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A first-quarter survey of homebuyers and sellers done by HomeGain.com, a real estate services website, revealed that 76 percent of homeowners believe their home is worth more than the list price recommended by their real estate agent. Homebuyers usually have a better grasp of current market value in the area where they're looking to buy than do sellers who own and live there. Buyers look at a lot of new listings. They make offers, know what sells quickly and for how much, and what doesn't and why. HomeGain reported that homebuyers still think sellers are overpricing their homes. Your home is worth what a buyer will pay for it given current market conditions. This may not be the same as your opinion of what your home will sell for, or what you hope it's worth. Relying on emotion rather than logic when selecting a list price can lead to disappointing results. The prime opportunity for selling a home is when it's new on the market. This is when it is most marketab...

All residential  properties  are built up on land only besides taking all necessary legal precautions sometimes the faults and past claims related to  property  could not be corrected as all property have previous owners. Nowadays people indulging in property transactions are more aware and concerned about the legal issues related to the  real estate  market. Title transactions offers safeguard to property transactions and helps in protection against the loss that arises from legal proceedings. The title insurance concept was first introduced by USA to alter the confusion which is based on property registration  deeds. For assuring the legality and credibility of property insurance policy is a helpful concept. As per laws of state government insurance of building has been mandatory since 2001. Title insurance has been practiced in India by foreign  invest ment companies but the result has not been desirable. In a study it has been observ...

By Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act of 1966, employs the Term Development Plan and indicates a variety of things, but is a mere land-use plan. It also contains the Development Control Rules (DC Rules). Which regulate the Character of buildings and density of population allowed in a specified area. The City’s godfathers who approved the Draft plan perhaps sincerely believed that the Plan would improve the quality of life but some of the prescriptions of the Plan have had the opposite. The prescribed density ceiling for ordinary housing was 200 tenements per net hectare. The FSI concept was based on the land price level and the population potential as assessed by the planners in pursuit of the decongestion concept. The high prevailing FSI in the Island city was reduced in the late seventies to 1.33, while it was fixed at 1 for the suburbs, and 0.75 and 0.5 for certain areas in the M, N, P (North) and R wards. Now since the situation is changed the...

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee  rolled back the proposed 1% tax deduction at source (TDS) on transfer of immovable property. The Finance Bill had proposed that “every transferee of immovable property (other than agricultural land), at the time of making payment for transfer of the property, shall deduct tax at the rate of 1% of such sum”. The proposal would have increased the compliance burden on the part of the buyer, who would have had to deduct the amount and then submit it with the tax authorities. “This would have created a bottleneck for the buyer and increased the complexity of a property transaction,” said Samarjit Singh, managing director of Delhi-based property broking firm IndiaHomes. The buyer was required to provide personal details, details about the property and the seller in the tax deduction form. Experts say that the 1% TDS at the time of the transaction was also a way for the government to collect more information on the value of property transactions...

As anyone who just moved into their own house will know — it is a wonderful feeling to step into a freshly painted and furnished brand new home! Owning and moving into a new home can be a very fulfilling moment! Of course, most of the brand new home owners will also not forget the flip side of this nice feeling - the first three months and the new strain on finances in the form of the EMI! Although most people realise that this EMI amount will be taken away from one's account every month, some can end up making terrible blunders like covering monthly expenses quickly before the bank dips into the account for a big chunk of EMI. This can lead to a cheque or ECS bounce early in the tenure! To avoid this it is best to understand when salary credit happens and time the EMI withdrawal accordingly! An oft repeated grumble in such situations is of course the wish that one should have started saving more! Most households these days belong to the double income category and when y...

There’s always the debate whether to use paints or wall paper on those plain walls in the house. Paints were always the clear winner more for practical reasons than aesthetics. Wall paper tends to peel off quickly, especially due to the constant changes in the climate from time to time, and makes the walls look drab and ugly. This is no longer the case. Now, wallpaper comes in high-grade quality and has special weather-resistant features that peeling is just simply next to impossible! When the thought of wallpaper comes to mind, it is always delicate and dainty designs and floral backgrounds, especially well suited to very ‘English’ made homes. Wall papers have come a long way from there. Although, floral designs do exist and are a favourite in many homes, there is a whole new range of textures, colours and patterns that are available in wall papers. Today, most of it is imported from countries like the UK, Germany, France, Belgium and Italy and comes in attractive stripes, checks...

Life has become really easy and comfortable in 21 st  century. Today you can sit at the corner of your home and get everything from anywhere within a click of the mouse. So is your  real estate   invest ment. You can easily hunt for home and flat on internet. Internet is a store house for information. All you must do is use it wisely and get your dream home  to live in. Do check through different real estate websites. Select a place first. This is very important, if you do not have fixed spot and you are into traveling job, you may face trouble in settling down. Therefore identifying a city or town becomes very important. Once you have fixed on the town or city, you can now search through the website and check the various real estate  projects  that town offers you. Next, plan out the design and structure of your house. For this activity also you can flip through various pages of websites and finalize on the most suitable one. Discuss with your famil...