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Builders’ luxury focus hits affordable housing supply’
Financial Express Hyderabad
|November 05, 2025
Despite demand being high, affordable housing is facing supply-side issues, DLakshminarayanan, MD of Sundaram Home Finance, tells Narayanan V in an interview. He also speaks about the overall housing demand, the impact of GST and the lender’s plans to scale up the emerging business segment. Excerpts:
How is the demand sentiment in the housing segment?
Overall, the housing market has been strong and resilient over the last few years. There was a year-on-year dip in the first half, but the Q2 was better than Q1. This is the scenario in the top 8-10 cities in the country, but small towns have been growing fast. I so not see any change in this trend on the back of economic development.
You recently entered the affordable housing segment. How is the demand there?
This story is from the November 05, 2025 edition of Financial Express Hyderabad.
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