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Buying a house? A fee checklist

Buying a house? A fee checklist

Rediff.com   13 Mar 2009

Different banks are coming up with different schemes to home loan customers. You have different options to choose from and should use this option to find out about the best deals available for you. However, when you look at a home loan, it is important that you take into consideration not only the interest rates but also all the other charges applicable with the loan.

Understanding your home loan offer

Understanding your home loan offer

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2009

The key to understanding your loan offers from multiple banks is to calculate the total amount of interest and fees you would pay for each offer and zero in on the offer that gives you the least total interest outflow.

Loan guarantor: To be or not to be

Loan guarantor: To be or not to be

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2009

If you do become a guarantor, you have to understand that there is no turning back. You cannot revoke your guarantee after the loan has being sanctioned. So, before you do sign the dotted line, check whether the contract tells you the amount you are guaranteeing, the situations in which you will have to repay the loan and if the amount to be borrowed can be increased without you being told.

All about reverse mortgage

All about reverse mortgage

Rediff.com   6 Mar 2009

A reverse mortgage (or lifetime mortgage) is a loan available to senior citizens. Reverse mortgage, as its name suggests, is exactly opposite of a typical mortgage, such as a home loan.

Loan against property: What you must know

Loan against property: What you must know

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2009

There are many ways you could arrange for money, and one of those ways is taking a loan. You could take a personal loan for the amount required, or you could take a loan against your property.

7 golden ways to beat inflation woes

7 golden ways to beat inflation woes

Rediff.com   2 Mar 2009

If finances are wisely coordinated, it can greatly help in controlling the continuous process of rising prices. To handle your finances during inflation, this is what you should do. . .

The dream home bargain

The dream home bargain

Rediff.com   23 Feb 2009

Have you ever considered a home auction that is periodically conducted by several banks? You actually can get a house which is lesser by nearly 20 per cent of the current market value. Let us help you get started on some research for you to build the plan for your steal.

SBI's 8% home loan rate lure

SBI's 8% home loan rate lure

Rediff.com   13 Feb 2009

The interest rate scheme where 8 per cent is frozen for one year may not actually be as profitable as it appears upfront.

How to save for a rainy day

How to save for a rainy day

Rediff.com   4 Feb 2009

Let us put away that dreaded thought and focus instead on ways to have access to funds when we need them the most like, for instance, a job-loss or an emergency surgery for a loved one! Here budgeting comes into play.

Need more from your home loan? Here's help

Need more from your home loan? Here's help

Rediff.com   30 Jan 2009

To avail a top up loan, factors like your repayment capacity based on your income and commitment towards any other loans other than your home loan etc, will be factored in

Should you prepay your home loan

Should you prepay your home loan

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2009

If you can afford to make larger payments towards your home loan, perhaps because of a promotion or because of a bonus, then making prepayments towards your home loan is a very good idea as it will save you a lot of money over the term of the loan.

How the American housing dream went bust

How the American housing dream went bust

Rediff.com   23 Jan 2009

We also have strict regulatory bodies like the Reserve Bank of India, which ensures that loan products that could produce systemic risk never make it to the market.

The avalanche effect of compounding interest

The avalanche effect of compounding interest

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2009

The earlier you start saving for your rainy day (read retirement) the richer you will be when it finally arrives.

Factors that influence your loan rate

Factors that influence your loan rate

Rediff.com   14 Jan 2009

Let's take a quick look at what all these terms mean to see how they affect the loan interest rates.

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