The Future of Real Estate in India: Trends and Predictions for 2025 and Beyond

By Mr. Vishwajeet Jhavar, MD, Marvel Realtors
Pune, 04 February 2025: As we look forth to the years beyond 2025, there are several trends and predictions regarding the future of real estate in India. Influencing these trends are advancements in technology, variation in consumer preferences, regulatory reforms, and evolving market dynamics. One trend is that which bears based on the technology.

Technological Integration
Currently, the present reality in real estate, not a futuristic concept, is that technology integrates in real estate. Accelerated in 2025 and beyond, PropTech will adopt a remarkably different nature of buying and selling properties, not excluding management of all types. Technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and the Internet of Things (IoT) these are expected to improvise efficiencies in property transactions and management.

Virtual and augmented reality will offer prospective buyers remote viewing of homes. Blockchain will facilitate transparency and safety in property deals, which minimizes fraud and streamlines processes. Smart homes that come with IoT devices will become popularized, providing convenience and energy efficiency to occupants.

Sustainable Development: You’re going to practice sustainability
You have developed into a need rather than a choice. Increasingly, the real estate industry will be occupied in developing eco-friendliness and sustainability in terms of their properties-the buildings. Green buildings are bound to be the norm; with energy-efficient materials and technologies involved. The fact that the government emphasizes sustainability through schemes like the Smart Cities Mission, and following green building codes, will be a game-changer.

Rainwater harvesting, solar energy utilization, and waste management systems for project development would rank down as preferences under sustainable practices for construction developers. According to buyers and investors, properties meeting green standards will show preference based on the long-term benefits in utility costs and improving living conditions.

Affordable Housing
The ever-increasing demand for affordable housing in India is due to effects of urbanization as well as a growing upper-middle-class segment. Initiatives on housing for all such as PMAY tend to promote this further as an encouraging factor. “First-time home buyers,” as well as lower-income groups, will be sweet targets that attract affordable housing projects among developers, per this course.

Prefabricated & Modular Construction, as well as other innovative building technologies, will reduce construction time as well as reduce the cost, making eventually affordable housing projects viable. Flexible home loan provisions from financial institutions will enable more customers to own homes.

Urbanization and Infrastructure Development
The urban population of India is going to increase considerably, leading to a demand for residential and commercial spaces in cities. Infrastructure development will play a key role in