Benami Property is one of the first real estate jargon i learned in my childhood. Unfortunately, even after 25 years, the benami property still exists. In my childhood, i used to wonder what is meant by benami property. I concluded, a property that is not in anyone's name is benami property :). One fine day, i asked my father and he shared real life example to explain the concept in easy to understand language. Let's check out with the same example What is Benami Property? In my hometown, there was a very big single screen theater. My father knew it's owner i.e. Person A. One fine day, ... Read More
Property Purchase – Five Blunders to Avoid
A property purchase is a mixed feeling for the buyers. Normally, the buyers are super excited at the time of first property purchase. They just want to close the deal asap. Therefore, the probability of blunder is high during first property purchase. Recently, i asked one of my clients to share some property related documents. He emailed me 2 documents. He told me that he received only these 2 documents besides a copy of sale deed and couple of other documents submitted for a home loan. Now he is struggling to sell the property as he bought it 8 years back. I casually asked him, was this his ... Read More
Property Transaction – 5 Risks of a Seller
In a Property Transaction, what are the risks of a seller? is asked by many of my readers. As i always maintained a stand that, predominantly property transaction risk is of a buyer. Therefore, most of my posts on real estate are dedicated to the buyers. For the benefit of sellers, in this post we will discuss 5 risks of a seller in a property transaction. From a seller's perspective, the risk is more or less hedged but still it is advisable to take care of certain points. Most of the sellers prefer property transaction through brokers/agents. Obviously brokers have vested interest in the ... Read More
11 Questions You Should Ask Builder
Its an irony that we don't pose relevant questions to builder while buying a property. A typical trait is that we spend more time probing and bargaining for low value items than big ticket purchase like a house. In a recent behavioral study, it was concluded that we probe and bargain most while buying from roadside stalls. Nothing new in this as i have never seen people bargaining in malls. This study holds true for property purchase from builders. A buyer is afraid of asking too many queries from builder. If i suggest my clients to ask few imp questions from builder, Builder has standard ... Read More
Checklist of Property Documents
Checklist of Property documents is very crucial step of property purchase process. Property transaction in India is document intensive exercise because of complex legal, statutory and regulatory framework. Based on queries received from my clients, i can conclude that approx 80% buyers don't get complete property documents at the time of purchase. These buyers struggle at the time of sale of property. Another problem linked to property documents is that buyer or a seller is not aware why specific property document is required, whether it is required in original or not etc. To help readers of ... Read More
5 Must Have Clauses in Property Sale Agreement
Property Sale Agreement is most important document. It is different from Sale Deed though in some cases Sale Agreement is registered as Sale Deed. Sale agreement contain agreed upon Terms & Conditions between Seller & Buyer for the sale of property. It is legally binding on both the parties. It also specifies the date by which the transaction will be completed. In laymen terms, Sale agreement is a road map how the property transaction will be completed. On the other hand Sale deed is executed at the time of actual transfer of property i.e. transfer of ownership from seller to ... Read More