Buying agricultural land: the questions that come before the price
Farmland is the cheapest property per acre and the easiest to get wrong. Who may buy, what the record must say, and why 'CLU ho jayega' is not a plan.
The payment plan is the deal: how to read a builder’s schedule
Two projects at the same price per square foot can cost very different amounts. The schedule decides how much risk you carry and when — here is how to read one properly.
Your first unit: buy an industrial plot, or lease a shed?
Buying land ties up capital you may need for machines and working capital. Leasing costs more per year and buys you the option to be wrong. How to decide, with numbers.
Plot or flat: which one your money should be in
Not which is better. Which is better for your situation. Six differences that decide it — liquidity, leverage, rental income, maintenance, timeline and what you are actually buying.
How to check a RERA number yourself, in about four minutes
Anyone can print a registration number on a brochure. Checking it takes four minutes on a government site, and it tells you the promoter, the approved timeline and the complaints.
Dholera SIR: the questions to ask before you pay anything
A planned city is a thirty-year project and plots there are sold on a two-year pitch. Eight questions that separate an approved, allotted plot from a share in somebody's hope.
The Jewar airport belt: an honest view of who this suits
An airport reprices land twice, years apart, and most buyers arrive between the two. What the corridor is good for today, what it is not, and how long your money needs to be free.
The seven papers to ask for before you buy a plot in Haryana
Not legal advice — a checklist. The seven documents we ask every seller for before we will list a plot, what each one tells you, and the answer that should end the conversation.
IMT Kharkhoda: what actually changed, and what only sounds like it did
A big plant does not lift every rate around it. Here is which land in Kharkhoda has genuinely repriced, which is trading on a story, and the four things to check before you pay.
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