New Delhi, May 16 -- India's residential real estate market entered a more stable and demand-driven phase in the January-March quarter of 2026, with housing sales and new launches remaining largely steady across major cities even as property prices continued to rise, according to a quarterly residential market report by PropTiger.

The report showed that nearly 96,000 homes were sold across eight major cities during Q1 2026, while new housing supply remained almost unchanged from a year ago, indicating that the market was moving away from the rapid post-pandemic expansion phase toward more balanced growth.

According to the Real InsightT - Residential Q1 2026 report released by PropTiger, housing sales across the top eight cities stood at...