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Why take a home loan ?

In my 27 years of real estate consulting, I have seen almost 93% of my clients avail a home loan to fund their home purchase. Since most home purchases are beyond the budget of home buyers, they use home loans to bridge the gap between their funding and the total cost of the home they are buying.

But what if I tell you that many home buyers still opt for home loans even if they have spare funds to buy the dream home. Yes that’s true. In today’s scenario buyers prefer taking a home loan to fund such purchase. And here is my insight into why these clients prefer taking a home loan.


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How to Ease Stress While Moving into your New Home

Moving into a new home can be a stressful experience for most, considering the hassles of packing, adjusting to a new neighbourhood and unpacking. If this phase isn’t planned in a proper, organized manner, it can metamorphose into a stressful situation that could take days to address and lead to a chaotic life. Now that you have secured a beautiful home and landed yourself a new job(if the relocation has happened to a new city or country), it is time to take things in your stride and enjoy the moment. Moving can be a crazy time for the entire family but it can be made less stressful with a little bit of planning.

Here’s what you can do to make moving into a new home a joyful event than a difficult task:


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The Indian Realtor’s Manifesto

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word ‘Manifesto’ as a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer”. The closest we would come to reading a manifesto is before a crucial election when a political party or an aspiring candidate would publish one. It is a detailed statement that tells people what the party/candidate is about and what they hope to achieve by contesting the elections.


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8 Ways Your Real Estate Agent Is Like Your Mother

  1. They make you clean your room:
    While dealing with prospective buyers for your home, it is always the first impression that matters. It should not come as a surprise to you if your real estate agent asks you to clear the clutter in the living room, replace the bed sheets and generally ensure that your home is presentable just like your mother did.

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9 Popular Myths about Real Estate Agents That Aren’t True

We all know at least one Real estate agent whom we have used for buying or selling property. Our perception about the stereo-typed realtor is probably because of this interaction or probably due to the depiction of one in television serials or movies. However, these assumptions are not always as real as they seem and are far from reality. It’s time to clear the air about these myths that have been around for years and we shall do this in course of this article.


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All you need to know about RERA

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016, known as RERA too, was enacted on 26th March 2016 while all its provisions were effected from 1st May 2017. The Act has been brought in to protect the home buyer’s interests and bring about greater transparency in the real estate industry. Developers are required to register their projects under this act and Real Estate Agents have to register their businesses. The process of registration for real estate agents is currently on going while developers were given the deadline of 31st July 2017, failing with a 10% penalty will be slapped.


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Signs that you have selected the Right Realtor

The buying and selling of a home has all the makings of turning out to become a nightmare, probably a recurring one too. A lot of stress and complications are strewn in this path especially for people who haven’t taken this route earlier. However, the presence of a professional realtor can make things easier for you and ease a lot of stressful situations that may come your way. But how do you know you have made the right selection and picked the right realtor (Yeah, it is as critical as selecting a life partner) who can steer you through the real estate maze.

The following are the signs that you have narrowed down on the ideal real estate guide:


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5 Top Reasons to use a Realtor while buying a home

Your decision to buy a home could possibly be the most important one in your lifetime (choosing your spouse would be another) and carries the highest value in terms of money invested. It’s a huge step to invest in a home of your own and relieve yourself of the hassles of a rented one. You will need to ascertain that you take the right steps and make this single largest investment of your life, truly count.

Here are 5 major reasons why you would do well to use a Realtor during this process:


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Shifting to a new home? Gather your important documents right away!

Relocating from one city to another or one country to another is unavoidable in today’s world. Irrespective of the fact that you may pride yourself to be a bit of a master at the game since you have “Been there done that”, it is never easy to shift home. There has to be a checklist that needs to be ticked off so you do not miss anything. Yeah, we know that you plan to hire the most efficient movers & packers to help you relocate, but there are many other things that you will need to take care of, other than moving your belongings from one place to another.

It is extremely important to minimize the stress of moving to the bare minimum and keep track of all the essential paperwork and documents you will need at your new place of residence. Every utility company like telecom, piped gas, electricity, cable etc. needs multiple copies of varied documents for subscription, so you’d better have them on you when you move. Let’s break this process into a few steps to make it easier to follow:


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5 Things To Check Before Buying Your Dream Home

A majority of first-time home buyers are from the generation born during the eighties and nineties, millennial’s who are recently married or just started new families. For this generation, buying a home for the first time and making such a huge investment is certainly a vital decision. This generation has seen the real estate industry boom and has also seen the volatility of the housing market from afar. Fortunately, the earlier generation which has used some tried and tested methods to successfully invest in the real estate market, is still around and can guide the newer age bracket in a similar manner.

Let us explore them in brief:


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