Indian Real Estate for Dummies

Dear Real Estate Job Seeker, First of all, here is a big hug for you. A bear hug. We know you have been facing a difficult time findin...

The last 3 years have been quite a testing time for everyone me in the Indian Real Estate industry. I say this purely out of my persona...

Q: What will be the construction cost to build a G+4 standalone building in India? (Starting: August 2015) A: INR 1500 per Sq ft ....

When visionaries predicted that passenger and luxury cars would run on diesel, the average guy laughed. Just over a decade has passed and w...

Some of the biggest bestsellers ever printed were "The Joy of Sex" and "More Joy of Sex." Nice. We have nothing again...

In India, the time tested flowchart for human needs is a mere three word system. Roti - Kapdaa - Makaan . (Food - Clothing - Shelter) W...

On the desktop of one of the office computers, a little known folder was being populated with creative real estate adverts for sometime now...

If you sit behind a neat desk and check out real estate development reports, the sheer amount of square footage already built and under con...

Dear Board Members and Investors, I have very little time to waste. So dodge this! Photo Credit Updated at 10 PM IST, 2nd July, 2015 ...

Isn't it mind blowing to picture yourself sitting in this part of Nepal? Photo Credit I have not been to Nepal yet. The good news ...

They say, 'Well begun is half done', so lets start with some Fudge.  Now that the F word is out of the way, let me take you th...

Here is an example of a real estate website's 'before and after' mobile optimization  " In 2014 our data revealed th...

Some pleasant news for India's real estate fraternity from Prime Minister Modi's visit to France. The PM's official twitter ha...

Updated at 11:30 AM, 6th May, 2015 The much awaited real estate regulatory bill is now in limbo. The revolutionary bill ran ag...

The modern world's first shopping mall is the Southdale Shopping Center, Edina, Minnesota. In less than seven decades from Southdale...

To the spacecraft cemetery  where else?  About 3,900 km from Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is a 4 km deep, desolate section ...

If there were no properties on resale, the term real estate investment would become redundant. Homes are built, rebuilt, redesigned, l...

Question: Which are the Top 5 Property Portals in India right now? Answer: Here is that list; 1. Magicbricks ( www.magicbricks.c...

At 9:47, British astronomer Patrick Moore declared, "Jump now!" A minute passed, and then the BBC switchboard lit up with doz...

We were writing a whole blog post on that but then this image replaced the thousand words effortlessly. Thus. :)

This is an express blog post. It has been put together in record time. Please take a look at the LinkedIn screenshot below; Image: Link...

To, Mr. Raghuram Rajan Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Dear Sir, You are an academician, an implementer and a vision...

But all is not lost. You can own an acre yourself, for about $30 plus taxes.  WTF? Yes. You think we would spend all this time trying...

"With the increasing occurrence of flooding in the world, more houses have been unintentionally under water in recent years but vill...

You know what feels like heaven on a hot, sultry, Indian summer afternoon? A cold towel on the face? Yes. Dipping your feet in a cold pool ...

If you were allowed to use just one image to explain the term 'Prime Real Estate' (yes, exactly like Kindergarten), we doubt there ...

If you are a real estate builder in one of India's many vibrant cities, this smart city blog post is a must read for you. Firstly, ple...