Hyderabad, July 4 -- Hyderabad remains the third most expensive residential market among the country's top eight cities, with households needing to spend 41 per cent of their income towards home loan EMIs, according to property consultant Knight Frank India's Affordability Index for the first half of 2026.

The index, which measures the proportion of household income that goes into servicing the equated monthly instalment (EMI) of a housing unit, showed that affordability in Hyderabad has stayed largely unchanged compared with the end of 2025, when the ratio also stood at 41 per cent.

Six of the eight cities tracked by the index remained within the affordability threshold of 50 per cent, a level beyond which banks typically become reluct...