Can Developer-as-a-Service improve real estate’s project economics?
By Navin Dhanuka, Director, ArisUnitern RE Solutions
Real estate development is often treated as a sequence of activities: secure the land, arrange funding, obtain approvals, build, sell and hand over. In practice, these activities are tightly connected. A delay in collections can affect procurement; a procurement shortfall can disrupt construction; and construction delays can push back sales realisation. The cost of a problem in one function is often borne by several others.
India’s residential market shows why getting these decisions right matters. According to ANAROCK’s Q3 2026 data, housing sales across the top seven cities rose 3% year-on-year to about 1,00,220 units, while new launches grew 18% to about 1,14,320 units. Available inventory climbed 12% to over 6.3 lakh homes. Demand remains resilient, but rising inventory points to the growing importance of aligning launch decisions, construction commitments and cash flow assumptions with market absorption.
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