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Will Diwali light up Chennai’s Property Market?

In the last two years, Chennai’s developers have been trying out various out-of-the-box ideas to attract buyers and increase their revenues. With the festive season here the city’s builders are now resorting to perhaps their last option: heavy discounts. The beginnings of what promises to be a price correction in home real estate in terms

Fraud in the Name of Fit-Out Possession?

The two year freeze on real estate projects in Noida by the National Green Tribunal over the Okhla Bird Sanctuary issue has led developers to start a peculiar new practice. To soothe the nerves of impatient flat allottees who have been demanding to move into their apartments, developers are offering them something known as ‘Fit-out

Redevelopment Troubles? Time to go in for Self-Redevelopment

The vast majority of buildings in Mumbai are decades old, rundown and usually kept together by a patchwork of repairs. The Saptarishi society in Borivali was one such complex and until last year, it was on the verge of collapse. Concerned residents decided to redevelop the society and have a bigger and better building come

Thinking of Buying in Bellandur? Here are Things You Must Know

If you are one among the many that aspire to live in Bengaluru, the IT capital of the city, then Bellandur on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) should be on your list. Don’t believe me? Well then, let’s listen to the experience of Pushpakumar, an IT employee working in Whitefield. He could have picked a