India House Prices, Rents & Rental Yields (2026)

How much property costs in India, what it rents for and how that compares with neighbouring markets in Southern Asia. City-centre prices per m² rank 3 of 6 in this comparison; gross yields rank 5 of 5.

Apartment price per m² (city centre)
$1,642
2023
Apartment price per m² (outside centre)
$877
2023
Gross rental yield (city centre)
2.7%
2024
Price-to-income ratio
13.3
2024
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centre
$270/mo
2024
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
9.0%
2023

Price and rent trends in India

Apartment price per m²
Monthly rents
Gross rental yield & mortgage rate
Price-to-income & price-to-rent ratios

Latest property market indicators

IndicatorValueYear
Apartment price per m² (city centre)Average asking price per square metre to buy an apartment in city centres$1,6422023
Apartment price per m² (outside centre)Average price per square metre to buy an apartment outside city centres$8772023
Price-to-income ratioMedian apartment price divided by median annual disposable family income13.32024
Gross rental yield (city centre)Annual rent as a percentage of purchase price, city-centre apartments2.7%2024
Price-to-rent ratio (city centre)Purchase price divided by annual rent, city-centre apartments36.92024
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment in the city centre$270/mo2024
Rent: 1-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment outside the centre$136/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment in the city centre$515/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment outside the centre$308/mo2023
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)Average yearly mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed9.0%2023

Year-by-year data

YearApartment price per m² (city centre)Apartment price per m² (outside centre)Price-to-income ratioGross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-rent ratio (city centre)Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreRent: 1-bedroom, outside centreRent: 3-bedroom, city centreRent: 3-bedroom, outside centreMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
2024——13.32.7%36.9$270/mo————
2023$1,642$8779.23.2%31.6$219/mo$136/mo$515/mo$308/mo9.0%
2022$1,697$78610.23.1%32.3$209/mo$131/mo$477/mo$292/mo8.1%
2021$1,646$76111.33.0%32.9$202/mo$127/mo$453/mo$281/mo8.1%
2020$1,608$75911.43.0%33.5$207/mo$125/mo$482/mo$286/mo9.0%
2019$1,742$83611.32.9%34.7$219/mo$132/mo$507/mo$299/mo9.5%
2018$1,870$8569.73.1%32.8$212/mo$127/mo$507/mo$298/mo9.5%
2017$1,947$89610.33.1%32.4$217/mo$132/mo$522/mo$311/mo9.8%

India compared with Southern Asia

City-centre price per m²
Gross rental yield (city centre)
CountryApartment price per m² (city centre)Gross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-income ratioMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
India$1,6422.7%13.39.0%
Bangladesh$1,0393.1%12.710.3%
Iran$1,6395.5%22.423.3%
Nepal$2,069——13.3%
Pakistan$5534.5%12.519.9%
Sri Lanka$1,7473.6%3617.7%

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Prices, rents, yields and mortgage rates: Numbeo (crowd-sourced, national averages of city data). Values in US dollars.