BUSINESS
Project delays loom as anti-pollution measures bring back construction curbs in Delhi-NCR
Facing labour shortage and rising costs, fresh restrictions only deepen trouble for under-construction housing projects and also affect the livelihood of workers.
BUSINESS
From Trump Towers to Jacob & Co, branded residences lead India’s luxury housing wave
Research by NOESIS Capital Advisors shows that Delhi NCR leads with current and planned supply of around 2,117 branded residence units, followed by Mumbai with 715 units, Pune with 479 units, Odisha with 402 and Chennai with 123 units.
BUSINESS
Tamil Nadu tops SEZ charts, emerges as fastest-growing GCC and data centre hub
The state’s tech and R&D ecosystem—home to over 750 electronic R&D institutes, the highest number of operational SEZs in India (54), and a robust network of industrial parks—is propelling a fresh wave of real estate and infrastructure growth.
BUSINESS
Lower EMIs, higher buyer confidence, RBI's 25 bps cut to boost housing sentiment, says industry
The RBI slashed the repo rate by 25-basis-points to 5.25% from 5.5% at its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on December 5. RBI has kept repo rate unchanged in last two MPC meetings since August 2025.
BUSINESS
Birla Estates enters Greater Noida market as co-developer in Rs 1,600-crore housing project with Sikka Group
The project, to be built on a 5-acre land parcel owned by Sikka Group in sector 10 Greater Noida, marks Birla Estates’ debut in the region. As part of the arrangement, Birla Estates will invest about Rs 500 crore and join the project as co-developer, people familiar with the development said.
BUSINESS
Luxury housing now makes up over a quarter of India’s supply as developers pivot to premium homes
Median luxury prices show strong depth across cities, with Mumbai at Rs 9.66 crore, Gurugram at Rs 5.46 crore, Bengaluru at Rs 2.91 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 2.20 crore, Chennai at Rs 2.00 crore, Pune at Rs 1.97 crore and Kolkata at Rs 1.50 crore, data showed.
BUSINESS
JAL’s bankruptcy becomes Adani’s opportunity to build a North India real estate empire
Industry experts and analysts told Moneycontrol that JAL's acquisition by Adani Group would effectively hand Adani Realty a ready-made North India platform, significantly accelerating its expansion in one of India’s most competitive real estate markets.
BUSINESS
From metros to mini metros: How Tier-II cities are powering India’s real estate expansion
Real estate experts said that the rise in tourism across leisure and religious Tier-II locations has directly boosted residential demand. Demand is particularly strong in cities such as Ayodhya, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Indore, Rishikesh, Prayagraj, Dehradun, Amritsar, Vrindavan, and Goa.
BUSINESS
Buying Dubai property on loan? Beware of FEMA violations
Many real estate firms have started to offer financing options for foreign properties, which is not permitted under FEMA rules, say experts
BUSINESS
Double-digit price growth phase over, sustainable single-digit rise ahead, says Embassy Developments MD
In an interview or Moneycontrol, Aditya Virwani acknowledges that sales velocity has softened but says the broader housing cycle remains intact due to structural demand drivers
BUSINESS
Increased costs, extended timelines: How the new labour codes could impact the realty, infra sector
Developers, contractors and industry observers said that the reforms will reshape cost structures, productivity models and project timelines across real estate and infrastructure segments.
BUSINESS
Signature Global lines up Rs 14,000 crore launches in FY26, open to opportunities in Noida
Most of the upcoming launches will be positioned in the premium and mid-housing categories, with ticket sizes ranging between Rs 2 crore and Rs 4 crore
BUSINESS
Hope returns for 3,000 families as NCLT approves ONE Group’s plan to revive Aquapolis project
One Group has committed to invest around Rs 700 crore to restart and complete the integrated township project, which spans 26.18 acres and includes 26 towers with nearly 3,000 housing units. The move is expected to pave way for completion of homes for thousands of affected homebuyers and bring long-awaited clarity and relief to them.
BUSINESS
India’s next big real estate story? Plug-and-play data centre cities
Developers say that land for data centres is no longer a straightforward acquisition—operators now demand highly engineered sites with pre-installed power, fibre, cooling and sustainability infrastructure.
BUSINESS
M3M–Jacob & Co branded 5BHK residences sell out at Rs 40,000 per sq ft in Noida — highest-ever rate for the city
The project will feature starting luxury premium residences in configurations of 3 BHK, 4 BHK, and 5 BHK premium luxury residences.
BUSINESS
The new luxury home code: Wellness, space and privacy
Data from JLL shows that demand for homes sized 3,000 sq ft and above rose by nearly 25% YoY across Delhi-NCR in 2025. Experts said that buyers are favouring projects with lower population density, independent floors, and villa-style residences that offer both exclusivity and community living.
BUSINESS
From Shanti Niketan to Golf Links, South Delhi’s luxury floor prices jump by 17%: Study
For luxury independent floors sized 6,000 sq ft, the average price has risen from Rs 19-45 crore in Q3 2024 to Rs 22-53 crore in Q3 2025 in Category A colonies.
BUSINESS
ED arrests Jaypee Infratech’s Manoj Gaur in homebuyer fraud case; homebuyers see ‘ray of hope’
Jaypee Infratech went into insolvency in August 2017 after the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) admitted an application filed by an IDBI Bank-led consortium
BUSINESS
Smog clouds housing timelines: Delhi construction ban to delay projects, say builders
Builders said that although measures are necessary from an environmental standpoint, the blanket nature of the ban places undue strain on developers and affect homebuyers too. They said that one-month ban on construction activities, on an average, delay a project by two to three months.
BUSINESS
Supreme Court issues notice to builder in Gurugram’s Chintels Paradiso case as homebuyers file contempt plea
The homebuyers have accused the developer of failing to commence reconstruction of the damaged towers as directed by the court and of halting rent payments to displaced residents, in violation of both judicial and administrative orders.
BUSINESS
Home sales value to jump 19% in FY26 even as volumes plateau
Data indicates that more than 1.93 lakh units were sold in the top seven cities in the H1 FY26 with the total sales value exceeding Rs 2.98 lakh crore. This is already 53 percent of the total sales value clocked in entire FY25, which was around Rs 5.59 lakh crore.
BUSINESS
HUDCO Q2FY26 profit up 3% YoY; reports record disbursements and improved asset quality
HUDCO also reported its highest-ever H1 loan disbursements, reaching Rs 25,838 crore, up from Rs 21,699 crore in H1FY25.
BUSINESS
CapitaLand bets $1 billion on India’s 5GW data centre future, to double capacity to 500 MW by 2030
Surajit Chatterjee, Managing Director and Head, Data Centre, India, CapitaLand Investment, said hyperscalers drive 15% quarterly demand surge. Mumbai and Hyderabad will anchor CapitaLand’s 500 MW expansion by 2030, he said.
BUSINESS
UPRERA allows work to resume on 22 projects, bringing relief to 8,800 buyers
Work on these projects, some of which are in NCR, was suspended in July last for failing to upload documents such as land ownership records and building maps on the regulator’s portal
