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Buying a home in Delhi: stamp duty and costs

Duty not computed here · RBI loan rate · RBI and NHB price indices.

In short

Stamp duty is not computed for Delhi: its rate pages cannot be read from outside India. Across the RBI's 18 cities, house prices rose +3.6% over a year (Q1:2026-27 (April-June 2026)). A bank lends at most 80% of a ₹50 lakh home (RBI); the average rate on new housing loans was 7.68% in September 2026.

Calculate for Delhi

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

If you sell

Capital gain and the tax on it

Same rule in every state: the Income-tax Act applies across India.

Capital gain₹20,00,000
Type of gainLong-term (held over 24 months)
Rate12.5%
Tax on the gain₹2,50,000

Long-term gain taxed at 12.5% without indexation (Income-tax Act 2025, section 197(1), sale on or after 1 April 2026), before surcharge and cess. Home bought before 23 July 2024 by a resident individual or HUF: 20% with indexed cost at most (section 197(3)).

Gain = sale price − purchase price, before deductible costs. Brokerage, reinvestment exemptions and TDS are not included.

Delhi in context

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 Delhi off that scale.

On the simplified outline Payotte draws, Delhi spans about 50 km east to west and 55 km north to south. The nearest of the seven states and union territories whose duty Payotte reads is Chandigarh, about 235 km from the centre of Delhi, at 5% of the collector rate: a point of comparison, not Delhi's rate.

Payotte covers one city in this union territory: Delhi. It has no RESIDEX figure, so the price movement here can only be read from the RBI's index of 18 cities (+3.6%).

The seven states and union territories whose duty Payotte reads, set against Delhi
StateStamp duty on ₹50 lakhDistance from the centre of Delhi
Puducherry₹5,00,0001,990 km
Kerala₹4,00,0002,015 km
Rajasthan₹3,00,000385 km
Chandigarh₹2,50,000235 km
Maharashtra₹2,50,0001,090 km
Odisha₹2,50,0001,195 km
Uttarakhand₹2,50,000270 km

Where to check in Delhi

The official sites to use before buying in Delhi: the register of projects and agents and the portal that registers the sale deed. Each link goes to a government site.

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 Delhi?

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

What EMI on a ₹50 lakh home in Delhi?

On the largest loan an Indian bank may grant (80% of the price, RBI), ₹40 lakh over 20 years at the 7.68% average rate costs ₹32,665 a month.

How much tax when you sell a home in Delhi?

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 7.68% (September 2026).

Cities of Delhi on Payotte

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