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A buyer can negotiate a great price and still pay stamp duty on a different, higher number: the guidance value, the government set registration floor. PropNewz explains what guidance value is, how to read it on the official Kaveri portal, and why it, not your agreed price, often decides the registration cost on a Bengaluru purchase.

When a Bengaluru road is widened, the landowner who gave up the land is often paid in Transferable Development Rights, tradable build up area instead of cash, that ends up as extra floors on a project elsewhere. PropNewz explains how TDR works, traces the flow from surrendered land to a buyer's flat, and sets out what buyers should check about projects that use it.

Betterment charges are a civic levy that recovers the cost of infrastructure laid in an area, and in Bengaluru they often fall due at the khata stage, after a purchase. Left unpaid by a previous owner, they become the buyer's obstacle. PropNewz explains what betterment charges are, how they differ from other dues, and why buyers should check them before paying.

Two identical Bengaluru flats can cost lakhs apart because of preferential location and floor rise charges, premiums developers add for views, corners and higher floors. PropNewz explains what these charges are, why they sit in the negotiable middle of the cost sheet unlike fixed statutory dues, and how buyers should scrutinise and negotiate them.

Corpus and sinking funds appear on every apartment cost sheet and can run into lakhs, yet few Bengaluru buyers know the difference. The corpus is a one time cushion paid at possession, the sinking fund a long term reserve for major repairs. PropNewz explains both, why they belong to the owners, and what buyers should verify, including on resale.

Buying half a site or a merged pair of flats in Bengaluru runs into a quiet problem: the khata must match the property exactly. Khata bifurcation splits a record when property is divided, amalgamation merges records when it is combined. PropNewz explains both, why a mismatched khata complicates tax, loans and resale, and what buyers must insist on.