Home Loan rates
Home loan rates have been cut by HDFC to 10.15 percent for new borrowers with effect from August 1, 2014. The new rates will be applicable for the loans of all new borrowers regardless of the loan amount. Going by the information obtained by Financial Chronicle, the scheme under which HDFC has slashed home loan [...] Continue Reading »
ICICI Bank has implemented a reduction in interest rates on home loans by 10 basis points – to 10.15 percent – for borrowers who draw loans for an amount up to Rs 75 lakh. The new reduced interest rate on home loans brings ICICI Bank at par with India’s biggest lender, the State Bank of [...] Continue Reading »
A senior official of the bank informed that the State Bank of India (SBI) will hold on to its home loan rates. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI Chairperson and Managing Director said on the sidelines of the IIM Calcutta’s 49th convocation, that home loan rates will remain unchanged. Recently RBI kept unchanged policy rates whereas lowered the [...] Continue Reading »
Infrastructure sector is likely to be affected by the RBI decision to award the IDFC a full-fledged banking license, as it has been facing a slowdown already and the company was a leading an integrated infrastructure finance player ,as told by the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI chairperson [...] Continue Reading »
Mr. C. Shekhar Reddy, President Credai-National, says that the real estate sector has been witnessing high input costs, high cost of funds and a moderate demand over the last few months. The real estate sector has been neglected and requires immediate concern to develop confidence. Mr. Anuj Puri, Chairman and Country Head, JLL India, says [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the downfall in affordability, the Indian home loan market is expected to grow by 17-19 percent in the current fiscal year, according to credit rating agency IRCA. Lower home loan rates, attractive schemes, etc. fuel the home loan market growth in 2012-2013, said IRCA. Because of the high cost of properties in India, tough operating [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- Since the banking industry’s spotlight shifts to retail borrowers, the Union Bank of India has reduced the home loan rates by 0.25 percent. The bank announced that the revised rates are applicable from November 29. For home loans up to Rs 75 lakh, the base rate at 10.50 per cent will be applicable, [...] Continue Reading »
DHLF the mortgage lender has cut its home loan lending rates by 0.25 per cent across categories for new customers. This is the second time the lender reducing interest rates within a month. It said in a statement that the variable rate of interest for loans of up to Rs 15 lakh has been cut [...] Continue Reading »
The pressure in the real estate sector has affected the home loans. The new home loan accounts fell by 38% in June quarter this year over the same quarter in 2011. Rs 854.55 crore to 23,241 account holders from April to June 2011was disbursed by the member banks State Level Banking Committee (SLBC). But this [...] Continue Reading »
National Housing Bank has signaled a reduction in interest rates for housing finance companies (HFCs) by reducing its prime lending rate from 10.5 per cent to 10 per cent. The rate reduction is set to affect medium and smaller-sized players in the industry as NHB accounts for 25-30 per cent of the resources raised by HFCs. [...] Continue Reading »
