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For years, Rawalpindi plot buyers played the same game: register the deal at the deputy commissioner (DC) rate or the FBR notified value, pocket the difference between that "paper price"…

For decades, overseas Pakistanis faced the same headache when buying or selling property back home: a power of attorney, a trusted relative, a lawyer, and often an expensive flight to…

Why a Wire Transfer Is No Longer "Just a Payment" For years, overseas Pakistanis treated a foreign remittance as the safest possible way to fund a property purchase back home.…

Pakistan's IMF programme has quietly changed the risk calculus for property buyers. After missing tax collection goals for two consecutive years, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has had its…

The Paradox: Higher Rates, Lower Revenue For three years, the conventional wisdom in Pakistan's tax policy was simple — raise withholding tax (WHT) on property, and the treasury collects more.…

In May 2026, ahead of the FY2026-27 budget talks, the International Monetary Fund did something Rawalpindi property investors should pay close attention to: it publicly flagged Pakistan's near-zero suspicious-transaction reporting…

For weeks before the 2026-27 budget, the property WhatsApp groups ran hot with one number: a buyer's advance tax under Section 236K dropping to 0.25%, and the seller's 236C sliding…

For roughly a month over the summer of 2026, Rawalpindi's property market did something it almost never does: it stopped. When the new fiscal year opened on 1 July 2026,…

August's Fourth Spell Changed the Question Buyers Should Ask For most of 2026, property conversations in Rawalpindi have revolved around one word: price. Is the plot cheap? Is the built…