Want a Flat in Bangalore? You’ll need luck, money and maybe a miracle. Here's why

Bangalore’s city planning is stuck in 2005. With the CDP 2015 long outdated and no new Master Plan in place, the city’s booming growth is built on a broken blueprint.

Developers are trapped in a legal maze where building norms mutate mid-project. Yesterday’s greenlight is today’s violation—and nobody knows what’s legal anymore.

From contradictory by-laws to endless clarifications, developers fear investing in projects that may get axed mid-way. Result? A choked housing pipeline.

Need your land surveyed or approved? Get ready for a bureaucratic nightmare where files don’t move without “speed money”—and where years can pass in limbo.

Developers have taken the state to court over random approval fees. With fewer projects being cleared, these inflated costs are passed straight to buyers.

High costs, bureaucratic chaos, and stalled approvals mean almost no new homes are entering the market—while thousands flood in looking to buy or rent.

Middle-class homeownership in Bangalore is becoming fiction. With elite-only launches dominating and rents skyrocketing, most buyers are priced out.

As supply dries up and affordability tanks, rental demand is set to explode—turning the already brutal market into a cutthroat war.

It’s not economics—it’s negligence. Bangalore’s housing crisis isn’t a fluke; it’s the result of years of government apathy and unchecked planning chaos.