Revising the basics of Property Buying

Property buying in realty market of a city like Pune is a challenging task. Understanding the insecurities that a new home buyer would have, today, we go back to the basics of the property buying process and the commonly used terminologies of the industry that the potential home buyers will come across.

Imagine you go to the shopping complex to buy clothes. You find a variety of clothes with many designs in different colors at the store. You like a particular dress design and you purchase it and return to home. And later, after a few weeks, you realize that the quality of the dress you purchased was not good and that disappoints you. This is due to lack of awareness and knowledge about the types of fabrics which led you to buying a dress of poor quality. Similarly, in the real estate industry, you must know the commonly used terms and their meanings so as to not get bluffed by the advertisers and agents and make an informed choice. 

The following are the commonly used terms in the real estate industry:

Carpet Area: This is the area that you actual usable space that you get inside the house. Carpet Area, literally, is the area that you would be paying for  while buying that property. The builder needs to quote rates for this carpet area and you must find out how much carpet area is available out of the built up area.

Built-up Area: The built-up area takes into account the thickness of the internal and outer walls and also the area of the balcony. This excludes the carpet area of the house.

Super built-up Area: Commonly known as the sale-able area, super built-up area is relevant to the multi-dwelling units and hence is one common term that you would get to hear too often. This includes the area that is available for common  use such as lobby, lifts, staircase, etc. At present, it would also include the swimming pools, gardens, clubhouse, and other similar amenities. This area is proportionally divided amongst the flats. The loading factor is derived here, which is applied to the carpet area in order to get the super built-up area or the sale-able area.

Hence, if you are planning to buy a home in near future, this is the homework that you need do before stepping out in search of properties that fulfill your requirements. 

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How to claim tax exemption on Loan Principal and Interest?

We all plan to purchase properties when we are financially sound to pay the home loan EMI. However, not many of us are aware of the tax benefits that we can claim out of the home loan that we apply for while we buy a property. In our previous posts we have discussed about how you can claim HRA and tax benefits if you have a home loan for the property you have just purchased.

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Today we are going to understand how you can claim tax exemption on loan principal and interest.

When it comes to tax breaks on the applied home loan, you are eligible to claim tax benefits only for the principal of the loan amount before the completion of your house. On the completion of your house, you are then eligible to claim tax benefits on the total interest paid till the date of completion of the house. In case where the house is let out, the entire interest paid on home loan can be deducted.

Tax Exemption on Loan Principal and Interest

The interest that is paid on a home loan is not deducted directly from the salary income for home loan. The calculation of income from house property is done for each house that the individual owns. A self employed person is eligible to avail tax benefit for the rent that he pays for his residence and can claim the deduction under section 80GG of Income Tax Act. Here, no HRA exemption is available in case of a self employed individual.

A tax payer can avail the following tax benefits on home loans:

1. If you have applied for a home loan and you want to repay the principal amount on home loan, then the principal amount will be deducted from gross total income. In case the house is let out, the deduction for the entire interest paid on home loan is available.
2. Tax benefit on interest payment. 
3. Additionally, interest paid on home loan during the pre-construction period, i.e., period prior to the financial year in which house is purchased or constructed can also be claimed as deduction. 

We shall discuss about how you can claim both, the HRA and the home loan tax benefits together in our upcoming post. Till then stay tuned!

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1. HRA and Tax Benefits from Home Loans?
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