Three Years to a Deposit: A Plan a Dhaka Salary Can Keep
A first-home deposit does not need a windfall. It needs a monthly amount that survives rent, school fees and a bad month, saved in the same place every month for three years.
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Chattogram Homes Follow the Port, the Zones and the Workers
Port traffic, export zones and new industrial land are pulling housing demand across Chattogram, from Agrabad and Khulshi to Patenga and Mirsarai. The homes that succeed will be the ones workers and mid-income buyers can actually live in.
সিলেটে বাসার চাহিদা বাড়ছে প্রবাসী আর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ঘিরে
সিলেট শহরে ফ্ল্যাট আর প্লটের খোঁজ বাড়ছে। প্রবাসী পরিবার, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের শিক্ষক-শিক্ষার্থী আর শহরে ফেরা পরিবার মিলে তৈরি হচ্ছে নতুন এক চাহিদা।
Markets
Pricing, absorption and transaction volume
Chattogram Homes Follow the Port, the Zones and the Workers
Port traffic, export zones and new industrial land are pulling housing demand across Chattogram, from Agrabad and Khulshi to Patenga and Mirsarai. The homes that succeed will be the ones workers and mid-income buyers can actually live in.
Investment
Where capital is moving, and why
The World Waits on Its Mortgages: High Rates, Falling Contracts, and a Lesson for Buyers Abroad
America held its policy rate, its average mortgage rate eased only a little, and signed home contracts fell in September. For Bangladeshi buyers looking abroad, the message is patience: compare the monthly payment, not the headline price.
Analysis & Opinion
Argument and interpretation from our columnists
Development
Pipelines, permits and the cost of building
A New Dhanmondi Building, Read Properly: What Urban's Latest Launch Shows
রড-সিমেন্টের দাম যেখানে দাঁড়িয়ে: নভেম্বরে বাড়ি বানানোর হিসাবটা কী বলছে
Rupayan City Uttara: The Gated Township That Asked Dhaka to Live Behind One Gate
Finance
Debt, rates and lending conditions
Policy & Regulation
The rules that change the maths
Buying a Flat That Still Has a Bank Loan on It: NOC, Clearance and the Safe Sequence
Many good flats for sale still carry the seller's home loan. That does not make them bad buys, but it changes the order of payment completely. Pay the bank first, in the right way, and the flat arrives free of the loan.
দলিলে নাম বা দাগ নম্বর ভুল থাকলে: সংশোধনী দলিল, আর কখন আদালতের পথ
জমি বা ফ্ল্যাট কেনার সময় দলিলে নামের বানান, দাগ নম্বর বা জমির পরিমাণ ভুল থাকলে পরে বিক্রি, ঋণ আর মিউটেশন সবই আটকে যেতে পারে। ভুলের ধরন বুঝে সংশোধনের পথ বেছে নেওয়াই নিরাপদ উপায়।
Registering Your Flat: The Fees, the Papers and the Day at the Sub-Registrar's Office
Paying for a flat is only half the purchase. Until the deed is registered at the sub-registrar's office, the flat is not legally yours in the way that counts. The fees, the papers and the order of the day are all worth knowing before you go.
Buying a Plot Inside a Housing Project? Check the Approved Layout Before You Pay
A sales map is not an approved layout. Before booking a plot, check that the layout itself is approved, the plot is marked on it, and the roads and open spaces around it are not plots waiting to be sold.
Luxury & Prime
Trophy assets, branded residences and private capital
In Jolshiri, Sheltech Is Betting on Room to Breathe
Wide roads, lakeside air and flats of about 2,700 to 2,850 square feet set Jolshiri Abashon apart from the crowded centre of Dhaka. Sheltech, building there since the township took shape, has made the place one of its largest clusters.
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