The prime areas in Bengaluru saw a huge 31 per cent surge in rent in the first nine months of 2023. In fact, though residential rents shot up in all the top 7 cities in India, it was more pronounced in the IT/ITeS hubs. After Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune took the second and third spot in terms of rental surges, respectively, according to a recent study by Anarock Group.