Arvind Jain

The best way to ensure the protection of Home Buyers is to abolish the practice of raising money before possession of a Project.

The term 'location, location, location' is a very familiar one, and it is the time-tested maxim behind every successful property investment.

With more money to spend, buyers can now look towards luxury living as opposed to mere living quarters.

As a real estate location, Charoli offers several important advantages to its residents. It provides ready access to the leading schools and colleges that are the pride of Pune, the Oxford of the East. It also adjoins some of the most important Information Technology and BPO hubs such as Hinjewadi, Magarpatta City and Nagar Road.

The Maharashtra housing regulatory authority has the best of intentions at heart, and will enforce higher levels of transparency. I

The main purpose of open spaces is providing the means for the recreation that is necessary for overall health and welfare. As a result, the availability of ample open spaces near a housing project also enhances property values, the appearance of the community, quality of life and preservation of natural surroundings.

Especially for larger cities like Pune, they are in fact the only remaining solution for citizens who aspire for acceptable living condition. As the rest of the city continues to get overpopulated and polluted, integrated townships are gaining more and more significance among home buyers.

Home automation has become a very important criterion for them is a natural extension of this fact. Empowered with more disposable income, India’s growing middle class is looking for a lifestyle that addresses their needs for efficiency, functionality and sustainability.

Bungalows are the ultimate real estate investment vehicle, as their value grows in tandem with the appreciation of land prices in a locality. In the case of bungalows situated in townships, the appreciation of land value is further compounded by the growth in value made possible by the superior infrastructure.

Pune was also one of the first cities to deliver convincingly on the real estate format of the future - namely townships.

It is no secret that home buyers can save up to 30% of the cost price of a property by investing at the pre-launch stage of a project. This is, in fact, the most popular mode of property investment among Pune property buyers. Essentially, this is seen as a riskier method of property investment, as one is investing in a 'product' that has yet to be 'manufactured'

Home purchase and property investment are two very separate concepts. A home is one of the things we buy because we intend to put them to use and make our lives more secure and comfortable.

Vacant homes across our cities are causing a big stir now - and for good reason. In a country which has not been able to meet the housing needs of the largest part of its population, a massive number of flats standing empty comes across an aberration.

By 2025 India will need to add the equivalent of a city the size of Chicago to its existing floor space to support the growth in population. This requires a great deal of agility and fine-tuning – green districts need to be small enough to innovate quickly but big enough to have an impact.

India’s economy is once again on a sure footing, and people across the country are now confident about buying homes. Purchasing a home is of course a huge investment, and therefore not something where there can be any margin for error – and yet, things can and often do go wrong.

Inflation, as put forth by economists, is a global phenomenon that is largely governed by the cost of credit. While the prices of essential items like food grains or fuel rise, the income of the common man remains at the same level.

Green homes are living premises that are comfortable, healthy, cost efficient, energy saving and environmentally sustainable. Green homes lead to substantial reductions in energy costs. This also helps the owners save a lot of money in the longer run.

Till a few years back Pune was considered a pensioner's destination and was not considered a serious real estate market but that has changed

In India, it is a real estate maxim that most people on the lookout for homes will always seek out localities that are close, or as close as possible to their places of work. Consequently, residential projects with good connectivity – specifically road and rail infrastructure - experience the maximum sales traction.

Be it white collar or blue collar, every working Maharashtrian wants to own a home.

According to Hindu mythology, Akshaya Tritiya is one of three days in the Hindu calendar when one does not need an exact muhurat to start something auspicious. Each moment of this day is considered propitious. For believers, there could be no better alternative.