After years of record-breaking growth in India’s property market, housing prices could be heading into a period of stagnation rather than a crash, according to investment banker Sarthak Ahuja.

In a LinkedIn post that has sparked wide discussion among homebuyers and real estate professionals, Ahuja questioned whether the country’s overheated housing market can sustain its current trajectory. “If house prices are so high that no one can afford to buy a house now, will the prices continue to rise, or will real estate prices crash?” he wrote. Advertisement

Citing data from the past few years, Ahuja noted that housing prices in India have surged by nearly 10% annually since 2020, while average incomes have grown at only about 5% a year. This widening gap has pushed home affordability to rec

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