India moved up eighteen places to take 14th place in the third quarter of 2023 on Knight Frank’s global house price index. The nation’s home prices rose 5.9% annually, creating a notable upward momentum.

In September 2023, the average annual growth rate for home prices in the 56 markets that compose Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index was 3.5%. The previous quarter saw a 2.2% increase in worldwide home prices. 

According to Knight Frank, India’s steady economic growth is the reason behind the country’s rising residential market despite obstacles like increasing home loan rates and inflationary pressures. State and federal governments offered assistance during the pandemic, which sparked the market. 

As per Shishir Baijal, CMD of Knight Frank India, “strong internal economic fundamentals, rising aspirational qualities of residential real estate, and an elevated interest cost environment brought on by elevated levels of inflation are driving heightened demand among homebuyers in prominent residential markets within the country.”

Emerging residential hubs in India’s urban centers are made possible by the increased momentum infrastructure development is receiving from the country’s increasing urbanization, according to Bajijal.  

The Indian housing market has been strong despite price increases. Compared to 3.65 lakh units in 2022, as many as 3.49 lakh units were sold in the top 7 cities by the end of the third quarter of 2023. 

At the same time, the total sales value of the sold housing stock increased marginally to Rs 3.48 lakh crore. The value of all residential property sales in the first nine months of 2023 is already 7% more than the entire year of 2022. 

After a five-to-six-year period of stagnation, real estate value began to decline in 2013. It was a period of tepid demand. But after COVID, we saw a significant resurgence in demand that exceeded the previous peaks, according to Poulomi Estates MD Prashant Rao.

Pent-up demand, the need to upgrade, and a willingness to pay for newer features were key factors driving up property prices. Property prices also rose due to infrastructure development and improvements in the economic environment. Even though real estate prices increased dramatically across the nation, Hyderabad consistently outperformed other top cities year over year. It’s since the city has seen an increase in corporations moving their headquarters there. We anticipate this trend continuing. 

The first quarter of 202 saw Turkey at the top of the rankings. With an annual growth rate of 89.2%, this is another year of record growth. The top five rankings belong to countries in southeast Europe, including Greece (14%), Croatia (13.7%), and North Macedonia (11%). 

With 6.3% annual growth, Japan leads the Asia-Pacific region, followed by India with 5.9%.

Given the rising costs for mortgage borrowers, the resilience of global house prices is surprising; however, market supports include solid savings, pay settlements above inflation, and a shortage of stock available for purchase. The main problem facing the housing markets in 2024 will continue to be low market liquidity, with sales volumes falling by up to 25% from their recent peaks. “Only a move toward lower interest rates will boost sales activity,” stated Liam Bailey, Knight Frank’s global head of research.