Given the loan amount, interest rate and home loan tenure, how many of us can calculate the quantum of EMI? I bet not many can. And most of those who can require spreadsheet software to calculate. We have written about how reducing balance home loans work. The post explains about the workings of EMI calculations.… Continue Reading
You have taken a personal loan an year ago. Interest rates have moved down since and you can get a personal at a cheaper rate. Lower interest rate means lower EMI. Without any friction, you would move to the lower interest rate right away. i.e., take the new loan at a low rate and use… Continue Reading
I got this query from one of the readers. He had taken a home loan from a leading housing finance company. Original Loan Amount Rs 39,12,633 Loan Outstanding Rs 37,94,900 Original Loan Tenure 240 months Remaining Loan Tenure 221 months Current Rate of Interest 9.1% EMI Rs 35,455 The loan interest rates have fallen sharply… Continue Reading
The interest rates have been going down for over a year now. I have written many times about how banks and housing finance companies are reluctant to pass on the lower rates or move you to a more transparent interest rate regime (Base Rate to MCLR or MCLR to Repo Rate Linked loans). Even if… Continue Reading
The Reserve Bank of India has been cutting repo rates for over a year now. We might argue whether the loan interest rate for the existing borrowers are falling enough or not. However, the new borrowers are clearly getting attractive deals. In a previous post, I wrote about Covid-19 personal loans from public sector banks,… Continue Reading
RBI has reduced the repo rate from 4.4 percent to 4.0 per annum. If your home loan or any other loan is linked to the Repo rate, this is good news for you. RBI Repo rate has moved down sharply in the last 10-12 months. Repo Rate Reduction Date 6.25% to 6% April 4, 2019… Continue Reading
Refinancing a loan simply means availing a loan from a new lender to pay off an existing one. You approach a new lender for loan refinancing/balance transfer. The new lender sanctions the loan and settles your loan outstanding with the existing lender. Subsequently, your obligation with the existing lender terminates and a new repayment obligation… Continue Reading
I have been getting many queries from home loan borrowers pertaining to shift from base rate to MCLR? I have discussed this aspect in an earlier post. Even though the option of switching from base rate to MCLR is worth exploring, there is another option that many borrowers can exercise when it comes to Home loans:… Continue Reading