"Sharp MCLR Cut brings relief to the home loan borrowers" read one of the news posts. On top of it, the senior management of the banks appealed existing home loan borrowers to shift to MCLR to take advantage of MCLR cut. I received large no of queries on my blog on how to take benefit of MCLR cut. In certain cases, wherein i suggested the readers that they will not be benefited immediately, i received some angry reactions :). The readers thought that i am trying to mislead them. But once they approached the bank and clarified the points shared by me, their apprehensions were gone :). Let me ... Read More
Impact of Base Rate Cut on Home Loans
Impact of Base Rate Cut on Home Loans is the hot topic these days. RBI surprised twice by out of cycle Repo Rate cuts of 25 basis points each or 0.25%, Banks were reluctant to cut Base Rate. Despite the public displeasure of both RBI and the Govt, Banks stood firm on their stand. As i highlighted in my post that RBI is King without Kingdom, a very little can be done by RBI in this regard. Rather i will say, its a cartelization similar to that of Telecom and Airline Companies. Only 2 banks i.e. Union Bank of India and United Bank of India cut the base rate to benefit customers. As these banks ... Read More
Floating vs Fixed Interest Rate Home Loan
At the time of availing Home Loan, the biggest dilemma is to select Floating vs Fixed Interest Rate. Any wrong decision can put big hole in your pocket. Normally, risk averse customers opt for Fixed Interest Rate. If you decide to switch loan from Floating to Fixed during loan tenure then you might need to shell out charges upto 1% of outstanding loan amount. Let's find out pros and cons of both to solve this riddle of Floating vs Fixed Interest Rate Home Loan Floating Interest Rate Home Loan Between Floating vs Fixed Interest Rate, In Floating Home Loan interest rate is linked to Base ... Read More
Why Higher Interest Rate for Existing Home Loan Customers?
Recently i was going through the balance sheet of one of Home Loan Provider/Lender & was quite amazed to know that this particular lender's Net Profit during last Financial Year was few thousand Crores & they have reserves of approx 4.5 times the annual net profit then Why Higher Interest Rate for Existing Home Loan Customers? In April'12 when RBI cut Repo Rate by 50 basis point then ideally Home Loan Providers should have reduced their Base Rate or BPLR or RPLR to follow the movement of policy rates but it never happened. Though i have highlighted the issue of higher interest rate ... Read More
Floating Home Loan – BPLR or RPLR Vs Base Rate
While applying for a home loan, everyone come across 2 terms i.e. RPLR or BPLR Vs Base Rate. BPLR is a Benchmark Prime Lending Rate or RPLR is a Retail Prime Lending Rate. For simplicity purpose, i will refer BPLR or RPLR as BPLR only. What are these terms and why they are very critical while finalizing a Home Loan. In layman terms, all the Floating Home Loans are linked to either Base Rate or BPLR. Now the two questions which come to mind is why Floating Home Loans are linked to these 2 different ways of calculation? Why can't financial system follow single criterion to link floating home ... Read More