Will Home loan business increase in 2015-16
"Interest rates have been soft and real estate prices have moved up very marginally as compared to the level of increase in disposable incomes thereby making house buying more affordable," managing director of HDFC, Renu Sud Karnad, said. There is good traction for properties in the periphery regions of the four metros, she said. Indiabulls Housing Finance , too, has reported 36% growth in home loan disbursals to Rs 10,065 crore during FY15 as against Rs 7,387 crore during 2013-14. "Growth has been driven by funding houses in the Rs 25-50 lakh (range) where transaction volumes have been very robust over the last year," deputy managing director of Indiabulls Housing, Ashwini Hooda, said. In fact, the centre's push towards affordable housing is expected to boost overall home loan growth to 20-22% this fiscal, according to a recent report by ICRA. The segment had seen 17% growth in the first nine months of 2014-15 with the housing finance market crossing the