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The issuance of unsecured redeemable non-convertible debentures by India Infoline Housing Finance Limited (IIFL), which is the housing finance subsidiary of IIFL Holdings Limited, has been oversubscribed 2.24 times of the base issue. As per the stock exchange data the total collection was Rs 224.5 crore which is 2.24 times of the base issue. The [...] Continue Reading »
Rating agency ICRA recently said that some stress might be seen in the asset quality of housing finance companies (HFCs) in the current fiscal, ending March 31. This is due to their push on riskier segments like lending against property and to self-employed people. The total housing credit outstanding as of December 2013 is being [...] Continue Reading »
Few years back, the home loan which was provided under teaser loan scheme by a housing finance company (HFC), is not the same anymore when repaying it back. The prepayment charges amounted to Rs 2 lakh for a person who had availed a Rs 1 crore loan under that special rate scheme. As per a [...] Continue Reading »
Home loan rates fluctuating, here it is back into action again! The new norm is leaving the loan payers and borrowers worried behind. It is State Bank of India (SBI) this time who has decided to change pre-payment charges in concern with both the fixed and floating loans. India’s largest lender SBI calls for this [...] Continue Reading »
The National Housing Bank (NHB) raises provisioning requirement for doubtful assets up to 100%, asks housing finance companies to set aside 0.4% loans as buffer. The new guidelines are aimed at protecting the health of HFCs when concerns over possible asset quality deterioration increases manifold amid rising interest rates, but industry captains said their prising [...] Continue Reading »
HDFC posted a marginal growth in the net profit; however LIC Housing and Dewan Housing both reported a severe drop in the financial market. During the month of June 2011, both of these financial sectors reported a severe decline in sanctioning loans and there are few borrowers approaching them for funding. The actual impact is [...] Continue Reading »
