Reserve Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India holding on policy rates can put more stress on real estate market, says real estate developers. RBI should have cut down the rates as the growth rate is coming down and industry and government is also calling for a rate cut. Lalit Kumar Jain, national president of Confederation of Real Estate [...] 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 »
After the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to hold the rates, real estate developers say that although they welcome the reduction in cash reserve ratio (CRR), they are disappointed with the fact lending rates have remained the same. In the policy announcement, RBI cut banks’ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points (bps), while [...] Continue Reading »
Keeping an eye on the hardening inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 25 bps. RBI left the key interest rate unchanged and the 0.25% reduction in CRR is done to infuse additional liquidity that will inject Rs 17,500 crore into the financial system. Accordingly, the CRR [...] Continue Reading »
In order to boost demand in the economy, public sector banks have either cut interest rates or waived home loans processing fee in response to Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy and finance minister P Chidambaram initiative to revive growth. Several lenders have cut interest rates for home loans such as Bank of Baroda, Bank [...] Continue Reading »
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 [...] Continue Reading »
Reserve Bank of India has announced a cut in the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by a quarter of a percentage point (25 basis points) to 4.5% in its policy review meeting. With the announcement, home and auto loans will gradually become cheaper over the next few months. However, the RBI disappointed industry by leaving repo [...] Continue Reading »
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) has begun to show its effects. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has reduced home loan rates, for loans up to Rs 30 lakh, by 25-100 basis points. A 50-bps cut in auto loan rates has also been announced. IOB has reduced the spreads [...] Continue Reading »
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 [...] Continue Reading »
Retail loans may turn cheaper as country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a reduction of one percentage point in Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) for banks. Retail customers may get the benefit of lower lending rates as banks may reduce rates on retail loans. The lower SLR, which is the proportion of deposits banks [...] Continue Reading »
