Tag Archives: Home Loans

Investments in realty attractive option for NRIs

At a time when the global financial crisis is impacting the real estate sector across the globe, NRIs are invariably in a dilemma about where to put their money in real estate.
The local accommodation laws in countries like Dubai have compelled thousands of expatriate Indians to send their families back home due to soaring housing [...]

Home loan interest cut won’t help flat buyers of mumbai

Home buyers looking for flats on the outer fringes of Mumbai and other cities like Nashik and Pune will benefit the most from the reduction in the interest rates by public sector banks on Monday.
Public sector banks announced that home loans up to Rs 5 lakh would be given at a maximum interest rate of [...]

Affordable housing in India is not sub-prime

Thanks to a variety of witty presentations explaining financial woes afflicting the US via e-mails, everyone today is an “expert” on sub-prime;everyone is risk-averse and everyone who is not affluent is seen as “high risk” and deemed by most as “sub-prime.”
But, there are fundamental differences, both in the economic situation and the customer segment that [...]

RBI may relax norms for loans

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to relax the provisioning norms against loans given to real estate and other sectors. In a meeting with FM P Chidambaram on Tuesday, PSU banks have asked for relaxation of the provisioning norms, without compromising on the quality of credit to utilize their capital more aggressively.
For example, [...]

Real Estate Industry Predict Growth

Affected by slowdown and reported corrections in prices, the country’s real estate industry predict growth in the long term despite costly home loans and lack of funding for realty projects.
According to a most recent study by Ernst & Young and FICCI on the country’s real estate scenario, about 62% of the respondent developers expected [...]

Parsvnath seeks stake sale in projects to control debt

Real estate firm Parsvnath Developers Ltd expects stake dilution in individual projects to help it control its debt and hold margins in a rising interest rate regime, a top official said.
The New Delhi-based developer reported a 16% drop in first quarter net profit at 712.9 million rupees. Net sales were also disappointing, up just 5% [...]

SBI To Review Home Loan Rates

Country’s largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday said that it would review the interest rates on home loans in the next 10 days. SBI Chairman O P Bhatt told, “We are still examining the market condition and will take a view on home loan rates in another week or 10 days”.
SBI had increased [...]

Switching To Tier II & Tier III Cities A Good Option For Real Estate

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the double digit inflation will continue for some more weeks.
The Central Government as well as the Reserve Bank of India is not going to hesitate in taking more steps to control towering prices, if the need arises with the markets also reacting adversely to the two major concerns [...]

Houses On Rent In Bangalore

Renting a house in Bangalore is as easy as never before. Thanks to notable increase in the rate of urbanization in this part of the country. Often Bangalore is termed as the IT capital of India. Many IT professionals come to Bangalore for various training activities as many IT majors have their head quarters located [...]