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  U.S. Mortgage Rates Hit 7.28%: What Homebuyers Should Do Now as Borrowing Costs Reach a Nearly 3-Year High United States | October 3, 2026 Buying a home in the United States just became more expensive again. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 7.28% as of October 1 , up sharply from 7.03% a week earlier, according to Freddie Mac. That is the highest level in nearly three years and the biggest weekly increase in roughly four years. The average 15-year fixed mortgage now stands at about 6.60% . For homebuyers already struggling with high property prices, the latest move creates a difficult combination: home prices remain elevated + mortgage rates are above 7% + monthly payments are rising. At the same time, the U.S. labor market has suddenly weakened. September payroll growth came in at only around 29,000 jobs, reducing expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise rates again at its October meeting. Some investors now see a December move as more likely if inf...

  Hyderabad CURE Act Now in Force: New Property Tax Rules, 10% Cap and What Owners Need to Know Hyderabad | October 3, 2026 Hyderabad's biggest municipal-governance change in decades is no longer just a proposal. The Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Act, 2026 — commonly called the CURE Act — came into force on October 2 , replacing the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 and introducing a common framework for the Greater Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri municipal corporations. For property owners, the most important change is property tax. Hyderabad is moving away from the old Annual Rental Value, or ARV, method and toward a Capital Value System, or CVS , under which property tax is linked to the capital value of the property. But there is an important distinction that many headlines miss. Newly constructed properties that have not yet been assessed can come under the Capital Value System from now, while existing properties are expected to transition from...

  Telangana Section 22A Registration Relief 2026: Approved Plots, Houses and Flats Can Now Be Registered Hyderabad | September 25, 2026 Thousands of Telangana property owners facing long-running registration problems under Section 22A of the Registration Act have received a major update. The Telangana government has announced that certain open plots, houses and flats listed under Section 22A can now be registered if they hold legally valid statutory permissions from authorities such as GHMC, HMDA, DTCP, municipal bodies or other competent local authorities. This is a significant step beyond the government's earlier announcement of a 30-day panel to examine Section 22A disputes. For property owners, the practical question is now: Who is eligible for registration, what documents are required, and does this mean every Section 22A property is automatically cleared? The answer is important because the new relief is broad, but it is not a blanket removal of every property from the proh...

  Hyderabad | September 21, 2026 A fresh Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority order has highlighted an important protection for Hyderabad apartment buyers: a flat cannot necessarily be treated as genuinely ready for possession merely because much of the physical construction is complete. TGRERA directed Janapriya Projects Pvt Ltd to complete remaining work and provide legal, ready-to-move-in possession of an apartment in the Sitara at Janapriya Lake Front project. The Authority also ordered payment of 10.70% annual delay interest and imposed a ₹32 lakh penalty in connection with accepting booking money before the relevant project registration. For buyers of under-construction apartments, the case raises practical questions about possession dates, occupancy certificates, water and electricity, project registration and what to check before accepting keys. What Happened? Two homebuyers had booked an apartment in the Sitara at Janapriya Lake Front project. According to the cas...

  Telangana High Court Says Revenue Officials Cannot Issue Pattas Over Forest Land: What Property Buyers Should Know Hyderabad | September 20, 2026 The Telangana High Court has strongly cautioned revenue authorities against interfering with land classified as forest land, observing that revenue officials do not have jurisdiction to issue pattas or distribute protected forest property. The observations, reported on September 20, 2026 , arose from a case involving approximately 44 acres in Rajaram village of Sirpur (Tandur) mandal in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district . Nine petitioners told the court that they and their families had cultivated the land for decades and relied on pattadar passbooks and patta certificates. The forest department, however, treated the disputed area as forest land. The matter highlights an extremely important issue for anyone purchasing agricultural land, farm plots or property near forest boundaries in Telangana: a revenue document should not be treated in ...

  ₹3,000 Crore Telangana Land Dispute: 600 Acres Caught in Village Boundary and Survey Record Conflict Hyderabad | September 20, 2026 A decades-old land-boundary dispute involving nearly 600 acres valued at an estimated ₹3,000 crore has returned to focus as Telangana carries out a wider re-survey of land records across more than 2,200 villages. The dispute concerns land around Ankireddypalli in Keesara mandal of Medchal-Malkajgiri district and Ramalingampalli in neighbouring Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district . At the centre of the controversy are overlapping survey numbers, conflicting claims over village boundaries and disagreement over whether portions of the land are government, ceiling or privately held patta property. The case is particularly relevant to property buyers because it demonstrates why checking only a sale deed is not always enough. For land purchases around Hyderabad’s rapidly developing outskirts, the survey number, village map, boundary records and actual ground loc...