Before Buying a New Home: Essential Legal & RERA Checks for Home Buyers

Categories: New Home Buyers
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About Course

Planning to buy a new flat, bungalow, row house or other new residential property?

Learn the essential documents, RERA details, project information and key checks you should complete before booking or paying for your new home.

Buying a new home is one of the biggest financial decisions you will make. Before paying a booking amount, signing an agreement or committing your savings, it is important to understand what you are actually buying and whether the project and promoter meet the required legal and RERA requirements.

Before Buying a New Home: Essential Legal & RERA Checks for Home Buyers is a practical beginner-level course created for new home buyers who want to make a more informed and safer property-purchase decision.

The course explains, in simple language, the important checks a home buyer should understand before purchasing a new flat, bungalow, row house or similar residential property.

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What Will You Learn?

  • You will learn how to:
  • Check whether a project is registered under RERA.
  • Understand basic project and promoter information available on the MahaRERA portal.
  • Identify important property and project documents that a buyer should ask for.
  • Understand the importance of title, approvals and sanctioned plans.
  • Check basic details before paying a booking amount.
  • Understand the role of the Agreement for Sale.
  • Identify important RERA-related information and buyer protections.
  • Recognise common warning signs that require further verification.
  • Know when professional legal, technical or financial advice may be necessary.
  • This course does not attempt to make you a legal or RERA professional. Instead, it gives a new home buyer a practical foundation so that they can ask the right questions, verify important information and make better-informed decisions.

Course Content

Module 1 — Before You Book: Understand the Property & Project
Learn what you should understand about the property, project, promoter and transaction before making a booking decision.

  • Buying a New Home? Start With These Checks
    05:00
  • Know Your Project, Promoter & Property
  • Carpet Area, Flat Details, Parking & Amenities
  • What to Check Before Paying a Booking Amount

Module 2 — RERA Check: Verify the Project Before Paying
Understand RERA registration, MahaRERA project information, promoter details, registration number, project status and other basic information a buyer should check.

Module 3 — Documents Every Home Buyer Should Know
Understand the important property and project documents that buyers should ask about and why documents relating to title, approvals, plans and permissions matter.

Module 4 — Agreement, Payment & Possession: What Should You Check?
Understand the basic purpose of the Agreement for Sale, payment-related information, possession commitments, specifications, amenities and other important terms before signing.

Module 5 — Red Flags & Final Pre-Purchase Checklist
Learn common warning signs, questions to ask the promoter and a practical final checklist to complete before booking or making a major payment.