Housing finance companies
The urban housing fund which was announced recently by the Finance Minister in the Budget is likely to function within a month. The minister proposed an allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore to the National Housing Bank (NHB) for initiating it. According to an official, the fund will be used for the refinancing of the banks [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi-NCR- The prices of properties, particularly in NCR, are about to witness a downfall in the near future, presume National Housing Bank (NHB). Along with this, 20 percent growth is expected in the residential sector during the current financial year against 17 percent in the last fiscal. Many cities including NCR region have observed fall [...] Continue Reading »
To support housing for the poor, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has been planning to raise the cap on the interest subsidy scheme from the present Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. The scheme of Interest Subsidy for Housing the Urban Poor was started in the late 2008 in order to [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- National Housing Bank (NHB) is planning to offer a special refinance scheme to mortgage lenders for loans to urban low-income housing groups to buy affordable houses. With this move, the housing finance regulator is likely to create a long-term market for fixed-rate housing loans and boost affordable housing. The new refinance scheme for [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate developers and housing finance companies are allowed by the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) to raise funds up to $1 billion through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) in order to promote low-cost housing projects. RBI said that the funds raised through ECBs should be used either for developing low cost housing projects or [...] Continue Reading »
During National Real Estate Development Council convention held on 8th December, Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB), R V Verma announced his thought to support Housing finance institutions by providing a loan of Rs 17,000 crore from July to next year June shortly. Housing finance companies aim to finance individuals’ home loans [...] Continue Reading »
National Housing Bank (NHB) has expressed hopes that price correction in housing market is due soon. NHB, the regulator of housing finance companies, has predicted a decline in the real estate prices in the near future. NHB attributes the fall in prices to the large number of empty houses which is due to be sold. [...] Continue Reading »
The State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to showcase ‘lower equated monthly installment savings investment proposition’ to their existing customers as well as prospective customers including home loan customers of other banks and housing finance companies. The bank has lowered the equated monthly installments (EMIs) on home loans by about Rs. 15-19 across the [...] Continue Reading »
Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India, Coimbatore will organise a three-day property fair at CODDISSIA Trade Fair Complex from August 17. The fair is to feature properties of 30 member developers apart from housing finance companies that will provide home buyers with instant home loan processing options. The organizers state that number of [...] 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 »
