Partnership · Real Estate & PropTech

Square Yards partners with IIM Bangalore for property index

By Startup Enthusiast · 17 July 2026

What they do

Square Yards is a real estate data and analytics platform

It has partnered with IIM Bangalore to develop a residential property price index for India

The index will use over 150 million property registration data points from Square Yards

IIM Bangalore and Square Yards have announced a multi-year collaboration.
They will develop and publish a property price index for India.
The index tracks residential property price movements across India over time.
Square Yards will contribute anonymised, aggregated data from its data intelligence ecosystem.
The data includes over 150 million property registration data points.
Data sources include government guidance values, RERA data, primary transaction records, and residential listings.
IIM Bangalore will lead the design of the index methodology and scientific model.
The index is designed as a shared market reference, not a proprietary product.

The goal is to provide a credible, transparent reference point for homebuyers, investors, lenders, policymakers, and researchers.
IIM Bangalore retains full academic freedom and publication rights over the research.
Both organisations can use the jointly developed index in research, reporting, and business activities.

Square Yards is a real estate data and analytics platform.
It provides data intelligence for the real estate sector.
The company collects data from government guidance values, RERA data, primary transaction records, and residential listings.

Product: based proptech startup
Customers: Home buyers, property developers, real estate brokers, and loan seekers
How it makes money: Earns commissions on primary real estate sales and mortgage disbursements, plus interior design fees
What sets it apart: Full-stack integration covering real estate listings, mortgage distribution, and post-possession interior solutions