Bangalore’s property market is once again setting off alarm bells among homebuyers — and not for good reasons. A Reddit user’s recent post capturing a 50% surge in apartment prices within just one year has sparked a heated debate online about whether India’s tech capital has entered an unsustainable housing bubble. Advertisement

In a viral post, the user described how a 3.5 BHK unit at Mahindra Lifespace’s Singasandra project — priced at ₹1.8 crore around October-November 2024 — is now listed at ₹2.65 crore. “That’s nearly a 50% jump in under a year,” the user wrote, adding disbelief that such appreciation occurred despite limited infrastructure and dependence on tanker water.

“I’m not even debating whether it makes sense to spend almost ₹3 crore on a project that’s on a two-lane road

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