Housing sales and new launches have plunged to a new low across India’s top 7 cities in Q2 2020. Latest ANAROCK research reveals that residential sales in the quarter plummeted by 81% on yearly basis in these cities – from 68,600 units in Q2 2019 to just 12,720 units in Q2 2020.
Concurrently, new launches fell by 98% in the period with merely 1,390 units getting launched this quarter. New launches account for just four projects – two in Bengaluru and one each in Pune and Kolkata.
If we consider q-o-q data trends, housing sales dropped by 72% in Q2 2020 against Q1 2020 while new launches fell by 97%.
Interestingly, limited new launches helped unsold inventory in the top 6 cities to shrink by 5% on a y-o-y basis – from more than 6.34 lakh units in Q2 2019, it dropped to just over 6 lakh units in Q2 2020.
Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants says, “A massive drop in both new launches and housing sales were, of course, expected on the back of a complete lockdown for most of this quarter. Interestingly, MMR – one of the most COVID-19-affected cities – witnessed maximum housing sales of nearly 3,620 units among all cities, followed by Bengaluru with approx. 2,990 units. Technology adoption has played a big role in housing sales of late, with many developers now strengthening their digital sales capabilities.”
Q2 2020 New Launch Overview:
Amidst the global pandemic, the top 7 cities saw only 1,390 units launched in Q2 2020, against nearly 69,000 units in the corresponding period of 2019 – a decline of 98%. On a quarterly basis, new launches fell by nearly 97%. Nearly 41,220 units were launched in Q1 2020.
In Q2 2020, only four projects were launched – two in Bengaluru and one each in Pune and Kolkata.
- No new launches in MMR, NCR, Hyderabad & Chennai in Q2 2020
- Bengaluru added approx. 590 units (in 2 projects) in Q2 2020, witnessing a yearly decline of 95% and quarterly by 93%.
- Pune added approx. 750 units (in only one project) in Q2 2020 compared to 10,700 units in Q2 2019 and 7,800 units in Q1 2020 – a drop of 93% and 90% respectively.
- Kolkata added only one project consisting of approx. 50 units in Q2 2020, declining by 98% on y-o-y basis and 95% over Q1 2020.
| City wise New Launches (In Units) & Q-o-Q & Y-o-Y Percentage Change | |||||
| Cities Name | Q2-2020 | Q1-2020 | %Change (Q1 2020 Vs Q2 2020) | Q2-2019 | %Change (Q2 2019 Vs Q2 2020) |
| NCR | 0 | 6,190 | -100% | 13,570 | -100% |
| MMR | 0 | 10,490 | -100% | 23,040 | -100% |
| Bangalore | 590 | 8,600 | -93% | 11,010 | -95% |
| Pune | 750 | 7,790 | -90% | 10,700 | -93% |
| Hyderabad | 0 | 3,380 | -100% | 4,160 | -100% |
| Chennai | 0 | 3,680 | -100% | 3,880 | -100% |
| Kolkata | 50 | 1,090 | -95% | 2,640 | -98% |
| Total | 1,390 | 41,220 | -97% | 69,000 | -98% |
Q2 2020 Overall Sales Overview:
Approx. 12,740 units were sold in Q2 2020 as against 68,600 units in Q2 2019 – a decline of 81%. In the quarter of Q1 2020, housing sales stood at 45,200 units, thus falling by 72% q-o-q. NCR, MMR, Bengaluru, and Pune together accounted for 85% of total sales in Q2 2020.
- MMR and NCR witnessed significantly lower sales as compared to previous year and the preceding quarter. Sales in NCR and MMR decreased by 83% each in Q2 2020 against Q2 2019 and 74% each over the previous quarter. Current quarter sales were recorded at approx. 2,100 and 3,620 units, respectively.
- Sales in Hyderabad decreased by 85% in a year – from 4,430 units in Q2 2019 to 660 units in Q2 2020. On a quarterly basis, sales declined by 75%. The city saw sales of approx. 2,680 in Q1 2020.
- Pune and Kolkata witnessed a 79% yearly decline each, and a almost 70% quarterly decrease each in Q2 2020.
- Approx. 2,990 units were sold in Bengaluru in Q2 2020, against 13,150 units a year ago and 8,630 units in the preceding quarter of Q1 2020. The y-o-y decline was 77% and Q-o-Q was 65%.
| City wise Absorption (In Units) & Q-o-Q & Y-o-Y Percentage Change | |||||
| Cities Name | Q2 2020 | Q1 2020 | %Change (Q1 2020 Vs Q2 2020) | Q2 2019 | %Change (Q2 2019 Vs Q2 2020) |
| NCR | 2,100 | 8,150 | -74% | 12,640 | -83% |
| MMR | 3,620 | 13,910 | -74% | 21,360 | -83% |
| Bengaluru | 2,990 | 8,630 | -65% | 13,150 | -77% |
| Pune | 2,160 | 7,200 | -70% | 10,490 | -79% |
| Hyderabad | 660 | 2,680 | -75% | 4,430 | -85% |
| Chennai | 480 | 2,190 | -78% | 2,990 | -84% |
| Kolkata | 730 | 2,440 | -70% | 3,540 | -79% |
| Total | 12,740 | 45,200 | -72% | 68,600 | -81% |
Source: ANAROCK Research
Overall Unsold Inventory till Q2 2020 – Negligible new supply in Q2 2020 in the top 6 cities led to a reasonable decline of nearly 5% in the unsold stock on a yearly basis. The unsold stock in Q2 2019 was more than 6.34 lakh units, which has now reduced to approx. 6 lakh units as on Q2 2020. As against the previous quarter, the unsold stock decline stood at 2%.