A top-up loan basically allows you to avail a loan amount on the value of the property of the home you are paying a home loan for. You can avail a maximum top-up loan of about 60% of the property’s market value. The usual loan tenure is about 10 years and is offered only a [...]
In case of housing loans, banks have a provision for restructuring the loan e.g. terms of extending the tenure of the loan. For the same, the bank must perceive the reason of default to be genuine. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines on the same. For. e.g. the loan tenure can be [...]
If Sunil works in Mumbai and has a purchased a home in Mumbai for which he has taken home loan. Will he still get benefit under the Act for this second home in Nagpur? The answer is ‘Yes’. Benefits under Section 80C and Section 24(b) can be taken for more than one home if all [...]
Buying a property is hardly an easy decision to make. It is the single largest asset investment which will have a financial impact for the next whole decade and perhaps for much more time. So it is best to be cent percent sure of your investment from a legal perspective so that you shield yourself [...]
Try and pay the down payment from your own money, savings or by liquidating some assets. Opting for a personal loan can be a costly affair, as interest rates are very high. If you don’t have enough savings or assets to pay up the money, then its wise to wait and build assets and savings [...]
Try to lower your interest rate. Negotiate with your bank. One other way is to convert your credit card debt into a personal loan debt. It will definitely be lesser than the credit card interest rate. Calculate your net worth and see if any of your investments could help you prepay a [...]
A bank is eligible to demand additional security when property prices fall. Even if you are loyal on your EMI payments, this clause demands a security cover in addition to your loan amount and if a borrower fails to provide such a security then he/ she may be declared a defaulter by the lender.
The Income Tax Act treats HRA and home loan deductions under separate sections independently. The two are not interconnected to each other. HRA is dealt with in section 10(13A) Rule 2A while home loans are entitled for tax benefits under section 80C (tax benefit on principal repayment) and Section 24 (tax benefit on interest payment) [...]
Equity mutual funds make a great investment. However, given the volatile nature of the market and the loss experienced by investors in the past months, one should keep expectations realistic and be willing to wait it out for at least 10-15 years to see a good return from equities.
Home-loan disbursements have picked up as interest rates are under check. RBI is also taking steps to bring in the revival in the real estate sector. RBI has already stated that the current customers should be offered an alternative between continuing with their old home loan rates or move to new rates decided by the [...]
She had always wanted to pay off her debt and did not want to depend on volatile market conditions and wait ages before the property became her completely her own with no stake in it for the bank. Of course while she was paying her loan, she did not have to worry too much about [...]
The most significant advantage of a joint home loan is the increase in home loan eligibility. Incomes from all joint home applicants are pooled in to enable the applicants to obtain a higher loan amount towards purchasing their dream home. All the joint home applicants are eligible for tax rebates under Section 80 C for [...]
Vipul needed a quick fix. Fortunately for him, he was in a hurry to invest also and had started young. Things like compounding interest, safe investment options like FDs and some shares that did extremely well, had stocked his treasury quite generously over time. Had he sat back and given a careful thought to his [...]
If you do not have that kind of funds for an outright purchase or for the down payment, then you should consider a joint home loan, where you can combine a family member’s income to be eligible for a higher loan amount that would suit your fund requirements for the purchase. Also remember, banks generally [...]
Nisha and Narain bought two houses and is paying Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) for both. She wants to know how to get maximum tax rebate on it.
Till recently senior citizens of India did not have a way to liquidate their most significant and largest asset the house but now people like the Kumars can take a lump amount as a loan by pledging their home. They can also opt for this amount on a periodic basis…monthly, quarterly etc. They will never [...]
Suresh’s real estate agent informed him that a property under construction will cost him lesser than an apartment that is ready for him to move in. So, he encouraged Suresh to consider purchasing a home under construction by the builder. This is because Suresh is not in an urgent need to move into a new [...]
Plot/land loans can be obtained for agricultural purposes or if the land has been approved for house construction, it can be obtained for constructing your home in the near or distant future. Not every bank is keen on lending for land purchase as they foresee difficulties in documentation and protection of land against encroachments.
A bank cannot issue a notice to the defaulter until the account of the borrower becomes a non-performing asset, which takes 90 days. To enable recovery of funds lent Banks need to invoke SARFAESI (Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests) Act. This again has a notice period of 60 days.
To understand how a home loan works one needs to understand what a rest means. A rest is the interval at which the remainder of the loan amount is recalculated as you repay the loan. This is relevant only in the case of a reducing balance loan as opposed to a flat rate interest loan. [...]
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