For home buyers in Noida Extension things have just gone worse. While banks have decided not to disburse loans to residential properties in the area, including those that had no litigation against them, builders are threatening to charge a penalty if payments are not made according to the existing contracts.
Motor insurance is one place where it is easier to avail discounts - on account of your/driver's profile, car model, city, age and low claim history.
Option can be exercised only for self-applications and after a year of non-payment.
Buyers of insurance products always get confused with charges.
MMID is a seven-digit number issued by your bank for transactions through mobile banking.
Sebi had acted against 10 brokerages after over 10,000 investors failed to get shares in last year's Coal India IPO in spite of legitimate applications.
The scheme will invest in gold exchange-traded funds of all Sebi-approved mutual funds, along with capital protection.
Three-four funds have recently collected money from Indian HNIs, with an average ticket size of anywhere between Rs. 50 lakh to Rs. 1 crore.
This makes stock-picking by retail investors difficult, but market experts say they need to understand that institutional players do not have a cookie-cutter approach to investing.
Apprehensive about the July 1 switch, say there are issues to be addressed.
The inflows from foreign institutional investors of $29 billion last year gave the markets above-normal liquidity. This year, the trade has reversed in favour of the developed markets.
Doing so can make a big difference to your tax liability.
The recently changed State Bank of India's (SBI's) formula to calculate home loan rates has stumped many.
The price of an old car versus that of a brand new one always tilts the scales in favour of the former.
Bank to argue with the Reserve Bank that new norms don't apply to floating rate schemes.
The loss followed a massive fraud allegedly committed by Shivaraj Puri, a relationship manager at the bank's Gurgaon branch.
Last week, when the Builders Association of Navi Mumbai organised a property exhibition, they were taken by surprise when 200,000 visitors turned up for the four-day event.
J Hari Narayan, chairman, Irda, said, "We will address the issue of policy exclusions, claim settlement period and the definition of critical illness. All these norms will form a part of the health insurance guidelines."
Banks and housing finance firms may seek legal mortgage as well as completion guarantee clause.
ULPs have become more consumer-friendly. But do you really need one?
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