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	<title>Property News India and Featured Real Estate Stories &#187; Housing loans</title>
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		<title>Government to Introduce Real Estate Regulatory Bill</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/government-to-introduce-real-estate-regulatory-bill-77653</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dinesh.k</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest subsidy on housing loans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to boost the demand in the real estate sector and help the poor section in purchasing homes, the government has announced new policies that will offer an interest subsidy on housing loans. The Government awaits the approval of the cabinet for its Real Estate Development and Regulation Bill that will give an interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IIFL home bonds oversubscribed 2.24 times</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/iifl-home-bonds-oversubscribed-2-24-times-58430</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/iifl-home-bonds-oversubscribed-2-24-times-58430#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gaurav.gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance companies in India]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing loans and loans against property]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IIFL home bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India Infoline Housing Finance Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loans against property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Convertible Debentures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stock exchange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHB index needed for floating rates in home loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/nhb-index-needed-for-floating-rates-in-home-loans-57260</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/nhb-index-needed-for-floating-rates-in-home-loans-57260#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 04:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gaurav.gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floating interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floating rates in home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HFCs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan floating rates increases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans rate increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing regulator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFMR Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nachiket Mor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHB index]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RV Verma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nachiket Mor, central board member of RBI suggested the National Housing Bank (NHB) to work on a benchmark index for floating interest rates in housing loans. He also said that such indexes could result in the expansion of unoriginal market based on it. He also added that the indexes must be customer oriented. He also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHFL Housing to offer loans at 9.35%</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/dhfl-housing-to-offer-loans-at-9-35-56928</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/dhfl-housing-to-offer-loans-at-9-35-56928#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gaurav.gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHFL Housing Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Bank’s Refinance Scheme of Rural Housing Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R Nambirajan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Under the National Housing Bank’s Refinance Scheme of Rural Housing Fund, DHFL Housing Finance will grant housing loans at 9.35 per cent interest for 7 years fixed loans up to Rs 15 lakh. DHFL Housing Finance, Managing Director, R Nambirajan said in a release NHB has decreased  the interest rate under this refinance scheme to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporation awaits green signal from govt to give BPL housing loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/corporation-awaits-green-signal-from-govt-to-give-bpl-housing-loans-52673</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/corporation-awaits-green-signal-from-govt-to-give-bpl-housing-loans-52673#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Basic Services for Urban Poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Below Poverty Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPL families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSUP scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development of slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing projects in Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing units]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual housing scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi civic authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajiv Awas Yojana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAY scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=52673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kochi: The Kochi Corporation had requested the state government for an exemption to provide individual housing loans to families belonging to below poverty line (BPL) under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme. But the government failed to take up the request following which apprehensions have been raised about the successful implementation of the scheme. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sahara City Township in Nagpur lags behind</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/sahara-city-township-in-nagpur-lags-behind-46065</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/sahara-city-township-in-nagpur-lags-behind-46065#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other cities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agreements of sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying property in Sahara City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mihan project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagpur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagpur Improvement Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagpur real estate market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off Wardha Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties in Wardha Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nagpur- Sahara City Township being developed on 107 acres of land in off Wardha Road, Nagpur has been facing several issues. The construction work has been kept pending and it has only few residents staying in the township. Residents are unhappy as there are hardly any neighbours who are residing in their surroundings. Sahara City Homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home loan market witnesses 19% growth</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loan-market-witnesses-19-growth-34967</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loan-market-witnesses-19-growth-34967#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian home loan market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penetration level]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property price in India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Bank cuts home loan rates by 0.25%</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/union-bank-cuts-home-loan-rates-by-0-25-34627</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/union-bank-cuts-home-loan-rates-by-0-25-34627#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi-NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floating rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan rates india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[revised rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union Bank of India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=34627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHB to fund stalled housing projects</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/nhb-to-fund-stalled-housing-projects-30957</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/nhb-to-fund-stalled-housing-projects-30957#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kolkata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy slowdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing pojects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residentail real estate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stalled housing projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of funding gap, many housing projects have been shut down and as a result, economy has slowed down. The government has directed many banks across the state to unblock values of stalled projects and provide financial dose to turn them viable. National housing bank (NHB) decided to begin the search for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edelweiss to launch small housing loans in Tamil Nadu</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/edelweiss-to-launch-small-housing-loans-in-tamil-nadu-30922</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/edelweiss-to-launch-small-housing-loans-in-tamil-nadu-30922#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edelweiss Housing Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans available in india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low-income group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madurai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[micro entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-employed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small housing loans]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=30922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Edelweiss Housing Finance to introduce housing loans of less than Rs 10 lakh in Madurai. The firm target the low income group and those constructing their own homes in Chennai suburbs and small towns and in Tamil Nadu. The target of