The Indian real estate market has witnessed a surge in large-scale land purchases in 2025. In the first half of the year, 76 land transactions over 2,898 acres were signed. This has been signed more than all of 2024, when 133 cases were recorded on around 2,515 acres.
The total amount of these land transactions in H1 2025 was Rs 30,885. According to data from Annalock’s latest report, “Land as Land: Deciphering India’s Land Transaction Patterns and Investment Flows.” These lands could generate around Rs 147 million in revenue and could support developments of over 233 million square feet.
Big cities are leading, but small cities are catching up
Of the 76 land transactions in H1 2025, 67 transactions covering around 991 acres have been made in India’s top seven cities. The remaining nine deals, over 1,907 acres, occurred in tier 2 and three cities, including Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Coimbatore, Indore, Mysuru and Panipat.
With 24 transactions covering more than 433 acres, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has won the most land deals. Bengaluru then made 15 transactions on 182 acres, while Pune made 13 transactions on over 214 acres. NCR, Chennai and Hyderabad remained active too.
Regarding land use:
54 transactions (over 1,200 acres) are for residential developments, INC apartments, villas and township projects.
Eight transactions (approximately 48.41 acres) are commercial.
Six transactions (approximately 1,034 acres) of the combined project.
3 transactions (537 acres) for industrial and logistics parks.
One transaction for data centers (2.39 acres) and semiconductor equipment units (25 acres).
Post-pandemic growth and changing trends
“We have seen relentless land transactions in the post-pandemic years since 2021. Between 2021 and H1 2025, over 11,858 acres have been traded across 423 deals nationwide for a variety of developments. The scale and refinement of these transactions are the case. “Mayank Saksena, Land Services MD & CEO, Anarock Group, said:
Emphasizing the changing landscape of India’s real estate geography, Saxena added, “The emergence of Tier II/III cities as important contributors to the national land transaction ecosystem is also worth noting.”
“These markets, once considered periphery to mainstream real estate activities, now represent an inevitable component of India’s real estate growth horizon.
Economic opportunities,” he pointed out.
