Property guides for Lahore

Verification is the cheapest part of a property deal and the part that protects every rupee after it. Here is what to check on a plot or a house in Lahore, which office to check it with, and when to walk away.

Since 1 July 2026, plots in Lahore's housing schemes change hands on a QR-coded PLRA property certificate, not a file. What that means for buyers, sellers, and anyone still holding a pre-July file.

DHA Lahore runs its own transfer system, and it is stricter than most Lahore societies. Here is the order of the steps, what each party has to produce, and where deals usually stall.

How overseas Pakistanis buy a plot or house in Lahore without flying in: running the shortlist and the verification remotely, the attested power of attorney route, and the PLRA certificate that now closes every deal in a Lahore scheme.