India Real Estate & REITs Weekly Snapshot: 29 May 2026 By Arindam Bose ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ Opening Insight The Market Corrected. The Property Cycle Did Not. Last week, the sector absorbed volatility and stabilised. This week, it absorbed optimism — then lost it entirely. For most of the week, real estate stocks behaved normally. Mid-week recoveries appeared. Q4 earnings drove selective buying. Platforms with strong pre-sales momentum attracted attention. REITs held steady. The tape looked constructive. Then Friday happened. In the final 30 minutes of trade, ₹6 lakh crore vanished across Indian equities. The Nifty Realty Index , which had defended support for days, cracked 3.71% for the week. Stocks that climbed Monday through Thursday gave back gains in a single algorithmic cascade. This was not earnings-driven. It was not company-specific. It was not even real-estate-specific. It was MSCI rebalancing . Monsoon warnings. Crude above $10...