New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- With Covid-19, real estate developers in India are suddenly faced with the need to rapidly adopt technology to get property sales going. Anarock research indicates that while homebuyer enquiries have increased by more than 50% post the nationwide lockdowns, a large part of these enquiries is generated online.

By Sunil Mishra

This is unlikely to change soon - though homebuyers are back on the market, social distancing and overall safety concerns are still very much in place. A lot of the property discovery journey has now gone online, and developers who do not use technology to harness and convert online enquiries are at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, like many other functions these days, the technology and profession...