Amid War, Is Inflation Just a Builder Excuse for Price Hike?

Construction cost inflation is starting to feel less like a real issue and more like the latest respectable excuse to deceive buyers without sounding greedy. Suddenly every Hyderabad builder will be talking like the US-Israel-Iran tension has directly added 800 per sft to a flat in Kokapet. I’m not denying some pressure is gonna be there. Oil goes up, transport gets hit, materials may move, fine. But this market was already being pushed hard even before all this. So why is every hike now being packaged like some unavoidable global tragedy? Feels like builders have found the perfect moral cover: if you question the price jump, you look like the one who “doesn’t understand macro factors.”

What’s making it worse is how selective this logic is. When costs rise, builders want instant revision. When costs cool off, nobody sees a rollback. When a project gets delayed, the buyer is told to be patient. When world news turns messy, buyers are told to be understanding. Somehow every global event ends up helping the seller here. At this point I’m honestly wondering whether “construction cost inflation” is even the main story anymore, or just a polished way to convert hype into higher rates without admitting Hyderabad pricing has become half sentiment, half theatre.

I am a bit frustrated about how thinks work in this market, trying to get each and every last bit of money from the buyers that they possibly can

What are your opinions on this ?