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New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The overall residential market in India continues to exhibit underlying resilience, supported by a stable macroeconomic backdrop and recent repo rate cuts, a report showed on Monday.Premium segments (homes priced Rs 1 crore and above) now constitute 50 per cent of total annual sales in the country.While the overall market remained resilient with 3,48,207 units sold in 2025 and sales of units priced over Rs 1 crore rose by 14 per cent year-on-year (YoY), the affordable ho…

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) recorded its second‑highest annual gross office leasing in 2025, while its average home prices climbed 19 per cent (on-year), a report said on Friday.Knight Frank India said in the report that Mumbai continued to show resilience, remaining largest player in housing market and posting second‑strongest year for office leasing in over a decade.On the residential front, Delhi-NCR entered a phase of measured normalisation, the report sai…

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) India’s office market touched record high in 2025, with annual gross leasing surging to 86.4 million sq ft, up 20 per cent (year-on-year) and 43 per cent above the pre‑pandemic 2019 peak, a report said on Friday.Real estate services firm Knight Frank India said that on the residential front, sales across eight major cities held broadly steady at 3,48,204 units in 2025, easing 1 per cent YoY.In the same period, new launches were recorded at 362,184 units across the top…

Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Global Capability Centres (GCCs) anchored the India office market in 2025, accounting for 38 per cent of total annual transactions at 31.8 million square feet, strengthening India’s position amongst global peers as a centre of excellence in research and development and other related businesses, according to a new report on Wednesday.Bengaluru alone captured 47 per cent (15.2 mn sq ft) of GCC leasing activity. Overall annual gross leasing surged to 86.4 million square feet,…

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Mumbai recorded 1,50,254 property registrations in 2025, the highest in 14 years, with stamp duty collections rising to Rs 13,487 crore, also a 14‑year peak, a report showed on Wednesday.The report from Knight Frank India said the momentum held through year‑end with 14,447 registrations in December that generated Rs 1,263 crore for the state exchequer, marking a 16 per cent year‑on‑year rise in registrations and an 11 per cent increase in stamp duty collections.S…

Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Private equity investments in India’s real estate sector stood at around $3.5 billion in 2025, a new report said on Sunday.According to a latest report by Knight Frank India, investor interest remained steady, with capital flowing into segments offering stable income and lower risk.As per the report titled ‘Trends in Private Equity Investments in India: H2 2025’, office assets continued to dominate private equity inflows during the year.Office real estate attracted 58…

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in the country is emerging as a strong catalyst for corridor-led investment, with nearly 80 per cent of surveyed existing users associating improved RRTS connectivity with enhanced economic opportunities in their region, a report showed on Friday.Perceptions of economic development are significantly reinforced where infrastructure upgrades are visible, increasing confidence by over 2.25 times. This translates into tangible real es…

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) House purchase affordability improved significantly across major Indian cities in 2025 with Ahmedabad as the most affordable among the top eight cities, a report said on Tuesday.The report from property consultancy Knight Frank India showed Ahmedabad leading the Affordability Index with an EMI‑to‑income ratio of 18 per cent, followed by Pune and Kolkata at 22 per cent.In Mumbai, the EMI‑to‑income ratio declined to 47 per cent, marking the first time the city’s …