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Homeownership is an effective investment option. Ignore it at your own risk!

If you are one of those tentative individuals who is still swinging between renting and buying a home of your own, then this article is for you. Just so that you feel better, you are not alone when it comes to decision making related to a home and we know there could be many genuine reasons behind this procrastination. After all, it’s a long term commitment, isn’t it, much like getting married? No one would blame you for changing and chopping plans about buying a home.

If you would want to believe people (like us) who have been there and done that, there are certainly many virtues of taking this long term pledge. Let’s explore a few emotional and financial reasons for taking the plunge as you read on and ponder about it:


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5 Simple Steps to Connect Easily with your Neighbour

While we have all heard about the popular quote “Love Thy Neighbour”, it has always been a difficult one to practice and execute in real life. How many of us take that extra-effort to know our immediate neighbours and engage with them in the real sense of the word? Our busy and fast-paced lives are divided between family and work, barely leaving any space to socialize with our neighbours. When there is any kind of emergency at home or in the family, we always rush to our neighbours for help. It is always nice to share a comfortable relationship with next-door neighbours, but first it is important to become a good neighbour yourself to others.

Here’s how this can be done easily without making a major effort to establish yourself as a good and reliable neighbour everyone would love to have:


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Top Reasons of Home Loan Rejection and How to Manage Them

When you watch any home loan advertisement on television with all the happy and smiling faces in it, settling down into a brand new home, little do you know the hard work behind the satisfied smiles of the home owners. New loan applicants are oblivious to the complications they could face while submitting a loan application, the documentation needed and the follow-up work involved.

Through this article, we have created a list of reasons why your home loan could get rejected and this will help you to tide over them and avoid these common reasons:


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4 Must Follow Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Every individual aspires to create a home of his/her dream and depending on the financial capability, plans to buy one. With an increased supply of disposable income in hand, the present generation has prioritized home buying as a life goal. To avoid any future hassles, it is important to follow the below mentioned tips before signing across the dotted line.


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Realtors- The present and the Future of Real Estate

Technological advancements are all around us, making our daily chores and functions easier. Booking a cab or a flight ticket or a holiday is just a click away. There have been reports of technology eliminating human intervention totally but it is clear that a smart combination of human intelligence and technology will remain the key to any successful venture. 

With the arrival of technology in the real estate industry, there has been fear that realtors will be soon replaced entirely by housing portals and websites. The basic functions of a realtor may be replaced by technology, but the human element will always remain a critical part of a home buying/selling transaction. In fact, the use of technology will help realtors to conduct their business in a rapid manner and move towards more closures. Property search websites have empowered the consumer to a huge extent but the role of realtors has been further enhanced and their demand has grown multi-fold.


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Suburb name changing

The unofficial renaming of the suburbs- Developers touch new lows

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Psst! don’t look- Mumbai Suburbs are changing….names!

Take away my good name & Take away my life- Anonymous

Though clichéd, I cannot resist quoting Shakespeare from Romeo & Juliet here “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” due to the apt context. But apparently Mumbai builders seem to disagree with the Bard and have launched into a renaming spree while selling properties. Obviously they firmly believe that the so-called “lesser” known locations will benefit from them being herded along with their more “popular” cousins. Yeah! As if calling Dahisar as Upper Borivali will change the property value of a housing project overnight and give it the sheen and polish it was missing till now.


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The Realtor’s Dictionary

Real Estate Dictionary- Simplified for the Common Man

A long time has passed ever since the first English language dictionaries were created. Modern language has added many words to the daily vocabulary since then, giving it a different hue as a lot of slang found its way into it too, not to forget a bit of profanity. However, no-one even thought about infusing the dictionaries with words that the real estate industry uses regularly. This has left us no option but to take the onus upon ourselves to do the honours of preparing a comprehensive list of such “realty-specific” words so the world wakes up to the contribution of realtors to English language.


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