mumbai the realty index on friday slipped 445 per cent on inflationary concerns as realtors feared a rise in housing loan rates as the bombay stock exchange benchmark plummeted to touch nearly ninemonth low the realty sector index suffered a loss of 25079 points at 538381 after touching a low of 534980 points the downward march of the index was led by realty major dlf and housing financing firm housing development finance corp dlf ltd stocks fell by rs 2182 to rs 45635 and hdfc by rs 5335 at rs 52815 marketmen said with the rate of inflation touching a 13 year high of 1105 per cent bankers and other lenders would be forced to raise interest rate on housing loans which would have a negative impact on real estate sales meanwhile shares of akruti city declined nearly 8 per cent to rs 79010 and shobha developers by rs 2575 at rs 36095 also indiabulls realstate declined 591 per cent to rs 35405