If you like your city crushes backed by data… fair enough.
Mohali’s price appreciation has consistently ranked among the strongest in Punjab. And it’s not overnight speculation but a market that’s been quietly compounding while everyone was still calling it “Chandigarh’s neighbour.”
Here’s the number that actually made us pause:
In March 2026, GMADA auctioned seven residential plots in the established Sector 68 belt. The reserve price was ₹7.64 crore. They sold for ₹25.01 crore — a 228% premium.
That’s not a headline generated by a developer’s marketing team; that’s institutional capital, competing against itself, for land in a sector that already has roads, schools, and trees old enough to give real shade.
A month or so later, GMADA’s Aerocity land auction crossed ₹311 crore for roughly 6 acres. When government land auctions start behaving like that, it tells you the “next big thing” conversation has quietly already happened among the people who move the largest cheques.
Now compare Mohali to Gurugram, since that’s the question NRI buyers ask us most. Mohali’s residential rates run roughly ₹4,300–12,000 per sq ft, against Gurugram’s ₹8,000–25,000. Same budget, nearly double the space here. Rental yields lean the same way too, typically 4–8% in Mohali versus 2–4% in Gurugram.
You give up some liquidity and brand recognition, sure. But for a buyer trying to make ₹1–2 crore work as hard as possible, it’s not really a close call.
And it isn’t only residential doing the heavy lifting. Commercial spaces, be it offices, retail, mixed-use developments along the IT corridor, all have been growing right alongside the housing boom.
That matters more than it sounds like it should, because a city with a healthy commercial base tends to hold its home values steadier. It isn’t leaning on just one type of buyer to keep the market moving.