<h1>Legal risks in upscale real estate brokerage claims: consumer protection, truthful advertising, disclosures, licensing, fiduciary duties, cross-border compliance</h1> A Pune-based real estate brokerage claims to have standardized luxury property transactions, shortening search times, improving upfront cost disclosure, instituting virtual-tour and NRI-specific protocols, and avoiding properties with legal defects; it reports 500+ transactions and 25+ developer awards. Legally relevant matters include consumer protection and truthful advertising standards for performance claims, adequacy of disclosure of costs and title due diligence, licensing and fiduciary duties when providing legal or currency-hedging advice, and compliance with local real estate and cross-border advisory regulations as the firm expands to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Dubai. Contractual and regulatory risk should be assessed before replication.