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Home loan expert Harsh Roongta suggests ways to cope with rising home loan EMIs.
The fourth consecutive rate cut is expected to lower equated monthly instalments (EMIs) for home and auto buyers, and borrowing cost for corporate.
Investors shunned shares of Bajaj Finance on Friday, a day after the non-banking financial company (NBFC) reported a sharp contraction in its net interest margin (NIM) for the March quarter of the financial year 2023-24 (Q4FY24). The losses accounted for a fifth of the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex's 609-point loss. Most brokerages have tamed their earnings expectations for the next couple of quarters, after the management said it expected the pressure on NIMs to continue in the near term.
Housing finance major HDFC and state-run Punjab National Bank on Tuesday announced up to 25 basis points increase in their lending interest rates, making their new and old loans expensive for consumers. The revised rates would be effective from March 1. Mortgage lender HDFC has increased its retail prime lending rate by 25 basis points to a minimum of 9.20 per cent.
With home loan rates headed north, experts advise how borrowers should cope with their rising liabilities.
Pune-based Dreamers Media and Advertising, an out-of-home (OOH) advertising company, is offering to share EMIs of car owners in return for using their vehicles as moving billboards.
If the cashless request is denied, the entire cost may need to be paid for planned treatments.
Customers who possess gold jewellery but are either being denied a personal loan or are being asked for a high interest rate due to their poor credit profile may consider a gold loan.
'Lack of self-control over spending leads to a credit card debt trap.' 'People think they have money and spend using a credit card, but when it's time to pay, they realise they don't have the money.'
Top four consequences for you to keep in mind before you miss a mortgage payment
RBI rate cut is a welcome step for all citizens of India as everyone is looking for near-term boost in economy.
Do you have financial planning or income tax queries? Ask rediffGURU Anil Rego.
Real Madrid fought back from two goals down as Vinicius Jr grabbed a hat-trick in a thrilling 5-2 win over visitors Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
SKODA introduced a 'Holiday Offer' whereby a customer can buy the car and pay EMI a year after the purchase.
Vodafone, which is offering the iconic Apple iPhone in India along with Airtel, has tied up with Axis Bank and Barclays to offer the phone on six or 12 equated monthly installments (EMIs) for customers who may find the Rs 31,000 to Rs 36,000 price tag too steep.
'When I called the HR department, they abused me.'
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday again surprised the markets and raised the key policy rate by 0.25 per cent to 8 per cent in a bid to curb inflation, a move that may translate into higher EMIs and push up the cost of borrowing for corporates.
A lowdown on the strings attached to such credit card schemes and when you should and should not opt for them.
ICICI Bank, India's second biggest bank, has offered to lower the equated monthly installments for a large number of its borrowers by enhancing the tenure of their home loans.
P V Subramanyam takes a hard look at the pros and cons of both options.
The offer will be valid on Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Grand, Galaxy Tab2 as well as Galaxy Camera.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
The main culprit is the lack of transparency that your lending bank of housing finance institute employs in determining home loan rates.
Acer India has announced a tie-up with Bajaj Finance to provide consumers across India with a six-month EMI and zero per cent interest option on Acer's entire range of notebooks and desktops.
rediffGURU Jinal Mehta answers readers' financial planning and health insurance queries
It has been decided to reduce home loan rate by 20 basis points.
The interest charged on an inter-state loan given to a credit card holder without the use of a plastic card would not be subject to the integrated goods and services tax (IGST), a two-judge bench of the Calcutta high court has ruled. In this connection, it recently set aside a ruling by a single judge of the high court. The issue was a loan of Rs 650,000 granted by Citi Bank with an EMI of Rs 58,056 for 12 months and inclusive of integrated GST (IGST) on each installment of interest.
Nominations and addresses are of paramount importance in bank accounts, insurance policies, mutual funds, etc.
While financial planning is good for you, the process which a planner can put you through is not so great, observes financial planner P V Subramanyam.
Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP -- like Sonia did to Manmohan Singh -- advises Krishna Prasad.
rediffGURU Dev Ashish answers your personal finance and mutual fund queries
The shrinking sales of residential apartments have forced real estate developers in Pune to even pay the monthly home loan installments of their customers who have lost jobs due to the economic slowdown.
Liverpool's slim Premier League title hopes faded further on Saturday when Michail Antonio's late header earned West Ham United a deserved point with a 2-2 draw.
Rediff.com spoke to registered investment advisors to figure out how best the extra Rs 17,500 saved ever year can be invested to create a decent corpus in the years ahead. This is what they said.
India's real estate market is poised for growth across categories - residential, commercial, and rental. Currently valued at Rs 24 trillion, or about $300 billion, it is projected to surge to $1.3 trillion by 2034, and then grow further to $5.17 trillion by 2047, indicates a report by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Credai).
Arsenal's title hopes hit with 2-0 loss to Villa as Man City get boost
Personal loans and credit card loans provide quick access to money when it is urgently needed, but they also carry risks for borrowers.
