Property Investment

Why Real Estate Investment will be in Greater Favour Going Forward

Why Real Estate Investment will be in Greater Favour Going Forward

Real estate investment was never highly preferred by investment advisor Sumit Agarwal but the Covid-19 pandemic changed everything. Relatively safe investment options like a bond, FD has a very poor return on investment in a situation where the interest rate has nosedived. Most of his clients find it very difficult to accept the gut-wrenching volatility…

How to Add a Co-owner to a Property and What are the Benefits

How to Add a Co-owner to a Property and What are the Benefits

Dr. Sunil Mehta got married after thoroughly establishing himself as a cardiac surgeon in Kolkata. He is an extremely busy man and depends on his wife to manage most of his financial affairs. After a few years of marriage, Sunil decided to make his wife a co-owner of their apartment in New Town. Sunil was…

How First-time Homebuyers be Ready to Tide over any Financial Crisis

How First-time Homebuyers be Ready to Tide over any Financial Crisis

Anjan Sengupta and his wife currently live in a rented apartment with their 6-year-old daughter. The area is growing with quite a few upcoming residential complexes and Anjan’s wife is particularly keen to buy a flat nearby as her parental home is quite close. Their daughter’s school is also conveniently in the same locality. Anjan…

Southern Bypass is the New Real Estate Hotspot in Kolkata

Southern Bypass is the New Real Estate Hotspot in Kolkata

Aveek Basu lives with his wife, their 4-year-old son, and his parents in a rented flat near Garia. He has been considering buying a flat nearby and was looking at various upcoming apartment complexes. His priority is to live in a gated community because of the added safety it offers. Searching through the internet, he…

How Virtual Interaction is the New Normal in Property Transaction

How Virtual Interaction is the New Normal in Property Transaction

Property transaction has changed for the better; that is what Rabi Dasgupta found out when he started the process of buying a flat in a gated community in Kolkata. A major part of the property transaction can be done digitally now, saving a humongous amount of time. Ravi stays in Bangalore while his wife and…

How the Mega Stimulus will Help the Real Estate Industry

How the Mega Stimulus will Help the Real Estate Industry

The Coronavirus pandemic had prompted the Government of India to adopt a strict nationwide lockdown. Barring scanty manufacturing and distribution of essential commodities, medical supplies, and utilities, this comprehensive lockdown completely stopped almost all other industrial and commercial activities nationwide. Although the lockdown was necessary to arrest the speed of the spread of COVID-19 in…

How You Can Research a Neighbourhood before Buying a Property

How You Can Research a Neighbourhood before Buying a Property

Sanjeev and Rupa, a couple working in the IT sector, got married about a year back. Somewhat perturbed with the problems of staying in a rented home, and somewhat falling for the desire of creating a happy nest for the duo, they started planning for buying a property. As luck would have it, the COVID-19…

Good News for MIG Homebuyers: The PMAY CLSS Scheme Is Extended

Good News for MIG Homebuyers: The PMAY CLSS Scheme Is Extended

After three long years of deliberation, random frugality, and calculated saving up, 38-year-old school teacher Sanjib and his wife Anjali were finally ready to buy their first home in 2020. They decided to apply for a home loan and had plans to avail of the PMAY CLSS scheme for MIG homebuyers. But fate has a…

The Future of Salt Lake Sector V as an Excellent Business District

The Future of Salt Lake Sector V as an Excellent Business District

Rita’s first reaction when she came to know that her MNC has transferred her to Kolkata, was to pass over the opportunity. But the transfer came with its own perks of a better position and higher salary. She forced herself to swallow the bitter pill and prepared to make the City of Joy her new…