Banks to review teaser home loan plans next month
The country's top lenders have decided to review the future of fixed-cum-floating home loan interest rate schemes in March. The limited period offers, which have come to be known as teaser rate schemes, are due to end by March 31. State Bank of India chairman O P Bhatt said "We will review it ( special home loan scheme ) sometime in March and see what kind of (credit) offtake has taken place, what kind of liquidity we have, what is the view on lending to various sectors and where we think the cost of funds is heading." He added that the effort would be to keep interest rates down, but if it hurt the bank, then rates would have to go up. Lenders get tough with realtors Banks have cut their exposure to real estate, as stressed assets mount in the sector. State Bank of India ( SBI ) and Punjab National Bank (PNB), among others, have begun cutting borrowing limits for the sector, coupled with aggressive recoveries. According to a data released by the Reserve Bank of I...