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Sharp rent spike positive for landlords, but tenants get priced out

Bengaluru Leads India's Rental Boom With 8.6% Quarterly Rent Spike

Experts say tenants can challenge unfair rental deposit deductions through legal notices, rent authorities and civil courts

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India's rental housing market entered a consolidation phase in July-August 2025, with modest demand and supply growth pointing to a more balanced environment

Several major cities, including Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai, witnessed softer shifts with demand easing between -1.2% and -7.2% QoQ.

PhonePe, Paytm, Cred end rent service: Regulator's new rules require payment aggregators to route funds only to registered merchants, impacting rent payments via credit cards

From privacy risks to legal gaps, here's why Aadhaar isn't always accepted for rent agreements across India

The Supreme Court rules that tenants cannot claim Sarfaesi Act protection unless they can show tenancy began before the property was mortgaged

Have a rent agreement and keep pay receipts: Those are among steps you can take to avoid getting a notice

Since evacuees are naturally looking for residences close to their burned properties, the competition is fiercest in areas that were already tight

If a tenant has died, their family members (like children or a spouse) can now get the keys to the flat, but there are some rules. They have to prove they are the rightful heirs

Ajmera Realty & Infra India Ltd on Thursday reported a 7 per cent growth in sale bookings to Rs 270 crore in the December quarter on better housing demand. Its sale bookings or pre-sales stood at Rs 253 crore in the year-ago period. During the April-Decrmber period of 2024-25 fiscal, the company's sale bookings were up 14 per cent to Rs 830 crore from Rs 730 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing. Dhaval Ajmera, Director, Ajmera Realty & Infra India Ltd, said, the company delivered a steady performance in December quarter, with sales driven by recently launched portfolio and limited inventory availability across projects. "The launched portfolio velocity contributed over 40 per cent to our sales during the nine-month period, demonstrating our ability to align with market expectations," he said. Looking ahead, Dhaval Ajmera said the company is optimistic about launching new projects in the upcoming quarter. "The company is ...

A woman named Harnidh Kaur was asked to pay a Rs 5 lakh deposit for a rent of Rs 40,000 in the IT city, leaving her stunned. She took to X and highlighted the trend of exorbitant Bengaluru rent

Bengaluru's Sarjapur Road saw average monthly rental values increase by 67%, while capital values increased by 54%.

Recently, 52 flat owners in a residential society in Gurgaon found themselves facing legal action for not following the proper procedures

After three years of price rise, some areas may be growing overheated; proceed with caution

Rental yield refers to the annual return on investment (ROI) that a property owner earns from the rent they receive. It's essentially a way to measure the profitability of an investment property.

The Income Tax Department on Monday said it has found mismatch between rent paid by salaried employees vis-a-vis rent received by the recipient for 2020-21 fiscal year and conducted data analysis for high-value cases. Refuting reports that there is a special drive by the department to reopen cases regarding House Rent Allowance (HRA), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the verification of rent paid by the tenant and the rent received by the recipient was done in a "small number" of cases. "Data analysis was carried out in some high-value cases of mismatch between the rent paid by the employee and receipt of rent by the recipient for the FY 2020-21. This verification was done in a small number of cases without re-opening bulk of cases, especially since Updated Return for FY 2020-21(AY 2021-22) could have been filed by the taxpayers concerned only till 31.03.2024," the CBDT said in a statement. The objective of the e-verification was to alert cases of mismatches of ...

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