the plan is to focus on self employed and small and micro entrepreneurs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Borrowers shift lenders to beat high interest rates</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/borrowers-shift-lenders-to-beat-high-interest-rates-30912</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/borrowers-shift-lenders-to-beat-high-interest-rates-30912#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loan borrowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loans interest rates cut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outstanding loan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prepayment penalty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=30912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rate of interest may not have fallen significantly  this year, but due to the difference in new and old home loan interest, the borrowers are shifting their loan from existing lenders to cheap lenders. The State Bank of India (SBI) is offering Rs 30 lakh home loan for the new borrowers at the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks offer repayment in 30 years for home buyers</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/banks-offer-repayment-in-30-years-for-home-buyers-29893</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/banks-offer-repayment-in-30-years-for-home-buyers-29893#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equated Monthly Installment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home buyers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=29893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Various leading banks have now made it possible for the home buyers to pay back their loan at leisure. Banks have adopted this policy in order to improve their retail credit group. The first ever bank with the longest year of repayment in the India’s banking history is the State Bank of India (SBI) with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM announces new home loan scheme</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/pm-announces-new-home-loan-scheme-27747</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/pm-announces-new-home-loan-scheme-27747#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi-NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loans Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest subsidy on housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajiv Housing Loan Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban poor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=27747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced the launch of a home loans scheme &#8211; Rajiv Housing Loan Scheme. It will provide interest subsidy on home loans of less than 5 lakh. The new housing loans scheme is aimed at the urban poor of the country. The new scheme was announced on Independence Day. The PM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HDFC launches revives fixed rate home loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/hdfc-launches-revives-fixed-rate-home-loans-27740</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/hdfc-launches-revives-fixed-rate-home-loans-27740#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Borrowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fixed tenure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixed-rate home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loan borrowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has sought to revive the market for fixed rate home loans. HDFC has decided to launch a new product where interest rates are fixed for 10 years. Under the new scheme, rates would be 125 basis points lower than HDFC&#8217;s existing fixed rate loans. The new scheme is called &#8220;Trufixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New housing bill criticized in Maharashtra</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/new-housing-bill-criticized-in-maharashtra-27307</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/new-housing-bill-criticized-in-maharashtra-27307#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apartment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apartments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flat buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maharashtra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maharashtra Housing (Regulation & Development) Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act (MOFA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=27307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Maharashtra Housing (Regulation &#38; Development) Bill, 2012, came under attack from housing experts as they labeled it ‘builder friendly’. Activists, housing societies and flat buyers claimed that not only was it poorly drafted, but also failed to maintain transparency and stated that it is a watered down version of the repealed Maharashtra Ownership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHB scraps pre-payment fine on dual rate housing loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/nhb-scraps-pre-payment-fine-on-dual-rate-housing-loans-27246</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/nhb-scraps-pre-payment-fine-on-dual-rate-housing-loans-27246#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dual rate housing schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing finance companies (HFCs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Bank (NHB)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank of India (RBI)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=27246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBI reduces home loan growth target</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/sbi-reduces-home-loan-growth-target-26768</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/sbi-reduces-home-loan-growth-target-26768#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Bank of India (SBI)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=26768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State Bank of India (SBI) has revealed that it has cut its annual home loan growth target by up to 10 per cent age points. The biggest lender of the country has to revise their target due to sluggish growth in property market. The bank cut its home loan rates on Wednesday by up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home loans may become cheaper in coming weeks</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loans-may-become-cheaper-in-coming-weeks-26774</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loans-may-become-cheaper-in-coming-weeks-26774#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixed deposits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Bank (NHB)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduction in the refinance rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=26774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A day after SBI reduced home and auto loan rates and the National Housing Bank (NHB) announced reduction in the refinance rate under a special scheme for the economically weaker section, there seems to be a possibility of further cut looming in the horizon. Moreover, SBI said that it would cut interest rates on fixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBI cuts home loan rates; shares fall</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/sbi-cuts-home-loan-rates-shares-fall-26677</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/sbi-cuts-home-loan-rates-shares-fall-26677#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto and home loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDFC bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incremental growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loan cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Bank of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statutory liquidity ratio]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=26677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares in State Bank of India fell 1.1 percent as a result of their declaration to cut home loan rates for new borrowers. SBI cut its rate on auto loans to 10.75 percent from 11.25 percent, while cutting home loans to a range of 10.25 percent to 10.4 percent depending on the lent amount. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home loan interest rate subsidy cut by government</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loan-interest-rate-subsidy-cut-by-government-24164</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loan-interest-rate-subsidy-cut-by-government-24164#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corpus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union Cabinet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=24164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government focuses on austerity over growth to contain the increasing fiscal deficit, it has cut the size of interest rate subvention corpus for affordable housing loans by 20%. It has fixed the corpus at Rs 400 crore for the current fiscal, 20% less than last fiscal&#8217;s Rs 500 crore. The government runs a 1% interest subvention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet shortly to discuss over raising limit of housing loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/cabinet-shortly-to-discuss-over-raising-limit-of-housing-loans-23703</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/cabinet-shortly-to-discuss-over-raising-limit-of-housing-loans-23703#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi-NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost of land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[input costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Rao’s Value and Budget Housing Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low-cost housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahindra and Mahindra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overall economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pranab Mukherjee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prices of houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tata Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The