7/12 Extract (Satbara): What Maharashtra Buyers Check
A section-by-section guide to reading a Maharashtra 7/12 extract before you buy land, from gat number to hidden liens in 'other rights.'
Patta and Chitta Land Records for Tamil Nadu Buyers
Patta and chitta sound like the same document to most first-time land buyers in Tamil Nadu — they are not, and confusing them can cost you the plot.
NOCs You Need When Buying a Flat in India
A practical sequence for collecting society, bank, and builder NOCs before closing on a flat, plus a real scenario of catching a lien through a bank NOC.
Society Share Certificate: Checking It in a Resale Flat
A first-time resale buyer's plain-language guide to what a cooperative society share certificate proves, how transfer actually works, and what to check before you pay.
Completion Certificate vs Occupancy Certificate Explained
CC says the building was built as approved; OC says you're legally allowed to live in it — and confusing the two can leave a first-time buyer stuck on a temporary water connection.
How to Verify an Occupancy Certificate Is Genuine
A PDF labelled 'Occupancy Certificate' isn't proof by itself — here's the concrete, field-by-field way to cross-check whether an OC is genuine.
Mother Deed (Parent Document): What Buyers Must Verify
The mother deed anchors a property's entire ownership history — here's how to trace the chain from it to the current sale deed before you sign anything.
Mutation of Property Records After Purchase Explained
Registration felt like the finish line, until a stale property-tax notice reminded one Delhi-NCR buyer that revenue records still needed to be mutated into her name.
Why Property Tax Receipts Matter in Legal Verification
A tax-paid receipt looks like a formality until you realise it's one of the few paper trails that ties a seller's name to a specific property, year after year.
Checking the Approved Building Plan Before Buying
A top floor that looks freshly built but never appears on the sanctioned plan is one of the most common — and most expensive — surprises in Indian home buying.
Land Conversion Certificate (DC Conversion) for Buyers
A plot that still counts as farmland in government records can't legally hold your future home, no matter how many houses already stand around it.
RTC (Pahani) Land Record: Reading It Before Buying
Every column on a Pahani exists to answer one buyer question or another — the trouble is nobody hands you the translation key along with the printout.
10 RERA Mistakes First-Time Buyers Should Avoid
RERA protects buyers on paper, but only if you actually use its portal, its carpet-area rule, and its payment caps — here are the ten slip-ups that quietly erase that protection.
Documents a Builder Must Disclose on the RERA Portal
A plain-English walkthrough of every document a developer must publish on the state RERA portal, and how to read each one before you book.