India’s Luxury Property Boom Turns Realtors Like Ravi Kewalramani Into Stars

In the midst of a global real estate downturn, the world’s most populous country just recorded its best year for home sales since 2008. That optimism has helped turn India into the latest country to fall for a particular breed of social-media star: the real estate influencer.

Ravi Kewalramani is one of them. As the nation’s rich have got richer, buying condos, villas and penthouses across the country, the broker-turned-celebrity has attracted more than 1 million Instagram followers in just over two years.