chennai water supply is the most important aspect for a homebuyertenant in chennai a survey on the real estate market trends has found the national survey in six metros also found that for a majority of chennaiites the distance between the workplace and home still matters while most homebuyers tenants look for independent houses landlords in chennai largely prefer families over bachelors as tenants the survey conducted by online real estate portal nobroker questioned 21000 customers in six cities including mumbai hyderabad and chennaiaccording to nobrokers annual real estate report 2021 53 of buyers from chennai said it was a good time to buy a property for security of owning a physical asset the highest among metros for 56 of homebuyers water supply was a top priority next only to budget interestingly 60 of buyers in chennai preferred independent houses over society flats and plots another top priority among the other metros while 76 wanted a house within chennai 62 preferred a vaastucompliant home among tenants 66 looked for water supply and 58 security while 45 chose homes for facilities available about 41 shifted from their previous accommodation for want of a bigger house while barely 2 cited work from home as a reason for moving out for 69 of tenants the distance from their workplace still matters on the other hand 84 of landlords prefer families as tenants and 42 increased the rent now s sridharan chairman of development and housing body credai differed with the survey regarding for independent houses if you take the chennai real estate market apartment units are top followed by plots and villas in fact homebuyers prefer apartment complexes because the maintenance and security are taken care moreover homebuyers priority list is in the order of location budget and water supply he added