A couple of good news for the property buyers. First one is that the home loan interest rates are at rock bottom. It helps to increase the home loan eligibility of a property buyer thus increasing affordability. The second one is that in the recent past, I observed that builders have started offering indirect discounts to the property buyers. In my previous post, I shared how the builders are controlling/managing the rates in Primary Market Rates. The indirect discount is the 2nd step if the builders fail to attract buyers i.e. not able to control or manage the property prices. The next ... Read More
Buyers Beware of 5 False Promises By The Property Developer
For a property buyer, the Property Developer or Builder is the most important person in the life till the sale deed is signed. In most of the cases, the property developer occupies almost 100% mind share during the buying process. He may throw a lot of surprises and unexpected events in your life. Based on my experience with property buyers, i can conclude that hardly 5% property buyers are HAPPY with their interaction with the property developer. In this post, i am using the term property developer instead of the builder. The reason being, anyone, and everyone claims to be a builder. The ... Read More
Cost Overrun – One of the Key Reason for Project Delay
Cost Overrun is dangerous for any business. Cost overrun is a vicious cycle and increases in Geometric Progression. A geometric progression is a sequence of no's in which subsequent no is found by multiplying the previous no with fixed no. This fixed no is called common ratio. Gradually the situation goes out of control if cost increase in GP. This is a universal truth and not a pleasant situation for any business. The definition of cost overrun is an unexpected increase in cost against the budget. In other words, underestimation of the project cost. To be honest, accurate cost estimation is ... Read More
Register Under Construction Property for Home Loan
"Register Under Construction Property to avail Home Loan," a Bank Employee told to one of my clients. My client got confused. She was under a notion that under construction property can only be registered at the time of possession. Off late, banks are insisting borrowers to Register Under Construction Property before possession if you are availing a Home Loan. Though it is mandatory to Register Under Construction Property under subvention schemes, it is at the discretion of the bank. From a buyer's perspective, it's a mixed bag. Depending on case to case basis, to Register Under Construction ... Read More
The Most Popular Subvention Schemes
In my opinion, Subvention Schemes are the last lifeline for real estate sector. Currently, the sector is going through a rough patch. In a last ditch effort, builders are rolling out offers under Subvention Schemes to attract buyers. As an unwritten understanding among builder community, a direct discount on the rate card cannot be offered. Moreover, declining sales and ever growing debt burden are forcing builders to offer innovative marketing schemes. These offers can be labeled as Subvention Schemes as most of these offer indirect discounts. In my post, 7 Risks Associated with Subvention ... Read More
Avoid Property Investment through Home Loan
Property Investment is a big craze in India among all asset classes. One of the factors which boost Property Investment is income tax deductions on Home Loan. It is one of the reasons for very high property prices in India. In my opinion, Home Loan Tax deductions are more of a subsidy. If you are buying a property for self-occupation, then you should buy without giving 2nd thought. It makes perfect logical and financial sense. In this post, we will discuss the scenario wherein buyer purchase property for PURE investment purpose, i.e., the property is let out. Few years back, Property ... Read More