Want to take out a home loan? What should be the loan tenure? 15 years, 20 years, or 25 years. Similarly, what loan tenure would you choose for your personal loan? 18 months, 36 months, or 60 months? OR What is the ideal tenure for a car loan? As always with personal finance, there is… Continue Reading
Your bank calls you and offers to increase your credit card limit or upgrade you to a premium card. I am sure many of you have experienced this situation. A happy situation to be in. Usually, it is good to have a choice. Should you accept such an offer? Well, there is no black and… Continue Reading
On the account of Covid-19 related lockdown and associated financial stress, RBI had offered loan moratorium to borrowers. We checked in some of our earlier posts how availing loan moratorium provided immediate relief but increased your liability (same EMI but longer tenure OR same tenure but higher EMI). A component of increase in liability was… Continue Reading
It is a new year and it is raining new home loan schemes. LIC Housing Finance has launched 2 new home loan schemes in January 2020, “Pay when you stay” and “6 EMI waiver”. In this post, let’s find out about these schemes in detail. LIC Housing Finance: Pay When You Stay Home Loan Applicable… Continue Reading
For most young professionals, buying a house tops the list of priorities. Even those who do not believe real estate makes for a good investment, do not have second thoughts about purchasing a house to stay in. Not only does it give you the comfort of living in own house, it also provides financial security… Continue Reading
That’s right. You just need to think of the bank as an investor. For the bank, a loan is an investment that it earns interest (return) on. You take a loan of Rs 50 lacs at 9% p.a. for 20 years. It is a bullet repayment loan. You pay the entire amount at the end… Continue Reading
We regularly discuss unique and innovative loan products on this website. A few weeks back, we had discussed Step Down Home Loans launched by a prominent financial institution. In this post, we discuss a unique home loan product from Axis Bank. Axis Bank has recently launched a new product “QuikPay Home Loan”. Let’s find out… Continue Reading