Raaghav Valekar

Blackstone Opens Bengaluru GCC; About 80 Staff Are Reported

Blackstone opened a Bengaluru GCC on 27 October. BestProp.ai separates its reported staff from net new jobs and housing demand.

BestProp.ai conceptual illustration of a home beside a household tax ledger, not an official tax form or advice.

Property Tax

New Income-Tax Act: Which Law Covers Property Income Before April 2026?

BestProp.ai explains which Income-tax Act applies to property income for tax years before 1 April 2026 and how the transition works.

BestProp.ai conceptual illustration of Bengaluru apartment construction and residential supply, not a named project.

Bengaluru Real Estate

Bengaluru Q3 Launch Estimates Differ by 5,258 Homes

Cushman & Wakefield and ANAROCK report different Bengaluru Q3 2026 launch totals. BestProp.ai explains the 5,258-home gap.

BestProp.ai conceptual illustration of real-estate capital flowing toward office and data-centre buildings beside homes; no actual asset is depicted.

Market Trends

India Real Estate PE Reached $6.1bn as Affordable Supply Lost Share

BestProp.ai reads FICCI-ANAROCK’s 2026 investment findings against declining affordable-home supply and explains what buyers can infer.

BestProp.ai conceptual illustration of rural homes and a village landscape, not an official PMAY-G project or beneficiary site.

Policy

PMAY-G Reforms Remain Proposals After October Workshop

BestProp.ai explains four PMAY-G reforms discussed on 27-28 October and why the workshop did not announce new beneficiary rules.

Conceptual site-plan meeting with a neighborhood model and a marked 500-metre ring, illustrating the reported Uttar Pradesh NOC change.

Policy

UP’s 500-Metre Plan Rule Removes One NOC; Fee Checks Remain

BestProp.ai explains UP’s 12 October order removing one Housing Board NOC step near notified schemes while leaving betterment-fee checks to the scheme authority.

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Market Trends

India Warehouse Supply Grew Faster Than Absorption in Q3

BestProp.ai reads Savills’ Q3 2026 India warehouse data and shows why national supply and absorption figures cannot decide a single asset’s lease risk.

Conceptual Bengaluru residential plot with a buyer reviewing a blank tablet, illustrating the BDA T-15 auction deadline.

Bengaluru Real Estate

BDA T-15 Auction: Bengaluru Buyers Face Oct 31 Interest Cutoff

BestProp.ai unpacks BDA’s T-15 auction schedule, 31 October interest cutoff and short payment windows buyers must fund before bidding.

Property Tax

Haryana Tax Switch Reported for Nov 1; ULB Portal Lists July

BestProp.ai checks Haryana’s reported 1 November tax-policy shift against the ULB portal and shows what owners should verify before paying.

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Jobs & Economy

Bengaluru Had 31,000 Tech Openings in October

BestProp.ai reviews Xpheno’s 31,000 Bengaluru October tech openings and explains why active listings do not prove net hiring or housing demand.

22 Oct 2026Raaghav Valekar3 min read

Conceptual generic office campus and employee silhouettes illustrating an employer announcement; not a depiction of Nike’s actual site.

Jobs & Economy

Nike’s Bengaluru campus: what the company disclosed on jobs

BestProp.ai reviews Nike’s Bengaluru campus announcement and the missing facts buyers need before treating it as a local jobs or housing-demand signal.

22 Oct 2026Raaghav Valekar2 min read

Conceptual completed apartment buildings beside a blank ledger and calendar for an income-tax explainer; no tax form or specific property is shown.

Property Tax

Income-tax Act section 21(5): two-year rule for unlet builder inventory

BestProp.ai explains when section 21(5) sets annual value to nil for unlet property held as stock-in-trade, and why it is not a general vacant-home exemption.