Home Loan Prepayment Interest calculation is one of the grey areas from the borrowers perspective. As the average Home Loan tenure in India is 7-8 years therefore Home Loan Prepayment is very common. Borrower prepays Home Loan as and when he/she receives an annual bonus or on the maturity of the past investment. Instances of overpayment, wrong effective date, calculation of Prepayment Interest etc are common points of dispute with the Home Loan Provider. In my post, Home Loan Prepayment - 5 Important Points, i discussed the general points. Based on the feedback/queries of my readers, i decided ... Read More
Property Title Search – Who is Responsible?
Bank has done Property Title Search, Why should i waste my money on same?. This was a reply from one of my clients when i suggested him independent due diligence i.e. property title search. Fair enough but can you rely on Bank's Property Title Search?. The answer is Definitely NO. This was proved beyond doubt when today one of my client along with other buyers lost long-fought court case in High Court against one of the leading banks. It is very sad for me as my client is on the verge of losing her lifetime savings and suffered a major financial setback. The case was fought between 3B's i.e. ... Read More
Revised Guidelines on Home Loan from HFC
It's all over for small HFC's (Housing Finance Companies). As i highlighted in my posts Home Loan from Housing Finance Company and Subvention Schemes that higher Loan to Value ratio and Subvention schemes were 2 critical USP's of the HFC's. In comparison to banks, potential borrowers preferred HFC / Housing Finance Company because of higher home loan disbursement. It was also beneficial for builders as HFC's were disbursing substantial Home Loan amount upfront to the builders under subvention schemes. RBI already banned subvention schemes for banks. HFC's are governed by NHB therefore they ... Read More
Loan Against Salary for Financial Emergency
Loan against Salary is one of the least exercised options during a financial emergency. In my previous post on the same subject, i discussed Loan against Insurance Policy. The objective is to share all the possible alternative sources of funding with my readers. I get disoriented when any of my readers is not able to raise funds at the time of urgent need or financial emergency. Due to the myopic view of Personal Finance, a person will never come to know that he can raise funds through existing resources / assets. Loan against Salary is one such option for salaried class which is least known ... Read More
Home Loan from Housing Finance Company
Home Loan from Housing Finance Company, Regular readers of my website must be confused. I always suggest my readers to avail Home Loan from banks like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank etc. The main reason is benchmark rate for calculation of Interest Rate. On the service front, almost everyone is at par i.e. below average :). Home Loan of Housing Finance Company is linked to benchmark rate known as BPLR / RPLR / PLR whereas Home Loan of a bank is linked to Base Rate. Base Rate is more transparent & beneficial for a borrower in a long run. I explained it in my post, Floating Home ... Read More
Loan Against Insurance Policy
Loan against Insurance Policy is not so very common in India. One of the major reason is that the most of the policyholders are not aware of this option. Secondly, the penetration of insurance is very low in India. In fact, i believe that if we remove Income Tax benefits attached to the Insurance Policy then penetration will be negligible. Insurance Premium is either considered as a waste of money or is paid for investment purpose. Both, India psychic and Insurance industry are responsible for this sorry state of Insurance products. By now most of my readers know that i have traditional ... Read More