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Filing procedures, sample notices, jurisdictional traps, and the legal forums available to home buyers in India — RERA, consumer forums, NCDRC, NCLT under Section 7 of the IBC, and civil courts. With landmark orders and what they mean for new buyers.
Stamp duty in Thane is 7% for men and 6% for women in 2026, plus a 1% registration fee capped at ₹30,000. The full cost to register a Thane flat.
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After you close a home loan, collect the NOC, your original title documents, the lien release and an updated EC. The RBI 30-day rule and the full checklist.
· 8 min read
An RWA can charge interest and sue to recover unpaid maintenance, but it cannot cut off your water, power or lift to force payment. What each side can do.
· 8 min read
A residential security deposit is capped at two months' rent in states that adopted the Model Tenancy Act. What a landlord can deduct, and how to get it back.
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An 11-month rent agreement stays below the Registration Act's one-year threshold, so registration is optional — but stamp duty still applies in most states.
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RERA Section 16 makes title insurance a builder duty on registered projects, yet most states never notified it. What a policy covers, and when to buy it.
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India's Registration Bill 2025 remains a draft, not enacted law. What it proposes, what state e-registration already does, and viral 2026 claims fact-checked.
· 8 min read
Under Section 18, a Pune builder owes interest for every month of possession delay at the MahaRERA-prescribed rate. Here is how it is calculated and claimed.
· 8 min read
Buying from a resident seller? How Section 194IA TDS works: when the 1% applies, how to file Form 26QB, and the penalties for getting it wrong.
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The corpus and sinking fund are the buyers' money. RERA requires the builder to maintain the project, then transfer the balance to the association. Here's how.
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If your flat's carpet area is smaller than the agreement, MahaRERA entitles you to a refund with interest. Your rights and how to complain.
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Apartment association elections in Karnataka run on the KAOA bye-laws, not co-op society rules. Who votes and contests, notice periods, quorum and disputes.
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If your builder won't form the association or hand over the common areas, RERA Sections 11 and 17 are on your side. Here are your remedies, step by step.
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Apartment association registration in Karnataka must be under the KAOA 1972, not the Societies or Co-operative Act. Here's the correct route — and the trap.
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TDS on a property purchase under Section 194IA: the buyer's duty to deduct, how to file Form 26QB, and the higher-rate trap when the seller is an NRI.
· 8 min read
Once you file at RERA, can you still go to the consumer forum? What a 2026 Supreme Court ruling on election of remedy means for home buyers.
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How to evaluate a property investment: rental yield vs capital appreciation, the real numbers to run, and the costs buyers routinely forget.
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Can you get a home loan on a B-Khata property in Bangalore? Which lenders say no, why, and how B-Khata to A-Khata conversion changes the answer.
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RERA, the consumer forum or NCLT - which forum to use when a builder defaults, delays possession or won't refund, and what each one can order.
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