Housing finance
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 »
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 »
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 »
Edelweiss Housing, a branch of financial service provider Edelweiss Group, aims at taking its total loan-book size to Rs 6,000 crore by 2015, a top company official said. The firm has a loan book size of 900 crore and has set up its housing finance in 2010. Anil Kothuri, Edelweiss Housing Finance Executive Vice-President, told that the company started [...] Continue Reading »
In a report by Global Property Consultants CBRE South Asia, it is stated that the cost of the residential properties in India has witnessed a steady rise. But there is no increase in the demand curve for those properties across India. The cost of the properties has increased because of several hikes in interest rate [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate is the second largest employment generating sector in India. The builders associations are demanding for a special status on a par with industry for this sector. NAREDCO (National Real Estate Development Council) and CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India) made several representations to the Union government demanding special status [...] Continue Reading »
Higher interest will push up monthly installments for home loans for existing as well as new home buyers. The National Real Estate Development Council (Naredco) expects interest rates on housing finance to increase to 10.5 per cent for loans up to Rs 30 lakh and 11 per cent or more on loans above Rs 30 [...] Continue Reading »
