You have 2 home loans. You got an annual bonus. You want to prepay your home loan. Which home loan would you prepay first? Clearly, the one with a higher rate of interest, right? You save more by paying off the loan with a higher rate of interest. Ready-to-Move-in or under-Construction Property? The choice will… Continue Reading
Home loans are long tenure loans. 15-30 years. And even a difference of a few basis points can make a huge difference to your overall nominal outgo. Assuming the interest rates stay constant, here is the difference between the cash outgo to repay a Rs 50 lacs home loan in 20 years. Interest Rate 7.50%… Continue Reading
You take a Rs 50 lacs home loan for 15 years at 8% p.a. The EMI for the loan shall be Rs 47,782. Interest rates keep changing. When the interest rate rises, the default bank action is to keep the EMI constant and increase the loan tenure. Let’s say the interest rate for your loan… Continue Reading
HDFC Ltd. merged with HDFC Bank effective July 1, 2023, and thus HDFC Ltd. ceased to exist from July 1. Does that affect the home loan borrowers from HDFC? What Happens to the Existing Home Loan Borrowers with HDFC? HDFC Bank has released FAQs for the existing HDFC home loan borrowers and loan applicants. You… Continue Reading
RBI has increased repo rate from 4% p.a. to 6.5% p.a. since May 2023. If your home loan is benchmarked to RBI Repo rate, that means a hike of 2.5% in your home loan interest rate. Impact of Interest Rate Hike on Your Loan Tenure Usually, the default option in case of interest rate hike… Continue Reading
The Budget 2023 made multiple announcements that had a direct impact on the middle-class taxpayers. While the most prominent was about the fresh incentives for the New Tax regime, there were quite a few other small yet important takeaways from the budget. One such takeaway was in the form of clarification about disallowing double deduction… Continue Reading
The Finance Minister presented the Union Budget 2023 today. In the past, taxpayers have had big expectations from the Union Budgets but the budget announcement turned out to be a damp squib. Yes, there are always policy changes but not many seem to affect the salaried class directly. The Union Budget 2023 is an exception.… Continue Reading
The Union Budget 2023 is round the corner. Are you ready with your wish list? What do you want from this budget? Lower taxes? Higher tax deductions? Additional tax exemptions? The Budget announcements may not meet all your demands/wishes since the Government must strike the right balance between populism, targeted incentives, and tax collections. Still,… Continue Reading
Every home loan borrower wants to close the home loan quickly. After all, you truly own your house once you have repaid the entire home loan. How Does the Home Loan Amount Go Down? We know how loan mathematics works. Most home loans are reducing balance loans. With reducing balance loans, a portion of EMI… Continue Reading
Financial Innovation in credit products is the order of the day. Recently, I came across Bajaj Housing Finance myEMI home loan product. How is this product different from existing home loan products? Let’s find out. Bajaj Housing Finance myEMI Home Loan Product Under this product, you can choose your EMI subject to the following conditions.… Continue Reading