Statutory liquidity ratio
The real estate industry body CREDAI (The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India) has explained about a few things which will bring cheer to the ailing sector. According to CREDAI, the string of measures announced for the real estate sector in the recent times will give a boost to the industry and will [...] Continue Reading »
The public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra on Monday stated that it has been planning to start the infrastructure bonds in the upcoming six months in order to raise funds. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently omitted long term bonds from the mandatory regulatory norms like the Cash Reserve Ratio or CRR, the [...] Continue Reading »
Reining in inflation seems to be on top of the agenda in view of the RBI’s monetary policy announcement earlier this week. RBI decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged but slashed statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by 0.5 % to unlock about Rs 40,000 crore into the system. Real estate developers and property consultants [...] Continue Reading »
It is expected that around Rs 40,000 crore of surplus liquidity will be infused in the system. This positive sentiment has come in the market after theRBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) decision to reduce the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by 50 basis points. India Inc. believes that this will keep liquidity buoyant, help meet industry’s [...] Continue Reading »
The process of new ideas entering in the league and replacing the previous ones is very common. Same goes with infrastructure funding plans. The fresh addition to such funding schemes is via real estate investment trusts(REIts). However, the most significant advancement here is amendment in the plans for the banks to offer loan for infrastructure. [...] Continue Reading »
Realtors’ body CREDAI (The confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India) today appreciated the RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) move to ease norms for banks to raise long term funds for financing affordable housing. They believe that this will lead to cheaper credit for such projects. In order to encourage infrastructure development and affordable housing, [...] Continue Reading »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) once it revisits the existing guidelines will open up the banking space to more entrants. In the past the central bank has observed that it needs more differentiated players in the system and that licences would be available ‘on tap’; in keeping with this viewpoint, windows for accepting applications [...] Continue Reading »
IDFC Ltd’s transition to a bank will be painful. Meeting the requirements of cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) and ensuring that 40% of its loans go to the priority sector will lead to a decline in return ratios. The requirement of 60% dilution of the holding company structure in the third [...] Continue Reading »
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 [...] 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 »
