Sales of DDA homes go up 340% in four years as income rises 152%

By Bricksnwall | 2026-03-11

Policy improvements and easier access to the market led to a 340.9% jump in house sales and a 152.9% rise in revenue for the DDA.

According to official data released on Tuesday, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has seen a big jump in housing sales and revenue over the past four years. This is because more people are buying homes and the DDA has changed how it sells homes.

The authority's numbers reveal that DDA sold 29,909 homes between 2022-23 and 2025-26. This is a 340.9% rise from the 6,783 homes sold in the previous four years, from 2018-19 to 2021-22. During this time, sales brought in ₹10,446 crore, which is 152.9% more than the ₹4,130 crore that sales brought in during the previous four years.

Officials said the rise was due to higher demand and big regulatory reforms meant to make sales easier and schemes more accessible. "The authority has taken a number of efforts to make the housing selling process easier and the schemes more available to buyers. An official added, "The LG enforced several changes in rules and simplified procedures that led to more people taking part in recent housing schemes, such as the merging of flats and allowing people to choose their own flats."

Officials noted that one of the main changes that helped boost sales was doing rid of the rule that specified property owners with 67 square meters or more could not buy additional DDA unit. The authorities also changed the lottery method to a first-come, first-served approach and included flat selection, which lets buyers see sample flats and real units before making a choice.

"There was also a conscious effort to deal with the backlog of unsold flats and to come up with plans that meet market demand." The official went on to say, "This helped sell more units."

To entice more purchasers and speed up the allotment process, other steps were taken, such as combining nearby flats, allowing government organizations or private businesses to buy in bulk, and taking parking space out of flat cost calculations.

In the previous few years, the housing plans have been changed in a number of ways. The official said, "These included making paperwork easier, giving people more payment options, and making the allotment process more open."

The rise in revenue helped DDA halt a ten-year streak of annual losses. The authority made a profit of more than ₹511 crore in FY 2023-24, its first profit since 2012-13. It then made a profit of ₹1,672 crore in FY 2024-25 and over ₹2,083 crore in FY 2025-26, which was three years in a row of profits.

Officials said the authority has also been running targeted housing programs for certain groups of purchasers. Some plans have focused on clearing out stock in certain areas, such Narela and Siraspur. Others have offered discounts and changed price structures to get more people to join.

The authority has been working to make the programs more helpful to people who apply. "The higher number of flats sold and the rise in revenue that goes with it show that people are responding to those efforts," the official said.

Officials indicated that the authority aims to keep releasing more housing inventories through upcoming programs to keep sales going strong.

Source: Hindustan Times