Unsold housing units rose 4% to nearly 5.77 lakh units last year across seven major cities as supply of new homes exceeded demand, according to Anarock.
Real estate consultant Anarock data of the primary residential market showed that the unsold housing units across seven major cities were 5,76,617 units at the end of 2025 from 5,53,073 units at the end of the preceding year.
"Annually, unsold inventory in the top 7 cities rose 4% by 2025-end, largely because of tapered demand and increased new supply in the year," Anarock explained.
1 January 2026
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Housing sales in the top 7 cities fell 14% annually to 3,95,625 units last year, while new supply rose 2% to 4,19,170 units.
As per the data, the unsold housing stock fell in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Hyderabad, but rose in Delhi-NCR, Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
The unsold housing stock in Delhi-NCR rose 5% to 90,455 units at 2025-end from 85,901 units in 2024.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) saw a marginal decline of 1% in unsold homes to 1,79,228 units from 1,80,964 units.
In Bengaluru, the unsold housing stock rose 23% to 64,863 units from 52,807 units.
The unsold housing stock in Pune went up 3% to 83,491 units from 80,672 units.
In Hyderabad, the unsold homes dipped 2% to 96,140 units from 97,765 units.
The unsold housing stock rose 18% in Chennai to 33,434 units from 28,423 units.
In Kolkata, the number of unsold homes stood at 29,007 units at the end of last year, up 9% from 26,542 units at 2024-end, the data showed.
On the outlook, Anarock believes that the demand should rise on lower interest rates on home loans, provided housing prices remain under control.
