From epicenter of unscrupulous real estate activities to one of the country's most vibrant realty markets, NCR has come a long way. The region has seen several notable trend reversals in the past five years. Among them – housing demand is now heavily tilted towards the luxury housing segment.
Latest ANAROCK data indicates that out of NCR's total housing sales of approx. 32,200 units in H1 2024, an over 45% share was in the luxury segment, and 24% in the affordable segment. Back in 2019, sales of luxury homes were a mere 3% while the affordable sales share stood at 49%.
Noida and Greater Noida together saw approx. 8,425 units sold in H1 2024. Of this, 42% (approx. 3,550) units were luxury homes and just 13% (approx. 1,100) units were in the affordable segment. The highest sales share - 3,770 units or 45% - was in the mid and premium segments priced between INR 40 lakh and INR 1.5 Cr.
In 2019, these two cities together saw the highest sales in NCR – approx. 21,770 units. Of this, 44% (approx. 9,565) units were sold in the affordable segment, and just 4% (approx. 990) units were in the luxury segment. The maximum sales of 11,215 units or 52% were in the mid and premium segments together.
Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Delhi and Bhiwadi together saw approx. 6,205 units sold in H1 2024, of which the luxury segment accounted for 715+ units, while affordable housing saw 1,920 units sold. The maximum sales of approx. 3,570 units were in the mid and premium segments.
Back in 2019, these cities saw approx. 11,900 units sold, of which the highest share of approx. 7,875 units were in the affordable segment, followed by approx. 3,910 units in the mid and premium segments. Just 115 units sold were luxury homes.
New supply in the region has followed demand, with developers adding more supply in the luxury segment and curtailing it in the affordable segment. Out of approx. 24,300 units launched in NCR in H1 2024 across budget segments, just 2,570 units or 11% were in the affordable segment – a massive 18,600 units, or 77%, were in the luxury segment.
Contrastingly, in 2019, out of approx. 35,280 units launched in the region, over 47% or approx. 16,680 units were in the affordable segment and a mere 12% (approx. 4,230 units) were in the luxury segment.
