Pune-based real estate developers Gera Developments is offering a five-year warranty on all its residential and commercial projects. 


Warranty on realty: Pune builder breaks fresh ground

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Awareness about home insurance plans in India is very low, compared with the global picture. Only of late has some interest caught on among home owners for the need to seek risk cover.&nbsp;

Home Insurance -  Check for replacement value insurance

Borrowers are hedging their risks by opting for a combo of fixed and floating rate loans. 


Hybrid loans - Best of both worlds

Ever wondered what interest rates are actually levied on the zero interest finance schemes often used to purchase consumer durable such as televisions or refrigerators? 


The mechanics of zero interest loans

It comes up during a weekend conversation. Isnt it time we painted the house? your spouse asks. And a small shudder rips through you as you visualise the coming hassles: hunting for a reliable

Painting sans the bother

Real estate prices are rising, and the boom could be for real this time. 


Sandcastles in the air

Foreign banks  Citibank and ABN Amro  today said that interest rates on home loans are set to rise. Interest rates on home loans and some other loan product categories are set to rise, said

Citi, ABN Amro, LIC Housing Finance to up home loan rates

The appropriate authority under the Income Tax Act, 1961 has put 40 commercial and residential properties on the block  some of them are valued at over Rs 10 crore each. 


Value erosion hits Mumbai realty auction by I-T dept

DLF, one of Indias leading real estate developers, is planning a mini township in Kolkata for an investment upwards of Rs 1,000 crore.


DLF plans Rs 1,000 crore mini township in Kolkata

Real estate has for the first time broken into the ranks of the top five categories in terms of adspends, overtaking the likes of telecom services and insurance.


Realty firms among top five ad spenders

After a five-year lull, the real estate market in Rajkot district has picked up. 


Demand for real estate in Rajkot shoots up

Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto is the recipient of this years prestigious Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, which carries a cash award of $ 500,000. The first winner of this biannual

Kaushik Das: The right to property

In Gurgaons overheated real estate market, yet another player is chalking out ambitious plans to meet the surging demand for housing, offices and entertainment. 


Building blocks

In the buoyant real estate market of Gurgaon there is a frisson of excitement as a new builder enters the competitive fray of Indias biggest and brightest. 


Breaking ground

With Sebi's tough stand on non-serious asset management companies (AMCs) talks of consolidation is once again in the air.

Sebi's tough talk may lead to consolidation in MF industry

Clifford Alvares, Blogger, Personal Finance

Over reliance on debt and distribution bottlenecks are some of the main problems that the industry needs to resolve

Young and unsettled

In addition to hospitalisation charges, it will cover expenses like transfer to hospital in of an accident

Travel insurance: Handy during natural calamities

Insurance companies and fund houses have been reducing their average duration in long-term funds in a scenario when hopes of further repo rate cuts got postponed as the rupee has been volatile against the dollar.

Investors opt for short-term papers as rate cut hopes get postponed

A Trust is one of the ways through which an individual can plan for his/her Estate

Role of Trusts in wealth management

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