India, Feb. 11 -- In cities like Bengaluru, soaring land prices, rapid real estate growth and the growing premiumisation of housing have pushed property ownership out of reach, even for high-earning tech professionals.

A Reddit post by a 25-year-old earning a top-tier salary has ignited debate over why buying a home in India's biggest cities feels increasingly unattainable, even for the highest-paid salaried individuals.

The user wrote that despite excelling academically, cracking the JEE, graduating from a Tier-1 college with a 9+ CGPA, securing a job at a Tier-1 company and ranking among the top 10% of IIT graduates in terms of salary, and saving diligently for 2.5 years, affording a "decent house with a decent plot in a decent area" ...