# Affordable housing stock shrinks, premium home inventory jumps 43% 2026-08-08T18:41:50+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Unsold homes priced below Rs 1 crore are being absorbed, while premium housing inventory is piling up rapidly across eight major Indian markets. According to a Knight Frank India report, total unsold residential stock rose 4% year-on-year to 5,25,695 units at the end of H1 2026. But the headline figure masks a sharp split: inventory in the Rs 2-5 crore segment surged 43% to 65,671 units, while affordable segments recorded declines of 7% (below Rs 50 lakh) and 3% (Rs 50 lakh-Rs 1 crore). The overall Quarters to Sell (QTS) metric stood at 6.0 quarters, up from 5.8 at end of 2025. Ahmedabad posted the highest QTS at 8.1 quarters, followed by NCR at 7.6. Pune was lowest at 4.0 quarters. Notably, the Rs 2-5 crore segment saw sales rise 19% alongside rising inventory, giving it a relatively healthy QTS of 4.4 quarters. At the ultra-luxury end (Rs 20-50 crore), QTS stretched to 14.2 quarters, though total inventory in that bracket is only around 2,081 units. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: affordable housing, housing market, Knight Frank, premium housing, real estate, unsold inventory Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/affordable-housing-stock-shrinks-premium-home-inventory-jumps-43/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/affordable-housing-stock-shrinks-premium-home-inventory-jumps-43/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.