India’s real estate market keeps drawing big money, pulling in $3 billion in investments during the first half of 2025. That’s a solid sign of its appeal in the Asia Pacific region, even as overall investments dipped a bit from last year.
Foreign cash led the way with $1.6 billion, making up about 52% of the total. At the same time, homegrown investors stepped up their game, boosting domestic real estate investment by 53% compared to the same period in 2024. They handled nearly 48% of the deals.
“Investor interest in India stays strong,” says Badal Yagnik, CEO of Colliers India. “Foreign investments hit $1.6 billion, dominating the scene at 52% of institutional money flowing into the country in H1 2025.” He points out that Asia Pacific investors chipped in more than a third of that foreign influx, highlighting India’s key role in global real estate capital flows.
What’s fueling this? High demand for top-notch spaces, smoother GST rules, and excitement over a busy festive shopping season ahead. These factors have institutional investors feeling good about their bets on Indian real estate.
Yagnik expects the full year of 2025 to wrap up strong, with residential and office properties staying hot. Together, these core assets grabbed over half of the H1 investments, led by residential deals worth $0.8 billion.
In the office space, investors are teaming up with local developers to snap up projects in early stages, like land buys and construction. That trend has gained real momentum lately.
Mixed-use developments and retail properties also jumped into the spotlight, claiming more than 30% of India’s real estate investments in H1 2025— a big leap from just 7% a year earlier.
India’s star is rising fast in the Asia Pacific real estate landscape, according to Vimal Nadar, National Director and Head of Research at Colliers India. “Demand is booming across asset classes, and that shows in our climb to fourth place for cross-border capital in land and development sites, up from seventh last quarter.”
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