In the current home loan scenario,where there is a lot of volatility in interest rates, home loan counselling assumes greater significance. As home loan repayment is a long term commitment,... Read more

Even as we border on the verge of a new age of quality living within urban environs, we are simultaneously entering a cusp in terms of environmentally conscious development, that can be both... Read more

India’s easing of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms for the real estate sector, the intent to found and build at least a 100 Greenfield smart-cities, and related moves by the curre... Read more

With a majority government in place at the centre that is not fettered by coalition politics and its attendant woes, the BJP has taken several positive steps that are seen by industry as mov... Read more

Less than ten years ago, the concept of luxury homes was firmly tied to a city’s most expensive inner locations. ‘Pin code value’ was the watchword, and developers focused on the luxur... Read more

Given the increasing scarcity of available land in our cities, it is becoming all the more difficult to look at the creation of affordable urban housing without first factoring in slums and... Read more

One significant pointer to India’s remarkable development and growth is its rapid urbanisation. Today one-third of India’s population lives in urban areas and by 2030, our urban... Read more

During the heydays of the British Raj, the colonial establishment used to abandon the searing hot plains in May and make a ritual beeline for the cooler hills to weather over the Indian summ... Read more

We had recently started this Q&A column on all matters pertaining to the purchase and sale of real estate in India, the extant laws that govern this, and numerous other related matters.... Read more