Liquidity: Compared to financial assets such as stocks and bonds, and even compared to physical assets such as gold and silver, real estate is an illiquid asset class. You can sell a stock on the exchange, sell gold to buyers, or even barter a goat, but it is very difficult to sell a plot or a house. It takes several months, sometimes years, to arrange a buyer. In fact, as sellers in many parts of the National Capital Region and Mumbai have discovered after 2014, finding a buyer can be impossible at times.
