While the total disbursement of housing loans by PSBs as well as HFCs witnessed a deceleration in 2016-17, there was significant growth for the lower slabs
Raamdeo Agrawal, joint managing director at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, tells Sheetal Agarwal key trends in this earnings season and investment themes in Indian markets.
The jewellery industry has welcomed the government's decision to ban old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, saying gold demand will rise as people will have more faith in the precious metal than the currency notes. But the unorganised builders and secondary (resale) property market would be adversely impacted.
Although not much is spoken about financial infidelity, it is becoming more and more common these days. Financial planner Amar Pandit charts a four-point plan on how to be financially loyal to your spouse
Chartered accountant and Sebi registered investment advisor, Harsh Vardhan Roongta, answers your home loan queries
The 21-year-old had to chase down James Guy and Jack McLoughlin to win the title, pulling ahead in the final 100 metres to edge out compatriot McLoughlin and the Englishman to touch in three minutes, 43.76.
he hike in service tax rate from 12.5 per cent to 14 per cent will increase the costs of buying
When Deepak Singh first started working as a salesman in the US, he was ashamed of the fall in status this signalled, says Vikram Johri.
California Attorney General Kamala D Harris announced on February 12 that she would be seeking re-election to the post.
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According to the annual HSBC 'Value of Education Learning for Life' report, India has the world's highest proportion of parents (88 per cent) who are willing to send their children abroad for higher studies, ahead of Turkey (83 per cent), Malaysia and China (82 per cent each).
However, FII outflows of Rs 545 crore (Rs 5.45 billion) capped the gains in the rupee, which had slumped by 126 paise in past two days.
S&P in November ruled out an upgrade in the country's rating for some considerable period, citing India's low per capita GDP and relatively high fiscal deficit.
State owned banks SBI and PNB were the top Nifty gainers along with ICICI Bank and auto shares.
If government statistics are at variance with private data flow, chances are high that the latter presents a picture closer to reality.
The rouble has been falling steadily since early November and collapsed earlier this month following a spectacular decline in the price of crude oil to five-year lows.
You will be much better off buying the required plans directly from life and general insurers, experts tell Chirag Madia
Early last year, the company had said it aimed to reduce its debt, which stood over Rs 21,000 crore then, to Rs 10,000-11,000 crore (Rs 100-110 billion) through the sale of non-core assets and improved cash flows.
Piyush Goyal has begun his term as railway minister with characteristic energy, but not all his new initiatives are being praised
Who is the judge next in line to be Chief Justice of India? M J Antony tells us about Justice Gogoi who has put 'discharging a debt to the nation' above the prospect of being the next CJI.
While the Congress alleged that the Modi government was indulging in political vendetta, the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that it is a legal matter.
Years of unprecedented stimulus has left the Fed swollen with $4.5 trillion in bonds
Republican presidential presumptive nominee Donald Trump would throw the United States economy back into recession, his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton said.
Yes, you need to be safe when dealing with third party agents who act as intermediaries between you and the lending institutes.
However, RBI would continue to nudge banks to cut lending rates
The company has not been able to sell its 9.8% stake in Cairn India
India's secular democracy remains mortgaged to rabid communal politics. Quite clearly, the bloodshed by the religious communities is absolutely political. Even non-BJP political formations have their own Narendra Modis, says Mohammad Sajjad.
Recent tribunal rulings open prospects of large haircuts and barriers to auctioning of personal guarantees, among other issues
DLF has a land bank of 295 million sq ft, of which 50 million sq ft is under development.
On Wednesday, the collector had issued an order in favour of the 17-banks consortium led by SBI to take physical possession of the villa
Why do we need a cure here for peculiarly Western diseases when we don't have those diseases, and which the West itself is not trying to cure, asks Debashis Basu.
'The fact that housing units worth a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh crore in top seven cities are stuck under various stages of non-completion indicates that there is a dire need to create stress-asset fund which will help bail out lakhs of distressed homebuyers,' says Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, a real estate services company.
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red ahaead of F&O expiry.
Is this a classic case of throwing the baby out with the bath water?
Traditionally FDs have been plain vanilla products but nowadays amid cut-throat competition, banks have modified these keeping in line with customers' requirements.
Raising concern about over-dependence of Indian capital markets on foreign institutional investors, eminent banker Deepak Parekh has said that something needs to be done to change this pattern.
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Hailing clear majority for Narendra Modi-led BJP in the polls, real estate experts on Friday said a stable government at the Centre will help revive the property market.
Benchmark share indices trimmed intra-day gains after global crude oil prices resumed their downward trajectory after sharp gains on Friday.
Sahara Group got other much-needed relief with the apex court lifting its embargo of permitting it to sell only 19 properties.
