industries.AI-related colocation leasing…
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) Mumbai’s residential real estate market continued its strong momentum in May 2026, recording 12,315 property registrations within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits, marking the highest number of registrations for the month in the last 14 years, a report said on Sunday.The latest figures represent a 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in property registrations, underscoring sustained demand from homebuyers despite evolving market conditions, according …
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Cumulative investments of nearly $360 billion in infrastructure development over the last decade have translated into estimated annual savings of $123–133 billion for the Indian economy, a joint report said on Friday.The joint report from CII and Knight Frank India said the India’s logistics cost have been slashed to about 10–10.7 per cent of GDP in FY 2026, from 13–14 per cent of GDP a decade ago due to infrastructure investments.The firm said that the country’s…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Strong occupier demand in India’s real estate market is increasingly outpacing institutional capital deployment, creating a widening supply gap despite an estimated $2.3 billion available as dry powder for future investments, a report said on Tuesday.Real estate‑focused alternative investment funds recorded $14.5 billion in capital commitments between 2021 and 2025, but only $7.9 billion has been raised and $5.7 billion deployed, the report from Knight Frank India sa…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Small office occupiers incurred the highest facilities management (FM) costs per sq ft while large office campuses benefitted substantially from scale efficiencies, centralised operations and integrated workplace infrastructure, a report said on Saturday.The report from Knight Frank India found Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gurugram as the highest-cost office markets across small office categories, due to premium Grade A office ecosystems, higher workforce costs and greater dema…