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On death of a bank account holder, should the nominee produce a succession certificate?No. A bank should make the payment of the balance amount (held in an account) without insisting on a succession certificate, letter of administration, or obtaining any bond of indemnity. Documents that a nominee should produce are the death certificate, a written request with his identification and address proof.Under what circumstances, will a person have to it? A bank will demand a succession certificate only if the bank accountholder has no joint-holder or a nominee mentioned. However, while transferring the balance amount, usually the joint-holder is given preference over the nominee.

In spite of reports that property prices are likely to see a correction, experts feel otherwise.


Concrete concerns continue

Owing to a mismatch between demand and supply of office space, rentals in the Bangalores central business district (CBD) have peaked to Rs 90 per sft a month. This represents an increase of close to

Office space rentals skyrocket in B`lore

After rising steadily for the past decade or so, office rentals in most Indian cities show some signs of stabilising


Spaced out in the city

The Malaysian government and its tourism authorities are trying to attract Indian corporate houses and super rich tourists to invest in its residential properties. 


Indian IT firms eye Malaysian real estate

With interest rates likely to fall, rejig debt portfolio in tranches

Bet on bond funds, company deposits

Sobha Developers, a Bangalore-based real estate developer, has completed the phase I construction of Dells manufacturing facility at Sriperumbadur in Tamil Nadu. 


Sobha completes phase I of Dell facility

Bangalore-based real estate company Puravankara Projects Ltd (PPL) is in talks with major local and global hotel players to set up a chain of hotels in South India. 


Puravankara to set up chain of hotels in S India

The Chennai Real Estate Agents Association has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to regulate the real estate industry by issuing licences to real estate agents.


Chennai realty body calls for regulation

Realty market in Mysore has corrected 20 per cent over the last 2-3 months, and a number of factors have affected investments in land and built-up property. 


Realty prices slide in Mysore

While the RBI has increased the risk weighting on lending to real estate  standard provisioning on housing remains the same one per cent while that on real estate has doubled to two per cent  a

Sunil Jain: Real estate, not housing

Bengal Shrachi Housing Development Ltd (BSHDL) would be building what is being described as the eastern region's first one-stop entertainment hub in a minor city, at Durgapur in West Bengal. 


Durgapur gets leisure hub

India Inc's booming realty sector is triggering an unprecedented demand for real estate analysts. 


Analysts build fortunes on realty boom

Bhoruka Group, which specialises in power projects, has forayed into Mumbais premium real estate market. It has proposed an apartment complex at the Mukesh Textile Mills compound spread over 10 acres

Bhoruka forays into Mumbai real estate

Hyderabad-based IVR Prime Urban Developers, a subsidiary of IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Limited, is planning to foray into Gujarat. The company is eyeing residential properties alongwith plans

IVR Prime to foray into Gujarat

Hyderabad-based IVR Prime, the real estate subsidiary of IVRCL, will be focusing on mass housing, targeting income earners between Rs 25,000 and Rs 40,000 per month.


IVR Prime to focus on mass housing

Yash and Vibhuti Thakur's home buying process was an exciting venture. They share their experience.


Profits of patience

Life insurance is regarded as an important component in the financial planning matrix. Insure your self before undertaking other investments is the advice given by all advisors. However, it is

Fine print in life insurance

Life Insurance Corporation of India is reducing its exposure to real estate stocks, taking a cue from the banking regulator, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which has warned of an asset bubble

LIC to pare real estate exposure

Maytas Ventures, a residential venture supported by Satyam Computers, has proposed to develop a mega township in Kakinada. 


Maytas plan township in Kakinada

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