This is the best time to buy a house

It seems the demand for housing is back to pre-Covid levels. A number of government initiatives, including stamp duty cuts, seem to have helped. Do you think this demand can be sustained? It has been my view for a very long time that this is really one of the best times to buy a house for a variety of reasons.

Goa moots unique ID for each property

The revenue department has notified draft rules for the government’s property register which will assign a unique identification number to each property. All government departments will have access to the property registrar so that data about the property can be updated as and when required.