Buying a home in Surat: stamp duty, loan, prices

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Buying: no stamp duty is computed for Gujarat; the home loan calculator works everywhere.

Surat against the rest of India

Neither the NHB press release nor the list of the RBI's 18 cities carries Surat, so Payotte has no price movement to report for it, and gives none rather than borrowing another city's.

Where Payotte reads the rates, the duty on a ₹50 lakh home runs from ₹2,50,000 in Uttarakhand (5% of the price) to ₹5,00,000 in Puducherry (10%): seven states and union territories out of 36, which leaves Gujarat off that scale.

Surat lies at 21.2°N, 72.8°E. The nearest of the other 43 cities is Vadodara, 130 km to the north, then Nashik (165 km, south-east) and Vasai-Virar (195 km, south), as the crow flies. The farthest is Guwahati, 2,000 km away. The closest city with a RESIDEX figure is Ahmedabad, 205 km away, at +7.9%: a neighbour's number, not Surat's own.

Gujarat has three other cities on Payotte: Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara. Ahmedabad is the only one with a RESIDEX figure.

Where to check in Gujarat

The official sites to use before buying in Surat, Gujarat: the register of projects and agents, the portal that registers the sale deed, the land records and the municipal body that levies property tax. Each link goes to a government site.

• Real estate regulator (RERA): Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Gujarat (did not open from outside India).
• Deed registration and stamp duty: Automation of Administration of Registration, Valuation & Indexing (GARVI), Gujarat (did not open from outside India).
• Land records: Any RoR - Land Record Details, Gujarat.
• Municipal body of Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gujarat; its property tax page.

Sites listed by the Integrated Government Online Directory of the National Informatics Centre and the list of State and UT registration websites of the National Generic Document Registration System, read between 18 October 2026 and 2 November 2026; 2 sites did not open from outside India that day, the address is the one the official list gives. Search a registration number, a deed or a land record yourself on these sites: Payotte copies nothing from the registers.

The questions, answered

How much stamp duty in Surat?

Payotte shows no figure: the rate pages of Gujarat could not be read from outside India. Ask the sub-registrar office.

What EMI on a ₹50 lakh home in Surat?

On the largest loan an Indian bank may grant (80% of the price, RBI), ₹40 lakh over 20 years at the 7.61% average rate costs ₹32,493 a month.

How much tax when you sell a home in Surat?

The Income-tax Act applies across India: a gain on a home held more than 24 months is taxed at 12.5% without indexation, ₹2,50,000 on a ₹20 lakh gain, before surcharge and cess

More on the tax when you sell: capital gains tax on property. On the loan: eligibility and EMI.

The figures

The RBI and the NHB publish price indices, not prices in rupees. National figures: RBI House Price Index +3.6% over a year (Q1:2026-27 (April-June 2026)); average rate on new housing loans 7.61% (August 2026).

Elsewhere in Gujarat

• Gujaratstate
• Ahmedabad+7.9%
• Rajkotcity
• Vadodaracity