Real Estate

Dealing with HSBC

I have heard a lot in the past about HSBC bank being the worst in customer service. Just saw this message about how International banks like HSBC, Stan Chart are looting people. I had a decent experience with ICICI even though i would say they are not always fair enough. Just check this comment and

Home Loans to come down soon

Finally there is some relief for people who have taken floating rate home loans and its almost the time for new home seekers. Majority of HFC’s are seeing large investments, the rates are finally falling after nearly three years. One might be aware that the home loans market had being slump for more than a

Chennai Retail Market Report by Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle is a well known Real Estate Consultants and just got to see their recent report on Chennai’s Retails Market. The report says Chennai’s Retail Market is set to grow rapidly in the next 3 years. Even though Chennai was lagging behind other metro’s in this space, Its good that its catching up

Anmol Sambandam Velachery

Anmol Sambandam Velachery

I was attracted by the elevation of this high rise apartments in Velachery. Anmol is not a know a known builder to many but they do have quite a few projects in Chennai, Kovai. Anmol Sambandam to me reminds me of Sai Sarovar in Velachery. The builder claim it to be a creative Land mark

Home Interiors and some tips to save money

Home Interiors and some tips to save money

Home interiors is one of my hobby and i am always fascinated about it. I am regular reader of at least 2 most popular interior magazines in India. But one thing that really worries me is the high cost associated with interiors now days. People have started giving a lot of importance to home interior

What do you think, which will be the next Adyar?

I think every madrasi loves Adyar, Besant Nagar. It is one of the best residential places to live in Chennai and access to beach and all those posh bungalow’s make it one of the most sought after place in Chennai. Average property rates here goes in crores and per square feet area is around 7000

Builders I like in Chennai

Builders I like in Chennai

There are countless builders in Chennai alone and every builder has its own pros and cons. But there are few builders who are dependable to a great extent and for whom customer satisfaction comes first. It was tough to ignore some in my list below but I had my own reasons for ignoring the other

Ever thought of buying a commercial property?

Commercial property and high investments are always directly proportional to each other. Well its no scientific law but pure common sense. But my question to you. How many people dream of owning a commercial property? Not many, because an Indian middle class mentality is always on owning a house and one more house and more

How to earn Rs 50000 rent for your 2 bed apartment in Chennai

I was wondering if this could be possible. Rs 50000 as rent per month was definately attractive but too good to believe. I happened to come across a website which was talking about Serviced apartments in Delhi. I was really surprised after seeing the Peacock Suites website, who is renting out their fully Serviced apartments

Reverse Mortgages. What is it. Is it worth?

Recently there has been a lot of Buzz on Reverse Mortgage. Several financial institutions in India are serious about reverse mortgage market. So what is Reverse Mortgage? Well its basically a loan targeting Senior Citizens. A fairly new concept in India, the reverse mortgage product is a loan provided to senior citizens by mortgaging their