The pent-up demand for housing is now getting converted into actual sales. While industry experts have been terming the scenario as buyers’ market for some time, home buyers themselves seem to have become more active now. The performance of some of the listed real estate companies in terms of residential sales over the past one year indicates that things are looking up. Lower home loan interest rates and the government’s impetus on affordable housing have played a key role in this. The government has supported the housing sector through affordable housing fund, lower Goods & Services Tax (GST) rates, increased tenure of loans under the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and extended income tax benefits to apartments of carpet area of 645 sq ft. “Growth has been there in most parts of the country. There could be some pockets where the growth has been slightly slower than what one would have expected, but per se the growth has b