Plain answers to the questions people ask before buying property in Lucknow. Each one starts with the short answer, then explains, and shows its sources and when it was last verified.
It depends on whether you want a plot, a flat or a house and on the sector and the road. The figures below come from real LucknowSquare listings in Gomti Nagar and appear only for property types with enough listings; if…
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It depends mainly on the locality, the road in front, the approval and the size, so there is no single price. The table below shows what sellers are asking for plots on LucknowSquare right now, by locality, once there a…
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The price of the house plus the costs of buying it: stamp duty and registration fee of about 8% of the value, GST of 5% if the home is under construction, and brokerage, legal and other costs. A bank lends only part of…
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Neither is better in general. A plot gives you land and control but needs more money, time and legal care before you can live on it. A flat is quicker and easier to finance and maintain, but you share the land and live…
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The Lucknow Development Authority sells property it owns by auction, and the rounds reported in the press have been held online. Every auction has its own notice that sets the properties, reserve prices, eligibility, ea…
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Search for the project on the official UP RERA website (up-rera.in) by project name, RERA registration number or promoter, open its details and check the registration number and validity, the promoter, the approved layo…
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Check four things before you pay: who owns it (title deeds and land records), whether anything is registered against it (encumbrance certificate), whether it is approved for the use you want (authority approval, land us…
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Ask for the registered sale deed and the earlier deeds that trace ownership, the current land record (khatauni) with proof of mutation, an encumbrance certificate, the approval of the development authority or the approv…
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A circle rate is the minimum value per unit of area that the government sets for registering property in a locality. In Lucknow it is notified for each area, road and use, so there is no single figure. Stamp duty and th…
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Take the higher of the price in your agreement and the circle-rate value, multiply it by the stamp duty rate (7%) and the registration fee rate (1%), subtract any rebate for a woman buyer, then add legal and document ch…
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The registration fee on a sale deed in Uttar Pradesh is 1% of the property's value (the higher of the agreement value and the circle-rate value), paid in addition to stamp duty. LucknowSquare editors have not yet verifi…
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On a sale deed for property in an urban area of Uttar Pradesh, stamp duty is 7% of the property's value and the registration fee is a further 1%. The value is the higher of the price in your agreement and the government…
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