The Indian farmhouse frenzy isn’t a fad, it’s a structural land shift fueled by legal scarcity, tax advantages, and a lifestyle pivot that’s redrawing wealth itself. But most buyers don’t know what they’re really buying — or what it’s legally allowed to become.

“Farmhouses are no longer weekend dreams,” says Ishmeet Singh Raina, founder of Alchemy Landbase LLP and partner at TRIBE Group. “They’re financial instruments, lifestyle transitions, and legacy assets — all at once.” Advertisement

According to him, the current rush isn’t irrational — it’s misinformed. What many think of as a pandemic trend is actually a decade-long transformation, supercharged by remote work, expressway-led access, and India’s tightening land compliance laws.

Less than 20% of land advertised around Delhi as “fa

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