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SBI Offers Discounts On Interest Rate on Home Loans For Festive Season 2022

SBI is offering a concession of 20 basis points to borrowers with CIBIL scores of 700-749, which is almost 8.55 per cent, instead of the normal 8.75 per cent. State Bank of India (SBI)’s festive offers are here! Since the festive month is approaching, the biggest lender in India is also in a jolly mood and is offering concession of 15 basis points to 30 basis points on its sbi home loans . While the offer is seemingly lucrative for many buyers, it is only available from October 4, 2022 to January 31, 2023. While the normal interest rates on SBI home loans range from 8.55 per cent to 9.05 per cent, under the lender’s festive offers, these rates are expected to be lower and must be checked from the bank itself. In addition to this, SBI is also offering zero processing fees on its regular and top-up home loan plans. But, in order to reap benefits of these offers, a person’s CIBIL score will matter. SBI Top-Up Home Loan Rates For this festive season, SBI is offering 1.5 basis points conc...

HDFC hikes lending rate by 50 bps; EMIs to go up

  Leading housing finance provider HDFC Ltd. upped its lending rate by 50 basis points on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.9% in its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held on Friday. In the last five months, HDFC has implemented a total of seven rate hikes. "HDFC increases its Retail Prime Lending Rate (RPLR) on Housing loans, on which its Adjustable Rate Home Loans (ARHL) are benchmarked, by 50 basis points, with effect from October 1, 2022," the company said in a statement. The  interest rates on home loans  are available from HDFC Limited starting at 8.10% p.a. This interest rate is applicable to loans for purchasing a new house, balance transfers, home renovations, and home expansions. The above-mentioned home loan interest rates are flexible during the loan's term and are determined by HDFC's benchmark Rate ("RPLR"). Both new and existing borrowers will now be required to make EMI paymen...

SBI loan interest rates as on Sep 15, 2022

 SBI has not yet revised the minimum interest rate on home loans in September. Effective August 15, 2022, the bank’s EBLR is 8.05%+CRP+BSP, as per the SBI website. RLLR is 7.65%+CRP. However, depending on the credit score, a risk premium will be charged. This means a borrower with a credit score of more than 800 will now pay a minimum rate of 7.55 percent under the regular home loans . For applicants who have a credit score of 800 or higher, the minimum interest rate on regular home loans is 8.05 percent. The risk premium in this case is 0. The risk premium is based on the CIBIL score; the risk premium rate increases with a lower credit score. A credit score of 750 to 799 will result in a 8.15 percent interest rate with a risk premium of 10 basis points. Female borrowers will receive a 0.05 percent interest rate reduction. Borrowers will be compelled to pay higher interest rates, i.e. higher EMIs, once the reset date arrives, or their loan tenure would be extended if there is roo...

Top Mortgage Lender, HDFC, Sees Home Loan Demand Despite Rate Hikes

 Demand for home loans is strong in India and is expected to pick up further over the next few months, the head of major housing finance firm Housing. Home loans have grown by 16% as of end July compared to same period last year. "The economy is buoyant, the feel good factor is high, affordability is better so people are comfortable buying houses even if rates are slightly higher," Keki Mistry, chief executive of HDFC, told Reuters. The central bank has already raised rates three times by a total of 140 basis points in this financial year to tame stubbornly high inflation, which has remained above the central bank's tolerance band for several months. Lenders have passed on the interest rate rises but Mistry said that there are no signs of stress among home buyers and collections on loan dues remain robust. Interest rates are expected to rise further with economists expecting at least another 60 basis points by March 2023, according to a Reuters poll. "The economy fe...

HDFC Bank will offer a 10 Second Personal Loan Service at the end of this year

The private lender HDFC Bank is expanding its offers to self-employed people who were previously not considered creditworthy in addition to providing loans to everyone in just 10 seconds. Now, the private lender wants to raise credit exposure to customers who are self-employed, who make up barely 5% of the market. The 10-second loan service is something that HDFC Bank, the largest private lender in India, wants to make available to everyone, even people who don’t have bank accounts. The bank has been able to provide 10-second loans for existing customers over the previous six years and has been a paradigm pioneer in this area. By year’s end, we intend to release the product to the larger open market for personal loans after providing service delight to our current clients. The HDFC Bank is increasing its offers to self-employed people who were previously not considered creditworthy in addition to providing loans to everyone in just 10 seconds. Now, the private lender wants to raise cr...

home loans to get costlier; housing financiers raise lending rates this much

 LIC Housing Finance and Bajaj Housing Finance on Monday announced a hike in lending rates for home loans by 0.5 percentage points. Home loans to get costlier with hike in lending rates. LIC Housing Finance and Bajaj Housing Finance on Monday announced a hike in lending rates for home loans by 0.5 percentage points. With this hike, the lowest priced product at Bajaj Housing Finance, for the salaried and professional applicants, will be at 7.70 per cent now. Despite the latest hike, the company has claimed to be offering loans at competitive rates. For LIC Housing Finance, the new interest rates on home loans will start from 8 per cent as against 7.5 per cent before the hike. The company’s chief executive officer and managing director Y Viswanatha Gowd maintained that the RBI’s repo rate hike by 0.5 percentage points has caused ‘minimum fluctuations’ in monthly installments or tenure of home loans. He also said that the demand for housing will remain robust. The RBI had raised the...

SBI hikes lending rates on loans, EMIs to go up

State Bank of India or SBI, India's biggest lender, increased marginal cost of funds based lending rate or MCLR on loans with effect from today, a move that will make EMIs expensive for those who availed loans benchmarked against the MCLR. The one-year MCLR is considered important from a retail loans perspective, as a bank's long-term loans like home loans are linked to this rate. The SBI one-year MCLR goes up to 7.70%, from 7.50% The overnight to three-month SBI MCLR rate has been hiked to 7.35%, from 7.15%. The SBI six-month MCLR goes up to 7.65% from 7.45%, one-year to 7.7%, from 7.5%, two-year to 7.90% from 7.7% and three-year to 8.00% from 7.80%. SBI latest MCLR rates Overnight  - 7.35% One Month - 7.35% Three Month - 7.35% Six Month - 7.65% One Year - 7.7% Two Years - 7.9% Three Years - 8% Check Latest - SBI Home Loan Interest Rates