How Should You Prioritise the Amenities in the Post-Covid New Normal
In the post-Covid world, our priorities are set to change in many ways. Subir and Anamika Chatterjee, a middle-aged couple realized it when they started searching for a new flat in Kolkata. Their only daughter is pursuing higher studies in Chennai. Now in her last semester, she has already bagged a couple of job offers…
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…