When is a good time to prepay or part prepay a home loan? When you think about the above question, the next question that comes to mind is how do you define a “good time”. One of the ways to assess this could be the number of EMIs saved due to your prepayment. Let’s understand this with… Continue Reading
Many Indian banks offers loans to NRIs (Non-resident Indians). However, since the rate of interest for loans is higher in India as compared to personal loans abroad, it is tempting to take a personal loan abroad instead of taking a loan in India. In fact, I know borrowers who have taken a personal loan abroad to… Continue Reading
When you take a home loan, you want to make sure that the loan is repaid even in your absence. After all, you want your family to inherit your house (and not your liabilities). This is a reason why you purchase life insurance. Many times, even banks try to convince/persuade/force you to purchased insurance plans… Continue Reading
You don’t like apartment life. You want to construct your house on a small piece of land and live there peacefully. Another reason for such a choice could be that you are not getting quality apartments in the city where you want to stay. And this can be a problem in smaller cities. The issue… Continue Reading
In this post, let’s look at New Home Loan product from DHFL (Dewan Housing Finance Limited). At the outset, I must concede that there is nothing special about this product. It is a plain vanilla home loan product. As simple as it gets. There is no fancy feature in this product that requires a deeper… Continue Reading
It is easier to get a loan if you are a salaried employee. Not so much if you are self-employed, proprietor or a professional. If you were not salaried when you applied for a home loan, you would know. By the way, most bank offer loans to non-salaried under the same loan products. Just that… Continue Reading
You just booked an under-construction property. You spent months finalizing the right property for you. You paid the booking amount from your own pocket. For the remaining purchase amount and construction linked instalments, you are banking on a home loan. Unfortunately, your loan application gets rejected or the bank is not willing to sanction the requested… Continue Reading
You are planning to move from your existing house to a bigger house. You plan to sell your existing house to fund the purchase. However, there is a minor problem. To purchase your new house, you need the sales proceeds of your existing house. Now, closing a deal (acceptable to you) may take some time. How do… Continue Reading
What is Earnest Money Deposit? As per Investopedia, Earnest Money is a deposit made to a seller showing the buyer’s good faith in the transaction. Earnest Money Deposit is useful in transactions where the buyer has an option to back out at a later date for any reason. If the buyer backs out of the deal,… Continue Reading
Expecting a hefty annual performance bonus? It is the time of the year many of us start getting excited about the salary hikes and annual bonuses. Not everything is in your hands but the anticipation and excitement is palpable. There is much time spent in cabin gossip over a cup of coffee speculating over the… Continue Reading