National,June 2022: As economic stability provides homebuyers with more confidence in their financial state, residential demand has picked up across the top eight cities, with both housing sales and new supply registering a positive growth trend in the quarter ending April-June 2022 (Q2 CY2022).

According to Real Insight Residential – April-June 2022 report, a quarterly analysis of India’s top eight residential markets by REA-backed PropTiger.com, the recent spike in property prices has had little impact on homebuyer sentiment as outlook towards overall economic scenario and income stability improve in the post-coronavirus pandemic phase.

The markets covered in the report include Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Delhi-National Capital Region, and Pune.

 “Even though the RBI increased the repo rate twice during the quarter to bring it to 4.90%, home loans remained largely affordable for the period analysed. The biggest booster to housing demand has been the increased importance of owning a property which has been further backed by the consumer confidence in the overall economic scenario and impending income stability,” said Mr. Vikas Wadhawan, Group CFO.

Ahmedabad, Hyderabad shows the highest sales growth

According to the report, housing sales during the quarter ending June 30^th registered a sequential 5% uptick when compared to the previous quarter (Q1 CY2022). According to the report 74,330 units were sold across the top eight in Q22022 as compared to 70,620 units sold in Q12022. The sharpest sequential increase in sales was witnessed in the end-user-driven markets of Ahmedabad at 30% and Hyderabad, at 21%, respectively

Source: Real Insight Residential – April-June 2022, PropTiger Research 

New launches double in Kolkata

Growth in new supply superseded sales numbers, registering a quarter-on-quarter growth of 28% with. 1,02,130 units launched in the second quarter as against 79,530 in the preceding quarter across India’s eight prime residential markets. New supply doubled in Kolkata on a quarterly basis, as per the report.

*Units converted to nearest thousands

Source: Real Insight Residential – April-June 2022, PropTiger Research

Property values spike across cities

At the same time, average values of new and available properties in the top cities registered an upward price movement ranging between 5% to 9% in this period. Rise in input costs, inflationary pressures and premium attached with ready-to-move-in inventory.  The price rally for the analysis period was sharpest for Pune and Chennai, at 9% (YoY) each respectively.

*Weighted average prices as per new supply and inventory

Source: Real Insight Residential – April-June 2022, PropTiger Research

Inventory overhang at 34 months

The report highlights the current unsold stock in the country is at 7,63,650 units during this period, which will take approximately 34 months (2.8 years) to at the current sales velocity of the top eight cities.

*Units converted to nearest thousands

Source: Real Insight Residential – April-June 2022, PropTiger Research

“We see developers returning to the market in full swing in the second quarter of the year, thus catapulting the new supply back to the 2015 levels. Looking at the overall encouraging trends, we anticipate the sustained demand momentum to increase strength to strength, especially amid the upcoming festive season which will push the growth trajectory further in the ensuing quarter,” said Ms. Ankita Sood, Head of Research,