Tag Archives: real estate

10 Loan Tips for First Time Home Buyers

10 Loan Tips for First Time Home Buyers Unwrapping your birthday gift or Christmas gift probably had you excited and nervous at the same time. Buying a house could give you the same experience, but hightened. This is especially true for first time home buyers. But with a little homework at the outset, most of… Read More »

How to Start Planning for Buying a House

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 »

Nifty Tax Savings from Investing in Property

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 »

Investing in Equities: Risk or Reward?

  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 »

How to Juggle Investments Across Cities: A Case Study in Financial Planning

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 »

5 Financial Planning Myths Busted

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 »

Budget-wary investors make a short call on the FM

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 »