http://www.rupeetimes.com/news_advice/home_loans Home Loans News & Advice from rupeetimes.com (C) 2007 rupeetimes.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:20:07 +0530 With the aim of boosting demand in realty sector, the government is planning to introduce an interest subsidy in home loans that will make home loans cheaper for the customers.The real estate sector which has spill over effect on many industries like cement and steel is likely benefit by this move.... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/interest_subsidy_on_home_loans_1898.html 12345678901898 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:30:27 +0530 Sometimes we come across certain situations where we may require a large amount of funds to support our need. It might be to complete your college education, pay your medical bills or may be to consolidate your debt. Under such situations we mainly look at various finance options but it is really ha... http://www.rupeetimes.com/article/home_loans/home_equity_loan_a_shoulder_you_can_bank_upon_1894.html 12345678901894 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:38:55 +0530 The National Consumer Commission has caught hold of the state-run, Canara Bank for claiming "hackneyed" grounds to deny loan to a physically-challenged person. The bank has come under notice due to its "callous" approach towards welfare scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana' (PMRY).The Commissi... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/canara_bank_denies_loan_to_physically_challenged_customer_1887.html 12345678901887 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:15:06 +0530 The economic slowdown has compelled a leading financial services provider, GE Money India to close around 50% of its branches in the coming few months. The firm intends to shut down close to 170 branches spread across the nation.Earlier the company had decided to increase its branch network to 250 b... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/ge_money_to_scale_down_its_branch_network_1877.html 12345678901877 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:13:33 +0530 Are you residing abroad and thinking of investing in a residential property in India then NRI home loans are the best option for you. Usually NRIs are doubtful whether they can invest in a residential property in India or not. They are not aware if they can dispatch funds from abroad under the curre... http://www.rupeetimes.com/article/home_loans/nri_home_loan_a_friend_for_the_nonresidents_1873.html 12345678901873 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:33:53 +0530 There is a reason to cheer for the home loan aspirants as banks are deciding to focus more on small-ticket home loans.Recently the banks have been going slow in their home loans due to the crisis but now they are planning to go against their move by focusing more on home loans below Rs 25 lakh. Bank... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/banks_to_focus_on_smallticket_home_loans_1870.html 12345678901870 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:33 +0530 The recent measures announced by the RBI to allow banks to access funds for mutual funds and non-banking finance companies (NBFC) have resulted in an increase in the borrowings of scheduled commercial banks from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). For the fortnight ending on November 7th, the borrowing... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/borrowings_of_commercial_banks_from_rbi_increases_1865.html 12345678901865 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:40:35 +0530 If your aspire to purchase a house and are depending upon a bank or housing finance company to fund your needs then interest rate charged by the lender is what that may be boggling your mind. As a matter of fact we keep on comparing rates that are offered by different lenders in the market and selec... http://www.rupeetimes.com/article/home_loans/if_the_interest_rate_is_same_how_do_you_pick_a_home_loan_1862.html 12345678901862 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:17:03 +0530 Finance minister P. Chidambaram had asked the real estate developers to cut down the prices of apartments and houses but property developer DLF refused to scale down its prices.The finance ministry had asked for such a move because of the falling demand but the Chairman of DLF, KP Singh said that si... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/realty_firms_home_loans_at_7_1861.html 12345678901861 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:09:21 +0530 India's second largest private lender, HDFC Bank announces that it is eager to raise funds through international borrowing and is waiting for the detailed guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).On November 15th, RBI scaled down banks' provisioning norms for the real estate sector and said that it... http://www.rupeetimes.com/news/home_loans/hdfc_keen_to_raise_funds_overseas_1853.html 12345678901853