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In India, High Prices Spark Homeownership Feuds

by Philip Reeves, NPR
October 16, 2009

Real estate has plummeted in value in some parts of the world, but in India's capital, it costs a fortune to buy a decent home. Sky-high property prices are producing family feuds over homeownership and cases of people trying to swindle the elderly into parting with their houses — including an unusual case involving a particularly distinguished Indian woman.

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  • Morning Edition, October 16, 2009
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