# Housing sales rise 3% in Q3, Mumbai and Bengaluru lead

2026-09-28T16:36:34+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 3 independent outlets

Housing sales across seven major Indian cities rose 3% annually to 1,00,220 units in the July-September 2026 quarter, ANAROCK Research data shows. The total value of homes sold reached Rs 1.55 lakh crore, up 2% from Rs 1.52 lakh crore a year earlier. Mumbai Metropolitan Region led with 31,750 sales and Bengaluru followed with 16,670 units, together accounting for 48% of all sales. Hyderabad recorded the fastest annual sales growth at 15%, while Pune, Delhi-NCR, Chennai and Kolkata saw declines. Builders launched 1,14,320 new homes, an 18% annual increase. Average prices rose 7% to Rs 9,714 per square foot. Unsold inventory rose 12% to 6.31 lakh units across the seven markets. Separately, CRE Matrix data shows Hyderabad's unsold stock jumped 21% to 1,42,722 units in H1 2026, with inventory overhang of 29 months.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

All four outlets rely on the same ANAROCK data, so the headline factual frame is uniform. Livemint and Times of India lead with the 3% sales rise and Rs 1.55 lakh crore value, a neutral-market frame. Greatandhra, a Telangana-focused site, picks a different number from a separate report: Hyderabad unsold stock up 21%, with an inventory overhang of 29 months. That figure is not in the other sources, and it gives Hyderabad's market a problem-centric frame the national stories omit. The balanced reading is that national aggregate growth hides local divergence, and Hyderabad's builder activity is outpacing buyer demand by a wide margin. The next number to watch is festive-quarter absorption, which will test whether supply growth is overshooting demand.

## Coverage

- livemint.com (neutral report) <https://www.livemint.com/industry/real-estate/housing-sales-in-india-these-2-cities-bought-nearly-50-of-all-homes-sold-in-q3-total-value-reaches-1-55-lakh-crore-11790597659496.html>
  Advises homebuyers on market shift, not straight news
- livemint.com (neutral report) <https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/mustread-for-homebuyers-planning-to-buy-a-new-house-from-a-developer-heres-what-you-should-consider-11790604079758.html>
  Advises homebuyers on market shift, not straight news
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/real-estate/news/homebuyers-take-note-these-indian-cities-saw-housing-sales-rise-in-q3-heres-what-changed/articleshow/134538706.cms>
  City-level breakdown, neutral factual reporting
- greatandhra.com (sensationalist) <https://www.greatandhra.com/politics/telangana-news/hyderabad-realty-warning-unsold-homes-jump-21/>
  Leads with Hyderabad unsold inventory rise, not national data

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