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18 Jun 2026  | New Delhi, India

GenAI could deliver up to 50% higher sales velocity and faster launches for India’s real estate sector: EY-Parthenon-CREDAI report

  • AI-driven intelligence is accelerating planning, execution and customer engagement across the real estate value chain.
  • Early adopters of GenAI stand to capture the greatest gains in speed, efficiency and customer experience.

New Delhi, 18 June 2026- Generative AI (GenAI) has the potential to drive significant performance gains in India’s real estate sector, with EY-Parthenon-CREDAI latest report titled, GenAI in Indian Real Estate indicating that developers could see a 30–50% improvement in sales velocity and around 30% faster product launches. These possibilities stem from AI-driven customer intelligence, automated design workflows and predictive project monitoring, signaling a shift from scale-driven operations to a more intelligence-led approach to real estate.

Early adopters could experience strong operational benefits, including 20-50% improvement in workforce productivity, 20–50% lower customer acquisition costs, and decision cycles that may compress from “months to weeks or days.” The EY Parthenon- CREDAI report notes that such advancements have the potential to reshape how developers assess feasibility, plan projects, manage construction and engage with customers.  

Chaitanya Seth, Partner - Real Estate, EY-Parthenon India, said, “GenAI is fast becoming central to value creation and competitiveness, making inaction a growing strategic risk. We see GenAI-led transformation unlocking 2–3X enterprise value within the short to medium horizon, by compressing land-to-launch cycles by 20–30%, driving 30%+ sales acceleration, and delivering a 5–20% step-change in efficiency across cost and timelines. This is not about incremental digitization, rather, it is about rewiring the operating model, redefining customer experience, strengthening brand advocacy, and building brands that scale faster and sell smarter.”

Speaking on the launch of the report, Shekhar G. Patel, President, CREDAI said, “The next phase of growth in Indian real estate will be driven not only by scale, but increasingly by intelligence, speed and the ability to make better decisions across the project lifecycle. The findings of this report suggest that Generative AI has the potential to significantly improve sales velocity, accelerate project launches and enhance productivity across multiple functions, making it a significant opportunity for the sector. What is particularly encouraging is that the impact of GenAI extends beyond operational efficiency. Its application across planning, design, construction, sales and customer engagement can help developers become more responsive to market needs, improve execution quality and deliver a better experience for homebuyers.”

He further, added, “India's real estate sector is entering a new era shaped by rapid urbanisation, expanding infrastructure and rising consumer aspirations. Going forward, the focus should be on harnessing these capabilities to build a smarter, more efficient and resilient real estate sector that can deliver greater value to homebuyers and support India's urban growth ambitions.”

The EY-Parthenon-CREDAI report highlights that GenAI could add US$14–17 billion to the sector’s Gross Value Added (GVA) over the next seven years, equivalent to a 3 – 4% uplift in real estate value. At a broader macro level, GenAI could contribute US$359–438 billion to India’s GDP by 2030, translating into an additional 5.9–7.2% impact on the national economy.

The report also finds that GenAI can cut deal evaluation time by ~50%, reduce land‑closure turnaround time by 30–35%, and enable 2.5× more deals to be evaluated through automated feasibility modelling, seller assessment and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) / Return on Investment (ROI) scenario generation.

Use cases across the real estate lifecycle

EY-Parthenon-CREDAI report highlights, GenAI could reshape the full development lifecycle by automating land feasibility assessments, generating micro-market insights and financial models in minutes; accelerating design and planning through generative layouts, automated BoQs (Bills of Quantities) and faster iterations; enhancing construction delivery via drone-based monitoring, deviation detection and predictive schedule control; boosting sales performance through hyper-personalized campaigns, smarter lead qualification and dynamic pricing; and strengthening post-sales experience with predictive maintenance, automated customer responses and sentiment analytics together enabling developers to operate with greater speed, accuracy and transparency.

These shifts reflect a broader industry move toward AI‑enabled operating models, a transition EY-Parthenon has observed across its work with real estate developers adopting data, analytics and digital tools to enhance asset performance and portfolio decision‑making.

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About EY-Parthenon

With over 6,500 EY-Parthenon professionals and 750+ partners across the globe, EY Parthenon is one of the largest strategy consultancies in the world. EY-P helps CEOs and business leaders design and implement transformative strategies across the entire enterprise, aimed at building long-term value for all stakeholders. EY-Parthenon takes a results-oriented approach, leveraging experience and scale to drive success for our clients. By connecting teams and technologies within EY-Parthenon and the broader EY ecosystem, we provide actionable, impactful corporate, transaction, and turnaround strategies that deliver long-term, sustainable value.

Whether addressing digital transformation, sector convergence and disruption, or navigating financial and operational complexities, EY-Parthenon teams bring data analytics, leading technologies, and digital capabilities to solve our clients' toughest strategic issues. This enables us to quickly move from idea to implementation, helping clients realize their strategies with speed and certainty — we call this Strategy Realized.

EY-Parthenon operates around key pillars, which include:

  • Corporate and Growth Strategy- Assisting top management with strategic themes such as vision, end- game thinking, portfolio strategy and competitive economics.
  • Functional Strategy- Supporting management on functional topics such as digitalization, innovation, brand positioning, and internationalization.
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  • Strategic realization- Helping management realize strategy through topics such as pricing, product and market strategy, cost optimization, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Strategic diagnostic- Full Potential Paradigm, Digital readiness assessment, Proprietary diagnostic tools and approaches.

About CREDAI

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) is the apex body of private Real Estate developers in India, established in 1999, with a vision of transforming the landscape of Indian Real Estate industry and a mandate to pursue the cause of Housing and Habitat. Today, CREDAI represents 13000+ Developers across 230 city chapters in 20 states and plays an important role in policy formulation by representing the views of its members to various Ministries at regular intervals. 

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