housing finance companies (HFCs)
Indian companies can access funds from abroad through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) of different kinds. In general, ECB pertains to commercial loans in the form of bank loans, buyers’ credit, suppliers’ credit, securitized instruments (like floating rate notes and fixed rate bonds, non-convertible, optionally convertible or partially convertible preference shares) obtained from non-resident lenders with [...] 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 »
The National Housing Bank has scrapped pre-payment penalty on dual rate housing schemes. The Reserve Bank of India, the banking regulator, has already removed pre-payment charges on dual rate schemes. Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) generally charge 2-4 per cent of the loan outstanding as early repayment charges in order to deter customers from closing the [...] Continue Reading »
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said that the market watchdog, SEBI, should categorize housing finance companies (HFCs) as a separate sector from Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to attract more fund flows. It suggested SEBI not to club HFCs with NBFCs for the purposes of sectoral limits proposed for investments by [...] Continue Reading »
