South Delhi property insights

The documents, certificates and registrations that make a purchase safe, in the order you meet them.

• Circle rate vs market rate in South Delhi

  Circle rate and market rate explained, with each colony's category.

• Documents to check before buying a builder floor

  The 10 documents to check before buying a builder floor.

• Mutation of property in Delhi: what it is and how to do it

  What mutation is, who does it in Delhi, which documents it needs and what happens if you skip it.

• Sale deed vs agreement to sell vs GPA: which one transfers ownership?

  Only a registered sale deed transfers ownership; what an agreement to sell and a power of attorney do.

• Property registration process in Delhi, step by step

  The steps, documents and charges to register a property sale in Delhi.

• Freehold vs leasehold property in Delhi: what is the difference?

  What freehold and leasehold mean in Delhi, how to check which you are buying and how conversion works.

• Token money (bayana) in a Delhi property deal

  How much token money is normal, what the receipt should say and when it is refundable.

• Encumbrance and completion certificates in Delhi

  What an encumbrance certificate and a completion or occupancy certificate prove, and what to do when one is missing.

What you pay and what you can save on stamp duty, capital gains and TDS, with the rates and their sources.

• Capital gains tax on selling property in Delhi

  Short-term and long-term capital gains on a Delhi property sale, the exemptions and a worked example.

• TDS on property purchase in Delhi: resident and NRI sellers

  TDS a buyer deducts from a resident or an NRI seller, how it is deposited and how an NRI can lower it.

• Buying property in your wife's name in Delhi

  How much stamp duty a woman buyer saves in Delhi, and what joint ownership, loans and income tax mean.

How to choose between floors, colonies and property types, and what a purchase really costs.

• Which floor is best in a builder floor?

  Which floor of a builder floor suits which buyer.

• Builder floor vs bungalow in South Delhi

  Who should buy a builder floor and who a bungalow.

• Total cost of buying property in Delhi

  Stamp duty, registration and brokerage on a Rs 10 Cr purchase.

• What is off-market property in South Delhi?

  What off-market means and how buyers get access.

• Greater Kailash 1 vs Greater Kailash 2

  Greater Kailash 1 compared with Greater Kailash 2.

• Builder floor vs apartment in South Delhi

  How a South Delhi builder floor compares with an apartment on land share, privacy, maintenance and resale.

• Plot vs builder floor in South Delhi: which should you buy?

  Buying a plot or old house versus a ready builder floor in South Delhi: control, cost, time and collaboration.

• Terrace rights, stilt parking and basement in a builder floor

  Who owns the terrace, stilt parking and basement in a South Delhi builder floor, and what the sale deed should say.

• Booking an under-construction builder floor in South Delhi

  Payment stages, GST and the checks to run before you book an under-construction builder floor in South Delhi.

• Home loan for a builder floor in Delhi

  What banks ask for, why some builder floors are rejected and how much you can borrow.

• Best residential areas in South Delhi (2026)

  Raghav's picks of South Delhi colonies by buyer need, with a table linking every colony guide.

Plot owners and builders: what the rules allow, what an agreement should say and what building costs.

• How many floors are allowed on a plot in Delhi?

  Floors and ground coverage allowed by plot size in Delhi.

• Construction cost of a builder floor in Delhi

  What a builder floor costs to build in Delhi by finish level, plus approvals, demolition and timeline.

• Builder collaboration agreement in Delhi, explained

  What a builder collaboration agreement in Delhi must cover: floor split, timelines, rent support, delay and registration.

Selling a builder floor in South Delhi, including selling from abroad.

• How to sell a builder floor in South Delhi

  The steps from pricing to registration, the documents a buyer asks for and the costs a seller bears.

• NRI selling property in Delhi

  How an NRI can sell Delhi property without visiting, how TDS works and how to repatriate the proceeds.

Changes in the Master Plan and building rules that affect South Delhi floors.

• The Master Plan for Delhi: what it means for South Delhi

  The status of the Master Plan for Delhi and what it means for plotted colonies and builder floors.