Property Investment

What are Some Common Misconceptions about Home Loans in India?

What are Some Common Misconceptions about Home Loans in India?

Every day Nupur meets a few home loan applicants. And she finds one thing absolutely interesting.  Nupur Chatterjee works in the home loans division of a prominent bank in Kolkata. Her job is to help prospective customers by informing and educating them about home loans.  During the course of her daily interactions, she regularly comes…

How Sector 5 to Sealdah Metro will Help You If You Buy Properties in These Areas

How Sector 5 to Sealdah Metro will Help You If You Buy Properties in These Areas

Tista Sanyal finds it much easier to go to her office at Salt Lake, Sector 5 these days. Earlier it was a painful struggle. Now, going to the office is rather a breeze. Her home is at Barrackpore, and she used to travel to Bidhannagar station, also known as Ultadanga, and go to her office…

The Compelling Reasons Why You Should Buy a Flat on Southern Bypass Now

The Compelling Reasons Why You Should Buy a Flat on Southern Bypass Now

We always want the best of everything. You and I. I am just like you on this. Especially while buying a flat. We want a green, pollution-free area, excellent connectivity, school, shopping mall, and healthcare facilities close by, and future value appreciation. We also want to live in gated communities with all lifestyle amenities like…

Why It Is the Right Time to Buy Property Even When Prices are Going up

Why It Is the Right Time to Buy Property Even When Prices are Going up

Every difficulty comes with an opportunity to benefit if you are alert. The current meltdown in the financial markets is another such opportunity for a massive gain.  Financial markets have witnessed major price erosion with stocks, cryptos, and almost every financial asset heading lower. As inflation is rising fast and furious, it is destroying the…

Ready-to-Move or Under-construction Property — What should You Prefer and Why?

Ready-to-Move or Under-construction Property — What should You Prefer and Why?

Anirban almost always suffers from dilemmas. The situation became worse after he got married because his wife and mother generally do not agree on any point. He feels helpless as he must take one’s side and upset the other. The three of them have been staying in a rented home for a long time and…

Why Live in a Gated Community, Not a Traditional Locality in Kolkata?

Why Live in a Gated Community, Not a Traditional Locality in Kolkata?

Sujoy grew up in a North Kolkata neighbourhood. He loves the closely-knit houses with hardly any space among them and rooftops so close that you can just cross over them. Sometimes, you never know where a house ends and another begins. James Bond would have loved it! It is easy to jump from one roof…

Will the Rising Home Prices Put the Focus Back on Affordable Housing?

Will the Rising Home Prices Put the Focus Back on Affordable Housing?

It is almost a month now. The last time Raj and Moonmonn visited her father’s home is more than a month. Although summer is on us, along with the rare heatwave, Jamaishashthi is some time away. However, Moonmoon’s mother wanted to see them and as the heatwave subsided a bit, Raj and Moonmoon were at…

Does Repo Rate-Hike Signify Costlier Home Loans Going forward?

Does Repo Rate-Hike Signify Costlier Home Loans Going forward?

Rajat, a 30-year-old software developer working in a top IT company at Salt Lake, Sector 5 in Kolkata, cannot avoid getting into some disagreements with his father. Rajat’s father has recently retired from a large engineering company and lives off the interest earned from his savings. With the bank interest dropping to a minimum, he…

Is the Indian Economy in Fine Fettle? Is there any Dark Cloud in the Horizon?

Is the Indian Economy in Fine Fettle? Is there any Dark Cloud in the Horizon?

This has never happened earlier. Never in the history of India. Tax collection figures have gone through the roof and even surpassed Union Budget estimates. India’s tax collections soared to a record high of Rs 27.07 lakh crore in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, as mop-up from income and other direct taxes as…