Buying a home
Builder-buyer agreement: 12 clauses to read before you pay, and the Supreme Court's model-agreement case
What RERA says about payment schedules, delay interest, carpet area, defect liability, forfeiture and dispute forums. Also what a 2025 Supreme Court ruling means for a cancellation on a ₹90 lakh flat, and where the case for a nationwide model agreement stands.
Stamp duty by state, 2026: the rates we could verify, and how women's concessions really apply
Which states' stamp duty, registration and transfer-duty rates are confirmed on official portals, which are not, how the Delhi and Maharashtra concessions for women work and where they stop, and what a ₹1.2 crore flat costs a couple and a woman buying alone in Delhi and Telangana.
Five RERA protections every Maharashtra home buyer should know, with the section for each
The 10% cap before a registered agreement, the 70% project account, consent for plan changes, refund with interest for delay, and how to complain. What the law says, where it says it, and a September 2026 tribunal order that shows it being enforced.