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Summary Construction costs are rising as crude oil surge drives up cement, steel, and logistics prices across India. Home loan EMIs may increase if RBI hikes rates to defend the falling rupee against the dollar. NRIs stand to gain, a weaker rupee makes Indian property significantly cheaper when bought in
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Summary India's forex reserves at $691.11 billion are under serious stress from the Iran war. Oil imports at $174.9 billion annually are the single biggest drain on dollar reserves. Gold imports of $72 billion make India the world's second-largest buyer, prompting Modi's
Prime Minister Modi’s address in Vadodara yesterday marks a radical shift in Indian economic policy. By urging a voluntary one-year freeze on gold and a return to Pandemic-era WFH, the government is deploying behavioral patriotism to defend the Rupee against the fallout of the US-Iran conflict and a shuttered
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Summary UP RERA's 10th Amendment (effective March 25, 2026) caps builder transfer charges, ending years of arbitrary, illegal fees. Family and inheritance transfers are now capped at ₹1,000, down from builder-imposed amounts as high as ₹25–30 lakh. Resale or third-party property transfers are capped at ₹25,
For nearly a decade, the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) was the undisputed king of the Indian household portfolio. It offered a unique trifecta: the absolute safety of the Sovereign, the aggressive capital appreciation of gold, and a 2.5% annual interest cherry on top. But in 2026,The silence from
For the average investor in Dalal Street, Tokyo feels worlds away. We focus on the RBI, the Fed, and the Nifty 50. But in a hyper-connected 2026, the Indian stock market is tethered to the Bank of Japan (BoJ) by a very thin, very expensive wire called the carry trade.
When the RBI announced the withdrawal of the ₹2,000 denomination in May 2023, the ghosts of 2016’s demonetisation immediately resurfaced. However, the 2023 exercise was fundamentally different: it was a withdrawal from circulation rather than an overnight ban. Now, with the benefit of hindsight in 2026, we can
While the captive class of taxpayers has spent 2026 navigating a volatile stock market and high direct taxation, a subset of savvy investors has found alpha in an unlikely place: their wrists. We have moved beyond the era where a luxury watch was a mere vanity purchase. In today’s
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Summary India's real estate market to grow from $650B in 2025 to $5.8T by 2047- FICCI–KPMG AI adoption in corporate real estate jumped from 5% (2023) to 91% (2025) BIM, GIS, IoT & blockchain recommended across all project stages 97.3% land records digitised under Digital
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South India's Luxury Housing Boom: What FY26 Data Reveals The ultra-luxury real estate market in India is witnessing a seismic shift, and nowhere is this more visible than in South India. According to a joint report by India Sotheby's International Realty and CRE Matrix, three southern
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Summary $1.7 billion in real estate transactions closed in Q1 CY2026, up 37% year-on-year. Core asset acquisitions surged 178% to $1.03 billion; Q2 has already crossed $1.48 billion. Domestic investors led for the first time since 2014 holding 72% of Q1 2026 investment volume. REITs and InvITs
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Summary Karnataka has extended the 5% property tax rebate deadline to May 31, 2026, covering 25 lakh properties across five urban local bodies in the Greater Bengaluru Area The rebate applies only to lump-sum, single-instalment payments, part-payments are ineligible GBA is staring at a ₹500 crore revenue shortfall versus last