chennai the chennai realty market recorded a substantial increase in number of new apartments last year when compared with the corresponding period of 2017 a report by a property consultant saidin a statement anarock property consultants said chennai added new supply of 15680 units in 2018 compared to 7940 units in 2017 which is a massive rise of 98 approximately 49 new supply was added in the affordable segment it addedhaving absorbed a lot of the impact of various structural changes the indian real estate sector seemed poised to grow from the previous year anuj puri chairman of anarock property consultants noting that builders were very extremely cautious about launching projects to align supply with the existing buyer demand he said this helped sales pick up momentum in 2018 simultaneously builders reduced the average property sizes to align their offerings with the highlyincentivised affordable housing bracket he added