central government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union Budget 2012-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union Cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usha Martin Group]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=23703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The central government is considering to raise the limit of housing loans eligible at interest of one per cent to Rs 15 lakh from the current Rs 10 lakh. The proposal is likely to be discussed in the Union Cabinet this week. The move aims towards activating real estate growth as a major contributor for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government likely to announce interest subsidy on home loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/government-likely-to-announce-interest-subsidy-on-home-loans-23579</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/government-likely-to-announce-interest-subsidy-on-home-loans-23579#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medium income households]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=23579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is likely to announce one per cent of interest subsidy on housing loans up to Rs15 lakh with cost of the house not exceeding Rs25 lakh in a bid to help low and medium income households to own their own dwellings. The interest subvention scheme for the year 2011-12 was limited to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edelweiss Housing targets loan-book size to 6,000 cr</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/edelweiss-housing-targets-loan-book-size-to-6000-cr-23088</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/edelweiss-housing-targets-loan-book-size-to-6000-cr-23088#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi-NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[000 crore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmedabad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edelweiss Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edelweiss Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edelweiss Housing Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loan book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loan-book size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=23088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affordability of Homes in India has increased: HDFC</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/affordability-of-homes-in-india-has-increased-hdfc-20945</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/affordability-of-homes-in-india-has-increased-hdfc-20945#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 09:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apartment News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordability of homes in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apartments in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost of apartments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate in India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=20945</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cost of apartments in India has increased as well as the rate of interest on housing loans in last couple of decades. But according to the HDFC Ltd, the affordability of purchasing a home in India also has been increased. In an analysis the financial institution has found that a home buyer, on an average, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to be checked before applying for home loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/things-to-be-checked-before-applying-for-home-loans-20872</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/things-to-be-checked-before-applying-for-home-loans-20872#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 03:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floating rate of interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repayment track record]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=20872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before applying to home loans any individual must look into his income, current expenses and track record from Credit Bureau as these are very much important for availing any home loan. According to a higher official of HSBC, buyers must opt for floating rate of interest in the current economic scenario while going for any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home loans are likely to be cheaper</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loans-are-likely-to-be-cheaper-19234</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/home-loans-are-likely-to-be-cheaper-19234#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real estate trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apartments in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate market in india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank of India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=19234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the Reserve Bank of India’s move to slash policy rates, the leading banks are planning to reduce the home loan rates. Some leading banks have already cut their home loan rates for existing and new customers, while the other banks are in the process of deciding the new rates. Higher home loan rates and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Experts think property price may not reduce</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/experts-think-property-price-may-not-reduce-18317</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/experts-think-property-price-may-not-reduce-18317#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real estate trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[availing housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price of properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rates of interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate sector in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential real estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=18317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though the Reserve bank of India has reduced the key interest rates by 50 basis points, experts think, the decision is not adequate to make housing loans affordable. The property advisors says that, &#8216;it is unlikely that property prices will come down because of this rate cut, and it is the price of properties that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional floor space index for Chennai to promote affordable housing</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/additional-floor-space-index-for-chennai-to-promote-affordable-housing-16354</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/additional-floor-space-index-for-chennai-to-promote-affordable-housing-16354#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable housing projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction of apartments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooperative housing societies in Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floor Space Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government of Tamil Nadu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newly constructed apartments in Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[properties in Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate in Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate in Tamil Nadu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government of Tamil Nadu announced revised floor space index (FSI) plan for the affordable housing project. The government also declared that the builders need not to pay any additional charge for construction of apartments with higher FSI. The state finance minister also announced more interest waiver on housing loans disbursed by cooperative housing societies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non banking finance companies entered into realty market</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/non-banking-finance-companies-entered-into-realty-market-15539</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/non-banking-finance-companies-entered-into-realty-market-15539#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing finance companies in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates on housing finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non banking finance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non banking financer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residential price]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Housing finance is a preferred market choice for many of the non banking finance companies. These finance companies provide loan for the builders as well as they are considered good option for home loans. It is noticed that the residential price index has a rising curve in the tire 2 cities while it is decreasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real estate demands investment friendly budget</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/real-estate-demands-investment-friendly-budget-15494</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/real-estate-demands-investment-friendly-budget-15494#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable housing projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget and real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effect of Budget on Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate expectation on Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Regulatory Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduction of rate of interest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The realty industry hoping for a budget which will provide more support to the realty industry to construct more affordable houses. The industry also wants the formation of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), to improve the transparency and authenticity of the real estate industry. The Industry wants proposals for making it more investment friendly so [...]]]></description>
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