Tagged “sale-deed”
Buying a resale flat: the association, the dues and the papers
A resale flat comes with a share of the building, a chain of deeds and possibly the last owner's dues. What to check, and the one letter that caps them.
3 Oct 2026Housing society plots: membership, allotment and registry
A housing society membership is a place in the queue, not a plot. The papers to see, the four red flags, and how a society plot actually becomes yours.
3 Oct 2026TDS on property: the one per cent the buyer must deduct
Buying property for ₹50 lakh or more? One per cent of the price is the seller's tax, and deducting it is your job. What to file, by when, and the NRI exception.
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 2026Gift, will or sale: moving property inside a family
A gift deed works today, a will on death, a sale deed only with real payment. How to choose between them, and the three family mistakes to avoid.
3 Oct 2026Inside the sale deed: the clauses, the schedule and the indemnity
Seven parts of a sale deed, the schedule that decides what you actually bought, and the indemnity clause most standard drafts quietly leave out.
3 Oct 2026Possession is not ownership
The owner on paper and the person on the plot can be two different people. How to find out who holds the land you are buying, and why it matters.
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 2026Inherited land: why every heir has to sign
Buy inherited land from four heirs out of six and you own four-sixths, not the plot. Who counts as an heir, and the papers that settle every share.
3 Oct 2026Clear title is not a certificate: how to read the chain of title
Nobody issues a certificate saying your land is fine. Clear title is a chain of owners with no gap, traced back thirty years. How to read it, and its limits.
3 Oct 2026Power of attorney, agreement to sell, will: why none of them transfers land
An agreement to sell, a power of attorney, a will and a receipt can fill a file and still leave the land in the seller's name. Here is why, and what to ask.
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 2026Registry day: what happens, and mutation afterwards
Stamp duty, the four-month clock, Aadhaar at the counter, e-registration from home, and why a registered deed still leaves mutation to be done.
8 Sep 2026The token: the agreement that comes before the sale deed
The token is the first money you pay and the moment you have least on paper. Six things to put in the agreement to sell before it moves.
8 Sep 2026The five documents that decide whether land is safe
The land is usually fine; the paper decides. The five documents that separate a plot you can build on from one you can only argue about, and how to read each.
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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