Why do I need a House? Independence! What a sweet word. Admit it, you want to shift from your current cramped lifestyle to a spacious pad that at least gives you the choice to start yoga, have courtyard toilets, grow a terrace garden even. Hain na? Renters ahoy! Get your own pad and you can… Read More »
If you’ve been planning a vacation, you’ve been looking at a lot of different travel packages. And every different type of package give you different amounts of add ons. Similarly, investing in property gives you different tax add ons based on your situation. Here’s Anuj, just another Indian who thinks real estate is one of… Read More »
Broccoli soup or Grilled Chicken? Salad or Burgers? You probably did not pick the Broccoli soup but we all know that it’s healthy. When it comes to investments, people have their own preferences with gold, land and FDs, but not many pick equities. Equities are considered risky and some even consider them akin to… Read More »
Ever noticed the gleam in the eyes of jugglers who perform at circuses or talent shows, juggling hoops, flaming torches and knives with aplomb? Well, Krishna Prasad was one such juggler. Only, he juggled investments. Smart investment decisions require you to have patience and an eye for details – not unlike those circus performers. Such investors… Read More »
Ever take a machine for repair and find it working perfectly in front of the repairman? Ever expect an important call and have the network fail you exactly at the time of the call? Ever make the perfect coffee only to be called away to a meeting that lasts just long enough for your coffee… Read More »
Sunny Leone was once a practicing nun. There! We just did what gets done all the time – create a myth. The financial planning world is full of such myths (not about Sunny Leone, but hey, we like the way you think!) Here are five such myths. We can’t tell you who created them. So… Read More »
There is an old saying that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. While it may still take some time for beggars to ride, there is no dearth of wishes by the Indian taxpayer today for a plethora of reforms to make their way out of Arun Jaitley’s Budget briefcase this year. Like other retail… Read More »
Home buyers are always looking for the best home they can buy with the resources and time available with them. Now, more than ever, real estate prices are subdued and buyers are again active in the market. Buying a home is the most exciting and at the same time, tedious task for people. While the… Read More »
It is a fact that the real estate sector across India had only an average performance last year, except for a few cities. Still, the last few months were good, as the fall in rupee attracted huge NRI investments in real estate. One of the main reasons why 2011-2012 was not too good for real… Read More »
Real estate attracts capital gains tax. The advantage is that we can use indexation benefits to our advantage. The indexation index is announced every year by the Income tax department. This is a number which links the inflation to property values. By using indexation, we can estimate the true appreciation of the real estate after… Read More »