'If I close my housing loan, are there any investment avenues (the investment should provide liquidity) to save tax?'
'The young middle-class Indian is more concerned with Birkins and bikes and the EMIs on a new home and travelling abroad than politics,' novelist Shobhaa De tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar and Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'It is crucial to understand that the ultimate goal of your investments isn't to pay lesser tax, but to create long-term wealth for you and your family,' says Satyen Kothari, founder and CEO, Cube Wealth.
Drivezy is helping people share their vehicles.
Duly paying your education loan installments on time, each month, is the best thing that could be done to maintain a good CIBIL TransUnion Score.
Bumper liquidity as a result of global central bank stimulus measures should prevent a sharper downturn.
Instant approval, no due diligence, conversion to easy-to-pay EMIs, nominal processing fees are some of the reasons why credit card loans are better
Most borrowers of loans against property pin hopes on future cash flows from their business, but in case of failure to repay the loan, the lender can repossess the property and sell it.
The ATMs are fully up now and customers can withdraw up to Rs 50,000 from Yes Bank as well as from other banks' ATMs.
However, compared to August, vehicle sales increased by 15.25 per cent on the back of discounts. Maruti led the market in offering heavy discounts and incentives for buyers and dealers, reports Arindam Majumder.
BRIC economies improved slightly on the previous quarter.
Auto sector cheers RBI rate cut as 'festival gift'
Acute cash crunch and dwindling sales has forced developers in Ahmedabad to try innovative ways to lure buyers.
Though the level of gloom about the future business outlook moderated among the big-four emerging market economies, Indian counterparts are the most confident.
'A decade ago, even though the sentiment might have been felt in large parts of the media, it was not expressed.' 'There was a reserve and there was a culture that adhered to the principles expressed in the Constitution,' observes Aakar Patel.
Emotions ran high as Nantes paid tribute to their former player Emiliano Sala on Wednesday in their first game since the Argentine went missing in a light aircraft over the English Channel.
If one has to draw a parallel to a home loan, marriage comes pretty close. There is a high involvement of finances, emotions and a long time commitment. But don't let this analogy send your thought trail in a frenzy! Just like marriage, this can turn out to be the best decision of your life.
Amid the protests against leading e-commerce firms, Flipkart and Amazon, shipments through the online route in fact witnessed a double-digit growth every quarter.
Paying higher EMIs on your home loan? Don't fret. Here's a simple way to get lower interest rate on your home loan.
For a petrol car with a Rs 500,000-600,000 price tag, an EV variant would not cost less than Rs 12 lakh, making it virtually unaffordable.
Nokia launches Nokia 7 Plus, 8 Sirocco series in India; relaunches Nokia 6 with new features.
The move is likely to help 4.59 lakh housing units across the country.
Business leaders, among others, ask govt to let go of fiscal target, seek stimulus, and direct cash transfer.
Here's the answer to a dilemma faced by many home loan borrowers: To prepay your home loan or not when you get a one-time substantial bonus.
Facebook enabled users to mark themselves safe in Chennai since Thursday morning
Use credit cards with discretion and try to generate a net monthly surplus to avoid falling into a debt trap
Some other sites that allow repayment over longer tenures also waive off interest cost but that might be built into the product price.
Central bank unhappy with North Block's EMI diktat to banks, asks for more provisioning.
Let us discuss what has made your savings bank deposits a worthwhile avenue to park your funds now.
'You have come out with a package for the kisan.' 'You have a package for industry.' 'But has anyone addressed the issues concerning small traders?'
Prakash Javadekar said the forest cover in the national capital has increased since then and public transport system has also improved.
The new rates will be effective from May 9.
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Making an informed choice will help you save money and some hassles too.
Rating agency Crisil has said rising interest rates and the reintroduction of teaser loans by various banks would put an additional burden of Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) on them.
'He spoke about 20 jawans in Ladakh, but he couldn't even name China.' 'He said the world had seen what had been achieved, even though we Indians don't know because Modi has himself said that nothing had happened and nobody had come,' points out Aakar Patel.
The entire 'teaser rate' phenomenon only ended up benefiting lenders and developers at the cost of the loan consumers.
'Times will be tough, but we will get by and by the grace of Lord Balaji.'
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