Glossary-P

Patwari

  • A Government Authority responsible for maintaining land ownership records

Penthouse

  • A flat on the last floor of an apartment with high-end luxurious amenities

Preferential Location Charges (PLC)

  • Charges incurred towards availing premium facilities and amenities like a garden facing flat or preferring a flat on higher floors

Parties

  • Entities entering into a transaction like buyer and seller

Plot

  • Small segment of land covered with green vegetation

Power of Attorney

  • A legal contract bestowing the power upon an individual to manage, rent, lease, mortgage or sell property on behalf of the owner

Property management

  • Activities related to the maintenance of property like undertaking repair works, etc.

Preleased

  • A property given out on lease before the completion of construction activities

Prime Space

  • A space available for lease and that which has not been occupied before by tenants

Principal

  • The basic amount borrowed which has to be repaid in installments, inclusive of interest

Private Sale

  • A type of sale wherein the seller doesn’t take help from a realtor

Processing

  • A loan application which is currently under verification

Property Tax

  • Tax levied (annually) by the local Municipal Corporation on the ownership of a property

Prospectus

  • A document expressing an interest of converting a building into a co-operative housing society or for changing the nature of property usage

Public Housing

  • Government owned housing space sold or rented out at affordable costs to the low income groups

Pugree

  • An interest free deposit given to the landlord which is refundable