Countless buyers and sellers put in innumerable hours charily probing properties or preparing their homes for sale. Even if you’re not an experienced negotiator, there are steps you can take to improve results whether you’re buying or selling property. Negotiation doesn’t need to be a confront

Just when you’ve pretty well figured out what real estate sales agents do, along comes another breed—real estate licensees working as real estate consultants. Are they really different from typical real estate agents or merely applying new window dressing to look unique to lure consumers? While

India Real Estate: Homing InThe city’s hustle and the bustle leaves one craving for the solace of bright, sun drenched filled open spaces, where the chirruping of birds can be heard, as tranquillity and cool breezes win hands down over the hectic commotion of inner city life. If that’s your stat

Parking money in real estate is considered the best investment by the investor community. For investors in the middle-income group, buying a piece of land has become a dream, while stocks, bonds, fixed deposits among others are within their reach. A booming economy and surging activity in the real e

Punjab Real Estate: Punjabis Wanna Come HomeHot speculation about young and old NRI techies wanting to come home has led entrepreneur T.S. Dhillon to chalk out plans for a comfortable housing society for NRIs in Mohali. Inaugurating his NRI Services Centre in Sector 34, Chandigarh, Dhillon said his

Uttar Pradesh Real Estate: Ambitious PlansNot to be left out by the change of scenery being wrought in the National Capital Region (NCR), the UP government has ambitious plans for developing the industrial city of Ghaziabad into an attractive city to rival its counterparts. And, the UP city has rece

Jullunder Real Estate: NRI InvestmentsRecently, Punjab has been witnessing a Return of the Natives even while 15,000 plus passports are issued every month to people chasing the NRI dream in Doaba region alone. A mirage of a better future has turned Punjab’s immigration in to an exodus. But, there

News update - Chandigarh1. 105 case litigation cases filed in month of May for Zirakpur properties. 2. Fraud cases of multiple bayanas.News update - Delhi1. DLF on Saturday announced that it would go ahead with its public issue of around Rs 13,500 crores - touted as the biggest IPO in Indian market.

With the realty sector growing rapidly and housing projects being a major part of that boom, property prices may not fall substantially. As banks are being less generous in providing loans to realty developers and brokers, the property market has begun to cool down.As a result, property prices, whic

Kolkata or Calcutta, also known as the intellectual capital of India, positions itself as a prolific venture for the enterprising Real Estate pros and capitalists-having nearly one crore sq ft of real estate space under development in Kolkata, as compared to 100,000 sq ft two years ago. Apart from t

Mohali Real Estate: Imitating GurgaonRecently, a Shop-cum-Office-cum-Flat (SCF) in Mohali with a reserve price of Rs. 2.5-crore was bid for and went for a whopping Rs. 4-crore. A figure that is, surely indicative of the rocketing real estate prices in this booming IT city. And, this transaction is p

Finance Ministry has told the capital markets watchdog Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) to take a final view on allowing mutual funds to unveil schemes which could invest in real estate. Media reports, quoting officials, said Sebi was of the view that there were legal constraints in ope

India’s property market is luring global realty funds as the fast-growing economy boosts demand for office space, houses and shopping malls, but soaring prices pose a risk of a meltdown.Realty funds have assets worth about $4.7 billion in India, with industry estimates on growth varying widely fro

HIMALAYAN hill stations built by British colonial officers to shelter them from the fierce Indian summer and remind them of home are to be restored to their former glory by a new generation of middle-class Indians eager to savour a similar lifestyle. Government officials in Himachal Pradesh, home to

The real estate market in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi could be a risky proposition for investors not intending to hold the property for long. Many consultants and builders feel that the real estate prices have almost peaked and it would be difficult for investors to make money in a sh