India, June 12 -- A record 5.4 lakh housing units are slated for completion across India's top seven cities in 2026, marking the strongest year for residential deliveries in a decade. However, this unprecedented pipeline could face headwinds if the US-Iran war drags on, as rising energy costs, supply-chain disruptions and higher construction input prices could create execution bottlenecks and increase the risk of project delivery delays, according to an Anarock report.

It noted that the western markets of MMR and Pune alone account for 57% of the homes slated for completion, with a large share comprising projects launched between 2021 and 2023 that are now in the final stages of construction.

A prolonged geopolitical crisis has the pote...