Reporting from the Delhi NCR property market — without the brochure spin.
We track listings, brokers, builders and buyer behaviour across Gurgaon, Noida and South Delhi. The pieces below are the patterns we found worth writing down.
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Investigations · 9 min read
I tracked 50 'just listed' Gurgaon flats for 90 days. 31 weren't new at all.
We took a sample of fresh listings from across Gurgaon, recorded their post date, and watched what happened. Three months later, only 19 were what they claimed to be. Here's what the other 31 were actually doing.
Riya Kapoor
Investigations, Field notes
Buyer guides · 7 min
Your dream flat probably doesn't exist. Here's how to spot the ones that do.
Half the listings in Delhi NCR are recycled, mis-priced, or attached to a flat that's already under offer. We mapped the four tells that separate a real listing from a phantom one.
Market data · 6 min
The 22-minute rule: why DLF Phase 5 sells for 3× Sector 89.
Pull the commute-time data alongside the per-sqft data and a clean rule emerges: every 10 minutes of additional drive time to Cyber Hub costs the locality about ₹4,800/sqft. Here's the math.
Legal & RERA · 8 min
RERA, but make it readable: the only 7 fields that matter before you sign.
The RERA portal returns 40-page project filings full of legalese and filler. We pulled the seven fields that actually predict whether a project is safe to put money down on.
Market data · 8 min
Noida vs. Gurgaon in 2026: the data nobody's showing you.
The two-city rivalry has run on vibes for a decade. We pulled infrastructure spend, rental yields, vacancy rates and price growth — and the picture that comes out is more interesting than either side's marketing.
Buyer guides · 5 min
Why your broker shows you 12 flats and not 4.
Brokers don't pad your shortlist out of generosity. Here's the incentive structure behind every site visit, and how to use it to your advantage rather than fight it.