Indian economy is consumption-driven, and the onset of festive season fostered the demand for housing in tandem with favourable market conditions. The media reports reveal improved home sales and enhanced property registrations nudging fence-sitters to get converted into actual home buyers. The need for owned homes was underpinned in a pandemic crisis on grounds of comfort, convenience and community living. The new normal routine urged redesigning of home layouts to encompass work\ study\ wellness from home culture and promote walk to work culture. The demand for efficient layouts with extra flex space and luxury homes to upgrade the lifestyle topped the homebuyer’s wish list. There is also renewed demand for home automation and technology-driven amenities on the drawing board of developers to fuel the growing demand of new-age homebuyers. Similarly, The pandemic has resulted in sanitation and hygiene gaining in importance, as has better ventilation and natural light and amenities like uninterrupted power supply, fibre-optic connectivity for robust Internet connectivity etc. The remote work culture, geopolitical uncertainties, currency depreciation and values of other investment assets went under sharp volatility, real estate as a safe bet investment highly attracted NRI communities across the globe to invest in safe nest back home. Gradually there is a change in home buyer profile with female buyers and renters opting to buy their first home will be the largest segment of homebuyers in fiscal 2020-21.