Bengaluru

Residential Property

Karnataka RERA bars developers from passing certain statutory charges to buyers before handover

The ruling covers expenses such as GST on water-board bills, which buyers have sometimes been asked to pay just before taking possession.

Commercial Property

Office leasing hits a record 64.6 million sq ft in nine months; GCCs and banks drive demand

Gross leasing reached about 22 million sq ft in July–September, Cushman & Wakefield says, but a record wave of new completions pushed vacanc…