Realty Bill may open new doors to transparent, secure home buying
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For many, buying a residential property is the biggest investment they make in their lifetime. Last week, the government released for public comments a draft Real Estate Regulation Bill, which is said to be on …

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Demand for Home Loans May Decline: Experts
Friday, 1 Jul, 2011 – 21:01 | No Comment
Demand for Home Loans May Decline: Experts

At the peak of the global housing crisis in 2008, a group of executives at State Bank of India (SBI) were busy devising a new home loan scheme meant to boost the sluggish …

Truth behind ‘Affordable Homes’
Thursday, 27 May, 2010 – 9:50 | No Comment
Truth behind ‘Affordable Homes’

A really interesting question rising up these days is that is affordable housing taken seriously by our policy planners and key stakeholders? Now-a-days, talking and discussing affordable homes has become a fashion, including those who …

WHO DOES AFFORDABLE HOMES BELONG TO?
Thursday, 27 May, 2010 – 7:34 | No Comment
WHO DOES AFFORDABLE HOMES BELONG TO?

A really interesting question rising up these days is that is affordable housing taken seriously by our policy planners and key stakeholders? Now-a-days, talking and discussing affordable homes has become a fashion, including those who …

Change in Home loan Prepayment Rules
Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 – 16:00 | No Comment
Change in Home loan Prepayment Rules

The government is seeking changes in the prepayment rules to enable a home loan borrower to shift to cheaper lenders if his bank raises interest rates soon after disbursing the loan.
The government wants …

National Housing Bank warns teaser Home Loans
Friday, 7 May, 2010 – 12:36 | No Comment
National Housing Bank warns teaser Home Loans

National Housing Bank, has warned against risks to the sector from teaser rates under loans are given at concessional rates for a limited period. The Finance Ministry and banking sector regulator RBI, have …

SBI Likely to be Number 1 in Home loans
Monday, 12 Apr, 2010 – 10:30 | No Comment
SBI Likely to be Number 1 in Home loans

The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India is likely to be the number 1 position holder for home loans this fiscal too. This estimation is based on grounds of the bank’s projection of going …

SBI Increases Disbursement of Home Loans to Rs 1,500 cr a month
Wednesday, 9 Sep, 2009 – 9:22 | No Comment
SBI Increases Disbursement of Home Loans to Rs 1,500 cr a month

State Bank of India’s disbursements on home loans under its ‘New happy home loan scheme’ have grown at Rs 1,500 crore monthly. This is about Rs 400 crore more than the monthly average of Rs …

Real Estate Companies Advanced In Early Trade Ahead of RBI policy
Thursday, 30 Jul, 2009 – 13:21 | No Comment
Real Estate Companies Advanced In Early Trade Ahead of RBI policy

Shares of real estate companies advanced in early trade on the bourses ahead of the RBI quarterly monitory policy review on Tuesday, led by Unitech which surged nearly 5 per cent after the government provided …

Home Loans schemes not performing as expected….
Monday, 2 Mar, 2009 – 17:21 | No Comment
Home Loans schemes not performing as expected….

Two months after lower interest rates were announced for home loans up to Rs 20 lakh, public sector banks (PSBs) have cleared only 28,000 proposals and disbursed Rs 1,550 crore under this special scheme.
For instance, …

HNI buyers: Sigh of relief in downfall
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 2:11 | No Comment
HNI buyers: Sigh of relief in downfall

During the last six months, the home loans in the above Rs 75 lakh segment witnessed an average growth of 15-20% thanks to the young high networth individual (HNI) population liking for the high-end property.  …