kolkata demand for luxury homes has shot up by 50 in the past six months and by over 25 when compared to 2019 the surge in demand coupled with rise in input costs has pushed up prices by 2025according to research data released by real estate consultant anarock kolkata has witnessed a 50 rise in sales in the first half of 2022 when compared to 2021 with just 1490 units available on sale in the luxury homes category in the beginning of the year 630 units were sold in the first six months the highest sales during a halfyear period in recent yearsluxury homes that comprised 3 of total homes sales in 2019 had shrunk to barely 1 in 2020 following covid however it had then recovered to 4 of the total home sales in 2021 and further to 6 of the pie in the first half of 2022 sanjay jhunjhunwala of mani group that specialises in luxury homes said the jump in demand was due to the time people had spent in their homes during the pandemic earlier people refurbished homes now expectations have changed and people want quality and spacious homes in a green complex with modern amenities he saidthe luxury category can be subdivided into premium superpremium and ultra premium while some categorise homes priced rs 36 crore as premium and rs 610 crore superpremium the ultra luxury are iconic developments that are unique based on both the location and the developmentsiddharth pansari of primarc group that has ventured into the luxury homes segment said size of luxury homes have also increased by 20 following the pandemic with people requiring an additional room to be used as study even now children are doing online tuition and executives have online meetings with outstation clients he saidconfederation of real estate developers association of india credai bengal chapter president nandu belani who also develops premium category homes said people had made good money investing in stock markets and were now keen to invest in luxury homes the demand has zoomed since the stock availability in this category is limited prices have escalated he added