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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 ...

Tips for loans borrowers India

The high interest rates have been painful for borrowers and many are finding it tough to manage and repay existing loans. Commercial loan The commercial loan segment is not in the limelight but the rate hike in these accounts impacts the midsized businesses. Usually, small and medium businesses run on small margins, and therefore do not have much of a cushion to absorb the additional interest burden. During a high interest rate regime, small and medium businesses should reduce their dependence on bank loans and go for alternate funding for their business needs. Home loan The interest rates on home loans have gone up quite significantly. Although the RBI has indicated a pause on further key rate hikes, it does not mean the interest rates will start coming down in the short term. Home loan borrowers should remain in touch with their banks for special schemes to reduce the interest rate. Also, home loan borrowers should plan alternate sources of income or reduce the loa...

SBI cuts processing fee on home loans

SBI has cut processing fees on home loans by half, a move expected at acquire a bigger tart in the home loan market and giving competition to private banks and housing finance companies. "The decision is meant at creating goodwill. With regards to fees charged from retail customers, SBI will charge only to the extent of covering its cost and not earn profit on it,". The bank has reduced processing fee on home loan above Rs 75 lakh to Rs 10,000 from Rs 20,000. For loans in the range of Rs 30 to Rs 75 lakh, the fee has been lowered to Rs 6,500 from Rs 10,000 earlier. The processing fee for loan below Rs 30 lakh continues to be 0.25% of the loan amount. The new charges will be effective from January 11. Axis Bank and ICICI Bank charge 0.5% of the loan amount sanctioned as processing fee, while housing finance leader HDFC charges 0.50% of the loan amount with a cap of Rs 10,000. So, on a loan of Rs 50 lakh currently, SBI's processing fee would be the cheapest...

Home and car loans to get costlier Again

With inflation remaining high, the Reserve Bank on Monday indicated that it may go for another round of interest rate hike tomorrow even though the step may impact the economic growth. "Inflation risk persists. The policy choices have become more complex. In this backdrop, the monetary policy trajectory will need to be guided by the emerging growth- inflation dynamics even as transmission of the past actions is still unfolding," RBI said in its review released on the eve of mid-year monetary policy announcement tomorrow. Though the risk to growth is becoming visible, the challenge of bringing down inflation to an acceptable level on a sustainable basis remains significant, it further said. On account of various global and domestic factors, the RBI said, "growth in 2011-12 is likely to moderate slightly from that projected earlier". The RBI had projected the economic growth, or GDP expansion, for the current fiscal at 8 %, down from 8.5 % in 2010-11....

Plan Your EMIs for Home Loan

Buying a Housing Property is a very big financial commitment on the personal front. Attractive and aggressive home loan schemes coupled with tax incentives has made it easier for younger people to invest in housing properties. Buying a Housing property and financing it through home loan has many benefits; however it requires a certain amount of financial planning on the individual’s part in order to make the process easier throughout the easy loan tenure. Before choosing the home loan you can compare online home loan rates and also check eligibility for Home loan through Home Loan Eligibility Calculator . Trends of Interest Rates The interest rates cycles have shrunk over the past couple of decades. We are seeing a lot of volatility and cyclic trends in the interest rates. Real estate, especially the home property market has seen a major shift in the last few years. The globalization has brought in many factors that influence the macro economy conditions in general which impacts th...