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Week 2 of 12 (V3) THE ANATOMY OF THE TRAP Series: The Carpet Area Illusion

  Week 2 of 12 (V3) THE ANATOMY OF THE TRAP Series: The Carpet Area Illusion The Architecture Of Phantom Square Feet: Why A Bigger Number Does Not Always Buy A Bigger Home By Arindam Bose | BeEstates Intelligence | Investor Psychology | OCTOBER 2026 ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ ⬡⬡ The Dining Table That Exposed The Apartment From a homebuyer interview conducted in October 2026 . The family asked not to be named. The family of four had moved from a mid-1990s cooperative flat in central Delhi to a 32 -storey tower on the Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram. The old home was described as 1,450 square feet. The new one was sold as 2,350 . On paper, they had gained 900 square feet. The old flat’s number was a built-up area under pre-RERA conventions. Its clear wall-to-wall interior was about 1,320 square feet. The new agreement disclosed a RERA carpet area of 1,410 square feet, excluding balconies. Nobody in the family had set those two figures side by ...
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SECTOR 92, NOIDA THE QUIET LUXURY OF SPACE

  SECTOR 92, NOIDA    THE QUIET LUXURY OF SPACE How Independent Plots, Park-Facing Homes and Low-Density Living Create a Different Real-Estate Proposition in Noida By Arindam Bose    | BeEstatesIntelligence | We do not sell certainty. We study where certainty may be misplaced.   ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ THE OTHER SIDE OF NOIDA'S REAL-ESTATE STORY Noida's real-estate narrative is frequently told through towers. The taller the building, the more elaborate the amenities, and the larger the launch announcement, the easier it becomes to attract attention. But a different residential proposition exists within the same city: one built around space, privacy, independent homes, neighbourhood parks and a comparatively low-density living environment. Sector 92 belongs to this other conversation. Located in Noida, within Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, Sector 92 has a residential profile that includes plotted housing, in...

India Real Estate & REITs Weekly Snapshot 23 October 2026 32 of 34 Fall Kolte-Patil Defies the Selloff

  India Real Estate & REITs Weekly Snapshot 23 October 2026 32 of 34 Fall, Kolte-Patil Defies the Selloff By Arindam Bose | India Real Estate & REITs Weekly Snapshot |  23 OCTOBER 2026 ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ Selling broadened again this week. Of the 34 developers and REITs tracked here, 32 declined and only Kolte-Patil (+6.6%) and Eldeco (+1.4%) rose. That matches the negative breadth recorded in the 1 October edition. Both large caps, all eight mid caps and all six REITs fell, while five small-cap names recorded double-digit declines: Suraj Estate (-13.5%), Omaxe (-13.3%), TARC (-11.7%), Arihant Superstructures (-11.7%) and Raymond Realty (-10.7%). Kolte-Patil was the strongest performer, against the backdrop of its previously announced Vyana launch success and recent operating update. Its ₹600 crore-plus bookings across more than 600 apartments within 60 hours remain noteworthy, but the launch announcement dates to 10 Se...

SOU FUJIMOTO THE ARCHITECT WHO TAUGHT SPACE TO BREATHE

  SOU FUJIMOTO THE ARCHITECT WHO TAUGHT SPACE TO BREATHE When Architecture Stopped Defining Where You Are — and Started Discovering Where You Could Be By Arindam Bose    | Architect / Designer Spotlight | BeEstates Intelligence | Part 27 | OCTOBER 2026 ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ Last week in this series found Winy Maas taking every constraint — the planning rules, the site boundary, the budget, the programme — and driving each one to its logical conclusion simultaneously, producing buildings that look radical but are in fact the inevitable consequence of thinking rigorously rather than conventionally. Thirteen apartments cantilevered off a north facade in Amsterdam not because the architect wanted drama but because the site could not accommodate them any other way. The constraint, taken seriously, generated the form. This week the series arrives at an architect who operates at the opposite pole of that discipline — not from constrain...