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5 precautions to consider before taking out a personal loan

Personal loans are effective financial solutions to raise some extra funds on an urgent basis. A personal loan can be used for any purpose including renovating your house, paying for a wedding, purchasing business equipment, setting up a new office, clubbing outstanding dues against one loan, capitalising on an investment opportunity or simply taking a long-awaited vacation and so on. Availing personal loan gives people an opportunity to fulfil their financial obligations or achieving their dreams, making them a hugely popular financial solution in the current scenario. Some of its key advantages include: # Easy application process requiring basic KYC documentations # Quick disbursal of funds # Flexible repayment tenure and attractive rate of interest. # Options to make prepayments and close the personal loan before expiry with 4 percent closure charges While the benefits of this scheme are many, the decision to opt for it is a big one. One must acquire proper knowledge ab...

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 ...

Loan rates ease between competitions

In home loans too, the slab rate is down from 10.5% in January to around 10.25%. Loans against property, too, have seen a 25-50 bps reduction so far this year. HFCs (home finance companies) and banks say that home loan rates in the industry are now closely aligned to the base rate (10-10.25%) and they range from 10.15% to 10.3% as against 10.25% to 10.5% a year ago. Like auto loans, there's no official rate cut in the offing but there will be promotional pressure this festive season. Some home financiers like Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance have reduced their home rates by 0.25% to 0.30% in the last five months to 10.15% currently. "During the festive season, we may bring in offers of home loans just below 10% or at 10%," Srinivas Acharya, MD, Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance, said. Industry biggie HDFC will soon be closing its two month campaign (which began on August 1) on home loans up to Rs 75 lakh at 10.15%. "Earlier, the 10.15% rate was applicable f...

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...

Repo rate cut may be 25 basis points

what the central bank might do to rates shortly, and pat comes his considered response about repo rates. And about what the BoI will likely do in response. In an interview, he holds forth on the bank’s future plans and the path ahead for the banking industry. What is your outlook on interest rates? A pause (in interest rates) is definitely confirmed and going forward, interest rates would start moving down. This may happen even in the forthcoming monetary policy review (on January 24). The cut may be in the repo rate (now at 8.5%). Bulk of the reduction could happen in the first and second quarter of the next financial year. In the monetary policy review, the repo rate cut may be 25 basis points (bps). If the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cuts the repo rate in January, will you reduce lending rates? Yes, we will do it immediately. This is because, if my borrowing cost is going down, I need to pass it on to the customers. What is your outlook on deposit and lending rates in...

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...

Sales of Indian Auto Industry boost in next financial year

The SIAM estimated that car sales would grow by 11 to 13 percent in 2012-13, well above the zero to two percent growth it currently expects this fiscal year. Sales of new cars in India are likely to pick up in the next financial year, an industry body predicted on Tuesday, after months of flattish growth due to high borrowing costs and fuel prices. Sen said he expected India's central bank to announce "some policy measures" in coming months that would help boost economic growth and kick-start demand for cars. "The current quarter and the next fiscal year should be better," SIAM senior director Sugato Sen. Since November, car sales have improved slightly but remain subdued with many potential buyers deciding to defer their purchases or cancel them altogether because of costly Car loan and rising fuel costs. The cost of borrowing has risen due to high inflation, which the Reserve Bank of India has tried to rein in by raising interest rates 13 tim...