In short
Stamp duty is not computed for Uttar Pradesh: 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 7.61% in August 2026.
Calculate for Ghaziabad
Buying: no stamp duty is computed for Uttar Pradesh; the home loan calculator works everywhere.
Ghaziabad against the rest of India
The NHB press release gives no RESIDEX figure for Ghaziabad. The city is one of the 18 in the RBI House Price Index, whose combined change over a year is +3.6%; its own number sits in the RBI database, not in the release. The nine cities with a RESIDEX figure range from -1.7% to +24.4%.
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 Uttar Pradesh off that scale.
Ghaziabad lies at 28.7°N, 77.4°E. Noida, 15 km to the south-west, is practically next door, then Delhi (20 km, west) and Faridabad (30 km, south-west), as the crow flies. Four cities in all lie within 150 km (Noida, Delhi, Faridabad and Gurugram). The farthest is Thiruvananthapuram, 2,245 km away. The closest city with a RESIDEX figure is Faridabad, 30 km away, at +24.4%: a neighbour's number, not Ghaziabad's own.
Uttar Pradesh has three other cities on Payotte: Kanpur, Lucknow and Noida. None of them has a RESIDEX figure either.
| City | Distance | Direction | Prices over a year (RESIDEX) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noida | 15 km | south-west | no figure |
| Delhi | 20 km | west | no figure |
| Faridabad | 30 km | south-west | +24.4% |
| Gurugram | 45 km | south-west | no figure |
| Chandigarh | 240 km | north | no figure |
| Jaipur | 255 km | south-west | no figure |
| Kanpur | 375 km | south-east | no figure |
| Lucknow | 400 km | south-east | no figure |
| Bhopal | 600 km | south | no figure |
| Indore | 680 km | south | no figure |
| Ahmedabad | 795 km | south-west | +7.9% |
| Patna | 835 km | south-east | no figure |
The questions, answered
How much stamp duty in Ghaziabad?
Payotte shows no figure: the rate pages of Uttar Pradesh could not be read from outside India. Ask the sub-registrar office.
What EMI on a ₹50 lakh home in Ghaziabad?
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 Ghaziabad?
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
Are house prices rising in Ghaziabad?
Ghaziabad is one of the 18 cities of the RBI House Price Index, which rose +3.6% over a year in Q1:2026-27 (April-June 2026) for all 18 cities together; the city figure is published only in the RBI's DBIE database.
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 Uttar Pradesh
Sources
- Prices and loans: NHB RESIDEX (source acknowledged); RBI House Price Index; RBI lending rates; RBI Credit Facilities Directions 2025, paragraph 111.