After influence peddling with a false narrative of ‘All is Well’ for so long the built environment of Indian real estate has finally conceded to the reality of headwinds. At the beginning of the yeart 2025 a section of stakeholders are accepting for the first time that declining home sales and high prices are going to hurt in the year ahead. However, they are yet to come to terms with their own faultlines. Track2Realty questions whether talking about the need to lower home loan interest rates and some concessions with the upcoming Union Budget is going to make any tangible difference.