General notes for people buying a home in Bengaluru.
These notes are part of the full set of guides.
The collection beside this one is Home loans & EMI.
Another grouping is Interiors & construction.
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Bengaluru property rates per sq ft, area wise, start with the official guidance value: the floor for stamp duty. The rates in force since 1 Oct 2023 range from about ₹1,858 per sq ft for a site in Sarjapura village to ₹16,351 in Jayanagar 3rd Block. In the Whitefield belt, flat prices run about twice the guidance value.
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On guidance value vs market value in Bengaluru's east, the gap is wide. Knight Frank's H1 2026 flat prices for Whitefield, Marathahalli and KR Puram run about 1.3 to 3.2 times the median apartment guidance value we parsed for the Mahadevapura sub-registrar area. So for most flats, stamp duty is charged on your price, not the guidance value.
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This North Bengaluru property guide compares five areas. Flat prices run from about ₹5,700 to ₹15,000 per sq ft (Knight Frank, H1 2026), with Yelahanka up 18% in a year. No metro runs in this corridor yet; the airport stretch is targeted for September 2027 (news). Guidance values vary by street, and Devanahalli has the highest flood hazard.
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The Devanahalli real estate future rests on the airport, which is growing and adding capacity toward 80 million passengers a year by 2030. The other big driver weakened: Karnataka dropped the 1,777-acre Aerospace Park expansion in 2025 and asked for the land to stay farmland. Zoning, not headlines, decides which land benefits.
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This glossary explains 150 real estate terms India's homebuyers meet, with a Bengaluru focus. It's grouped by topic: area, documents, approvals and land records, khata and tax, RERA and disputes, money and charges, loans, and the building. Each term gets a plain definition and, where it matters, what to check.
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