National Housing Bank
The National Housing Bank data shows a peculiar trend that despite economic slowdown in the country, house prices have not suffered. Apparently, house prices have managed to beat the economic slowdown. Rates displayed a rising trend in the April-June quarter as shown in the survey. National Housing Bank showed Pune posted the highest gains in [...] Continue Reading »
According to National Housing Bank (NHB) data, housing prices have risen by up to 10.5 per cent in 16 major cities of the country in the April-June period, while only three towns have witnessed a marginal fall. The data is taken from NHB ‘RESIDEX’ which tracks the movement in prices of residential properties on a [...] Continue Reading »
Few years back, the home loan which was provided under teaser loan scheme by a housing finance company (HFC), is not the same anymore when repaying it back. The prepayment charges amounted to Rs 2 lakh for a person who had availed a Rs 1 crore loan under that special rate scheme. As per a [...] Continue Reading »
The Reserve Bank of India ordered all the banks to stop charging penalty on prepayment of home loans taken on floating interest rates. The order is circulated after the Damodaran Committee had observed that foreclosure charges levied by banks on prepayment of home loans were resented by home loan borrowers. The removal of the charges [...] Continue Reading »
According to the National Housing Bank‘s Residex index, the cost of houses and apartments in Chennai are rising sharply. The index for the city raised by 39.5 percent in the last quarter of 2011-12 compared to the same period last year. This is recorded as the highest jump in residex index for any city for [...] Continue Reading »
Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance has decided to raise funds for investment into real estate home loan. The group will raise Rs 2700 crore in this financial year 2012-13. The company would raise the funds through non-convertible debentures and by refinancing from National Housing Bank. Sundaram home loan also set a target to disburse home [...] Continue Reading »
As of now only loan-linked properties are being put in the registry. To improve the transparency of the deal in real estate, it is proposed to include all transactions of the real estate projects in the central registry. The National Housing Bank proposed for a pilot project for registering all properties in central registry. According [...] Continue Reading »
The Reserve Bank of India barred banks from charging any fee from a customer who wants to repay an outstanding loan and close the account. This will give the home loan customers a greater flexibility to opt for other banks for better interest rates. Housing finance regulator National Housing Bank (NHB) has already barred home [...] Continue Reading »
The residential price in Surat have increased fastest compared to other major cities in India. National Housing Bank track the housing prices with residential index (Residex). It is also observed that the residex of Chennai (9.2), Pune (8.9) and Delhi (8.4) follows Surat (9.4). As Surat is the city having highest annual household income in [...] Continue Reading »
After State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Central Bank of India, Punjab and Sind Bank has followed suit avoiding pre payment penalties. Now borrowers who have taken home loans from these banks can pay before the time without worrying about the penalties. This initiative was taken viewing the borrowers will to repay the loan [...] Continue Reading »
