Gold has always been a favourite investment vehicle of Indian households as many people transfer the yellow metal from one generation to another. The biggest advantage of Gold is that one can be flexible with investment size or the amount. Whether you have to put in Rs1000 or Rs 1 crore +, gold is accessible to everyone to buy. Also, gold is highly liquid.

Real Estate also scores high for investment purposes but in comparison to gold, real estate requires bigger funds and the buyer needs to have long holding power. Well, real estate can be an attractive long-term investment option where the property value increases over time. So, if approached in the right way, real estate can deliver you incredible profits.

The one thing that is common between gold and real estate is that both have a strong sentimental value for the Indian investors, with strong reliability and sustained nature. So how do you choose where to spend your money if you have a sizeable amount to invest?

Well, I would recommend real estate any day as there are various reason because of which real estate scores over gold. Let’s have a look at them:

Passive Income
Real-estate has the potential to create regular income with additional tax benefits.Whether residential or commercial, real estate has the potential to generate passive income for the investors in form of monthly rentals in cash, which gold investments cannot do.

Rate of Return
History suggests that real estate can give up to 15 percent of annual return, thanks to rising rentals. The value of property improves with the market and economy. On the other hand, gold is used to hedge against inflation, which means that the return from gold is in line with the inflation, which is aimed low by all governments. Also, gold shines, when your paper currency is depreciated, making the return nominal.

Volatility and Risk
Real Estate is a highly stable investment option, which comes with low risk. Property brings mental satisfaction due to it securing your future. On the other hand, gold is a commodity, which is traded on the bourses. It comes with higher volatility and risks of being stolen.

Expenses add to the Value
One may argue the property incurs the cost of maintenance and renovations, unlike gold which is altered at will. However, this cost not only appreciates your asset, but also allows you to take taxation benefits.

Long- term Value Creation
It is a no brainer that the value of real estate increases, the longer you hold it. It is simply because you can not create land and with rising population, the demand increases, which ultimately leads to price rise. On the other hand, gold can be purchased into digital form as well. This might reduce the risk of being stolen, but still is an intangible asset.

Aids the Economy
Real estate might require large funds, but survival of a lot of sectors depend upon it. From debt servicing, cement, housing finance, building materials and various others depend upon real estate at large. It also creates a large number of informal and indirect employment opportunities, serving the economy at large.

Tax Benefits
The investment in real estate comes with numerous tax benefits such as tax deduction on mortgage interest, operating expenses and legal costs, property taxes and depreciation.

The real estate investment is not only a safe investment but can generate better returns over a period of time while you are still earning a regular income if you are using it as a rental property. It is a great investment option for many reasons such as a fantastic tax advantage, and you can leverage it to build wealth and assets.

Annuj Goel is Chairman & MD Goel Ganga Developments.

Note: Views Expressed by the author solely belongs to him, not that of SquareFeatIndia.

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By Varun Singh

Since the time Mumbai got a new police commissioner in the form of Sanjay Pandey he has been interacting with citizens via different modes.

In his third Facebook live the police commissioner told the the city why was he upset with the builder community.

The police commissioner is upset because citizens are being harassed.

The Mumbai Police last week took action against Mahavir Developers in Chembur for carrying out work during the night.

The police commissioner himself informed via his live that under section 115 or Bombay Police act action was taken against the Developer in Chembur.

He said, “Builders work under limits, work till 10 pm.”

The police commissioner sounded unhappy with the apex body of developers in the city. He said, “I had called MCHI and they thought, saheb must be saying all this, but nothing will happen, OK, I think we had called those fellows, developers and given them warning, shall not misuse rights given to you (builders). But it appears this has not been listened to. Hold on, yesterday we took action in Chembur under Bombay Police act, but now we will take action under IPC.”

“You (builders) are getting very good business, limit your happiness to yourselves. Do not cause sadness to everybody else.”

Mumbai Police Commissioner, Sanjay Pandey.

The commissioner even asked developers to limit their happiness to themselves.

He said, “You (builders) are getting very good business, limit your happiness to yourselves. Do not cause sadness to everybody else.”

He delivered his final message to developers saying that. “My message to builders; do not harass citizens, do not take law into your hand.”

The police commissioner was very clear with his message, which means developers not working according to the set law will face the music.

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