India Monthly Market Dynamics - June 2026

The India Monthly Market Dynamics provides a comprehensive overview of India's real estate market. The report highlights that in June 2026, demand for office space and retail leasing has gone up in most cities, while residential new launches increased across several markets.

Today, an overwhelming 78% of business and CRE leaders recognize that AI will significantly impact their portfolio strategies and CRE function over the next 3-5 years. Yet only 15% have progressed beyond exploration and initial deployment to actively optimize AI in their CRE operations and prepare for AI-driven organizational change. This gap reflects the complexity of assessing the impact of a technology still in the early stages of enterprise adoption, where the effects on the workforce are unclear and most companies remain in evaluation mode.

Capturing perspectives from over 2,200 C-suite executives and CRE leaders across 21 countries, our research reveals three critical challenges.

Key highlights

• First, portfolio decisions await clearer enterprise workforce strategies. Real estate transformation depends on CEO and CHRO decisions around which roles AI will transform, how collaboration patterns will evolve and where talent will concentrate.
• Second, skills gaps now exceed budget constraints. For the first time in 15 years of this research, the primary barrier to CRE value creation is not money; it’s a shortage of future-ready talent.
• Third, an aspiration-affordability disconnect. Organizations aspire to AI-enabled, premium-quality portfolios but face dual investment pressures—rising baseline costs (rental, energy, OpEx) layered with new AI infrastructure and technology demands.

The 15% of organizations that are successfully navigating these challenges are focusing on systematically resolving constraints within their control, while building adaptive capacity – at a portfolio and structural level – for forces they cannot predict.

There is a pattern to how organizations approach AI transformation for their CRE operations. Most leaders are watching closely: 46% actively monitor AI trends and 40% are analyzing implications for their CRE function. But when moving from analysis to action, only 33% are actively modeling the potential effects on their portfolios across locations and asset types.

The report offers city-specific insights on office, retail, and residential markets for key Indian cities, including rental and capital value trends, significant transactions, and infrastructure updates. It serves as a valuable resource for understanding the current state and future trajectory of India's real estate market.