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Is the asking price fair?

Compare like with like: the same pocket, the same area basis, and a range rather than one average. Then read how prices sit in each market.

The numbers to start with

From Is the asking price fair? A one-hour check, with real numbers from one Gurgaon sector. Each figure is sourced or marked as an illustration there.

  • 47%
    How far the 75th percentile sits above the 25th in Gurgaon's Sector 56, per sq ft
  • About 2×
    Gap between the highest and lowest locality median in Gurgaon, among 16 localities with 100+ listings
  • ₹77 lakh
    Gap between the 25th and 75th percentile for a 1,300 sq ft flat in Sector 56
    Illustration

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  1. Recommended first read

    Is the asking price fair? A one-hour check, with real numbers from one Gurgaon sector

    Even inside one sector, asking prices for flats differ a lot: in Sector 56, Gurgaon, the 25th to 75th percentile ran from ₹12,678 to ₹18,583 per sq ft across 534 listings. For a 1,300 sq ft flat that is a ₹77 lakh spread. Here is how to tell where yours sits.

    Buyer Guide · 3 min readRead this first →

  2. What's a fair price in Gurgaon? What 9,769 listings say, and a surprise on rents

    We grouped 9,769 Gurgaon sale listings into 17 localities where property portals agree on price. Median asking rates run from about ₹9,000 to ₹20,000 per sq ft, and rents return only 2–3% a year on almost all of them. Here's how to use that to test a quote.

    Market Analysis · 5 min read

  3. Noida vs Gurgaon: Noida is about 23% cheaper per sq ft. Here's what the gap buys you, and what it costs.

    Across thousands of listings, Noida's median asking price is about 23% below Gurgaon's, and rents return under 3% of the price in both. But 72% of Noida's active registered projects are past their own completion date, against 39% in Gurgaon. Here's how to choose for your budget and commute.

    Market Analysis · 3 min read

  4. Whitefield asks a third more per sq ft than Bengaluru as a whole, and a 'loading' of 1.38 can turn ₹12,500 into ₹17,250. How to check the real price.

    Whitefield's median asking price is ₹12,912 per sq ft, against ₹9,791 for Bengaluru's localities as a whole, and rents return about 3% a year. Here's what neighbouring localities ask, how carpet loading changes the price you're quoted, and the upfront costs Karnataka now charges.

    Market Analysis · 4 min read

  5. Hyderabad's 'high rental yield' story doesn't show up in the listings. Here's what does.

    Hyderabad is often pitched as India's rental-yield city. Across 102 localities in the Gulmohar Atlas, the median asking yield is 3.5%, level with Bengaluru and below Mumbai, and an independent rent index agrees. Here's how the western IT corridor actually prices, and the approval check that matters more here than almost anywhere.

    Market Analysis · 4 min read

  6. ₹1.5 crore buys about 560 sq ft in Andheri, 940 in Thane West or 1,260 in Kharghar. Rents don't make up the difference.

    Across more than 1 lakh listings in the Mumbai region, asking prices fall about fourfold from the island city to Thane and Navi Mumbai, but rental returns barely move: every zone sits between 3.5% and 4.1% gross. The idea that cheaper suburbs pay much higher rents isn't in the data.

    Market Analysis · 4 min read
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