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.
Sell the property if bought for investment purpose.
The battle in the home-loan market was sparked by the country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), which announced a competitive package early this month.
HFDC Ltd on Saturday unveiled a Diwali bonanza offering home loans at 7.75 per cent for up to 20 years under floating basis.
Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday announced a special variable rate offer of 7.49 per cent per annum for home loans across all tenures up to 20 years.
Housing Development and Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC), the largest mortgage finance company in the country, on Monday launched a fixed-cum-floating rate scheme which would offer home loans at a fixed rate for the initial three or five years and at a floating rate thereafter.
Is your lender not reducing interest rate on your floating rate home loans? Here's what you must do.
Wait for some days, as other lenders are likely to follow suit. You can also negotiate for a lower rate before deciding on a change of bankers.
Linking all new floating rate loans to an external benchmark won't impact existing borrowers, so customers who have taken long-term home loans recently should watch things carefully, say Joydeep Ghosh and Sanjay Kumar Singh.
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The growth in housing loans had fallen from a high of 31.2 per cent in December 2006 to 4.1 per cent in March 2009.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has asked public sector banks to hold interest rates for housing loans at the current rate.
With banks competing for the ever-increasing pie of home loan borrowers with new schemes every second month we decipher what HDFC's latest teaser home loan scheme is all about and whether you should opt for it or not.
The gold loan portfolio of banks continued to show strong off-take with 76 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in January 2025 amid moderation in retail credit - especially in the unsecured credit segment - following increase in risk weights in November 2023. The gold loan pool had grown 17.4 per cent Y-o-Y in January 2024.
Banks offer to extend repayment tenures up to 25 yrs.
Here's how the cut in interest rates on home loans announced on December 15 by the Indian Banks' Association is likely to have an impact on you.
Do remember that though the banks insist that all co-owners of the property should also be co-applicants in a joint home loan, the reverse need not be true.
These clauses are overlooked by most home loan borrowers and some of them eventually end up paying interest rates
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The borrower is the real winner. The home loan rate war announced by HDFC and SBI is indeed good news for those who are looking out to buy a home.
The main culprit is the lack of transparency that your lending bank of housing finance institute employs in determining home loan rates.
Teaser and step-up home loans may look similar in the beginning, but they work out differently in the later years, says Arnav Pandya.
Public sector banks are likely to announce a 50 to 100 basis point cut in interest rates on home loans up to Rs 20 lakh. The government is also considering an interest subvention for loans below Rs 5 lakh.
According to recent finance ministry data that captures the performance of public sector banks, instances of home loan defaults contributing to gross non-performing assets was the highest in the category of loans up to Rs 200,000.
Banks to also charge 50-100 bps more for a second home.
If you take some care you can avoid the common mistakes that most people make while taking a home loan.
With real estate prices dropping, action is hotting up in the home loan market. State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, said on Tuseday that it had improved upon its home loan scheme and would offer home loans starting at 8 per cent in the first year before rising 100-150 basis points in the second and third years.
Those who have binged on credit must spend less, cut discretionary expenses, and focus on repayment.
NRIs cannot claim tax benefits on home loans in India as they have to pay tax in the nation where they work and earn. However, they need to file tax returns to become eligible for home loans. But if they pay tax in India for income earned in India, they can claim tax rebate for the home loan.
Puzzled by the way banks levy differing 'floating interest rates' from new and existing customers, the fair trade practices body MRTPC has initiated a probe into how lending institutions arrive at these rates.Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission feels that the practice of banks using low interest rates to woo new customers while forcing the old ones to pay higher rates was discriminatory and restrictive under the MRTP Act.
Let us evaluate various possible situations an individual can find himself in and understand what the Income Tax Act permits him to do.
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