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Changing city to pursue better career options, or taking a sabbatical for higher studies becomes difficult
Mortgage lender HDFC on Tuesday launched a spot offer on WhatsApp to provide an in-principle home loan approval for buyers within 2 minutes.
If home loan EMI is straining your budget, ask lender to increase tenor
Do India's new VPN rules threaten user privacy? How will RBI's repo rate hike impact your home loan? Should you rejig portfolio in a rising interest rate regime? What is a neobank? All answers here
The RBI hikes repo rate from 4 to 4.4 per cent on Wednesday. Home loans from banks are linked to the repo rate. So, what will be the impact on existing and new borrowers? And, how should they respond?
Affordable housing finance companies' (AHFCs) loan book is likely to expand by 17-20% in FY23, supported by the government's higher focus on housing and a favourable tax regime, says a report.
Soaring input costs have been chipping away the profit margin of the real estate sector. Now with the rise in interest rate, homes will get costlier. Will these put brakes on the sector's recovery?
This comes after many large banks, including SBI increased their marginal cost of funds-based lending rate by 5-10 bps
Harsh Patodia, president of realtors' body CREDAI, said the RBI's decision of keeping the repo rate unchanged at the historic low of 4% will bring economic development and growth in the country
The demand for housing loans is being driven by first time homeowners as well as by those who are looking to move up the property ladder.
Under this arrangement, India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) will provide guarantee on a part of the loan so that it is secured in case of a default
Regulatory curbs on borrowing have driven China's property sector -- a major economic growth driver -- into a sharp downturn, squeezing the cash-flow of many developers and chilling buyer sentiment
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) signal that the repo rate is not going to increase any time soon has left home loan players divided on pricing, going ahead
Will omicron impact the real estate sector? What are the lessons from the GST probe against WazirX? Stock-price correction awaits FMCG? What to consider while taking a home loan? All answers here
The mortgage lender keeps liquidity buffers worth Rs 55,000 cr
Bank credit grew by 180 basis points from the year-ago level of 5.1 per cent in the fortnight ended October 23, 2020: CARE.
Property loans also showed 21.9 per cent expansion at Rs 23,418 cr against Rs 19,207 cr in Q4FY20
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Experts say this is a good time to buy a house for self-use. In this Podcast, we talked about things which will help you make the right purchase decision
Personal loans, including housing, now at 26.7% of bank credit, highest ever