Homebuyers, take note: These Indian cities saw housing sales rise in Q3

Buying a home in India’s top cities? The latest sales numbers show that the housing market is moving at different speeds. Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai’s wider region saw more homes change hands in the July-September quarter, while sales fell in Pune, Delhi-NCR, Chennai and Kolkata.Across the seven major cities, residential sales rose 3% annually to 1,00,220 units in Q3 2026, compared with 97,080 units in the same quarter last year, according to real estate consultant Anarock.In value terms, housing sales rose 2% to Rs 1.55 lakh crore during the quarter, from Rs 1.52 lakh crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.Here is what happened in each of the seven major housing markets.Mumbai Metropolitan Region: The biggest market gets biggerMMR continued to account for the largest number of housing sales among the seven cities.Sales in the region rose 5% to 31,750 units in July-September 2026, compared with 30,260 units…