India, June 30 -- Increasing property prices and geopolitical tensions across the world have hit housing sales in seven metropolitan cities in India, with sales dropping by 20% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) was hit the hardest, with housing sales dropping by 25%, from 41,540 units in the second quarter of 2024 to 31,275 units in the second quarter of 2025, according to a report by real estate consulting firm, Anarock.

Approximately 96,285 houses were sold in the second quarter (April-June) of 2025 across the seven metropolitan cities - National Capital Region, MMR, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, compared to 120,335 houses sold in the same perio...