Tagged “loan”
Buying a shop or office: zoning, tax, loans and rent
A shop is not a home with a shutter. Check the zone first, then the tax, the tariff, the loan, the GST and the rent sum, before any token.
3 Oct 2026Home insurance: what the standard policy covers
The cover sold with a home loan does not mend a wall. What the standard home policy pays for, how to set the sum insured, and what it leaves out.
3 Oct 2026NRI buying property in Indore: what FEMA allows
A flat or a shop, yes; farmland, no. What FEMA lets NRIs and OCIs buy in Indore, how to pay, and how much of the sale money can go back abroad.
3 Oct 2026Buying property at a bank auction
A bank e-auction sells a property 'as is where is'. What that phrase hands to the buyer, how the payment clock runs, and five checks to make before you bid.
3 Oct 2026Home loan tax benefits: interest, principal and the regime you choose
The ₹2 lakh interest and ₹1.5 lakh principal deductions live only in the old regime. How each works, for joint owners and while a house is built.
3 Oct 2026PMAY-U 2.0: the home-loan interest subsidy, and who qualifies
Up to ₹1.80 lakh off a home loan under PMAY-U 2.0: the income bands, the caps, the pucca-house rule, and how the subsidy is actually paid.
3 Oct 2026What the bank checks before it lends on a property
Before a home loan, a lawyer and a valuer examine the property at the bank's cost. What each one checks, and why a refusal is information.
3 Oct 2026Freehold or leasehold: the difference that does not show on the plot
Two plots on the same street can be two different things: one owned outright, one held on a lease that runs down. How to tell which you are buying.
3 Oct 2026Whose name goes on the sale deed
Who paid and whose name is on the deed are two different questions. What the choice changes, and why to settle it at home, weeks early, not at the desk.
8 Sep 2026Plot loans are not home loans
Less of the value funded, fewer years, sometimes a deadline to build, a tax break that waits — and a bank that checks the ground before it checks you.
8 Sep 2026The encumbrance question: is a loan or a court order already on the land?
A plot can carry a mortgage, a court attachment or a pending suit you cannot see from the gate. What an encumbrance certificate shows, and what it misses.
8 Sep 2026Read it. Then check it on the map.
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