Regulatory Updates

For Chennai property buyers, TNRERA's portal verification and Form M complaint route are the two main tools for protecting a transaction. Both have been refined since the Tamil Nadu RERA Rules took effect in 2017. This piece walks through how to verify a project on TNRERA, when to file a complaint, what Form M requires, and how the process plays out from filing to order.

Through 2025, TGRERA fined 22 Hyderabad builders a cumulative 5.64 crore rupees for violations including unregistered projects, false information, and non-registration of sale deeds. Named orders against Edifice Projects, Jayathri Infrastructures, and Krithika Infra Developers carry specific lessons for Hyderabad buyers. This piece walks through the orders, the underlying patterns, and what to verify before booking.

Most Mumbai homebuyers in dispute with their developer assume the only route is a full RERA adjudication or a civil suit. The MahaRERA Conciliation Forum offers a third option that costs nothing extra, finishes faster, and produces a binding settlement when the parties agree. This piece walks through how the Forum works, when to use it, and why the success rate has been higher than most buyers expect.

BBMP property tax for 2026 continues to follow the Unit Area Value system across zones A through F, even as the Greater Bengaluru Authority becomes the apex body. The 5 percent early payment rebate, the 24 percent cess, and the late payment penalty regime carry over. This piece walks through the zone structure, the deadlines that matter, and what is shifting under GBA.

Karnataka is considering a 10 to 15 percent guidance value hike effective April 1, 2026. Combined with the doubled registration fee from August 2025, the change tightens Bangalore's affordability picture for the salaried buyer band. This piece covers what guidance value is, what the proposed hike does to actual transaction costs, and how Bangalore's micro-markets are likely to absorb the change.

On January 20, 2026, the Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority issued a circular that sharpens the penalty regime for delayed or missing Quarterly Progress Reports. Penalties start at 25,000 rupees per quarter and can extend to 5 percent of total estimated project cost. Here is what the circular says, what it means for the 8,357 K-RERA-registered projects in the state, and what buyers should look for on the K-RERA portal.

On April 25, 2026, the Greater Bengaluru Authority enabled online e-Khata download for around 13 lakh properties using the SAS Property Tax ID. The change cuts the ward office visit out of one of the most painful documents in Bengaluru's property paperwork chain. Here is how the new system works and what it does not yet cover.

On August 31, 2025, Karnataka doubled the property registration fee from 1 percent to 2 percent of property value. For an 80 lakh apartment in Bengaluru, that single change adds 80,000 rupees to the cost of taking ownership. This piece breaks down the new math, the exemptions, and what it means for the affordability picture in 2026.

On September 2, 2025, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike officially gave way to the Greater Bengaluru Authority. The shift changes how the city is planned, taxed, and approved. This piece walks through what is new, what stays the same, and what Bengaluru property owners should track over the next twelve months.