Home loan

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Tax Benefits On Home Improvement Loans

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

The tax deduction is available not only for the purchase or construction of a house, but also for loans taken for the purpose of repairs and renovation of the house. Such loans are typically called “home improvement loans”. The interest paid on the home improvement loan is tax deductible up to Rs 30,000 per annum. [...]

Tax Incentives on Home Loan

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Tax incentives on home loan encourage people to invest in a house or property. Acquiring a home loan for buy or build a house makes you eligible for tax rebates under Income Tax Act. The interest towards home loan taken for construction, repairs, renewal or reconstruction of existing house property is also eligible for deduction. [...]

Choose Right Repayment Plans for Home Loan

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Choosing right home loan is not just negotiating for lower interest rate, negotiating on processing fee or pre-payment fee. Every borrower should go beyond this basic check list and find out if any of the different flexible repayment options would suit his needs. Remember, even a single default could deface your credit report and disqualify [...]

Second Home Is An Attractive Investment Option

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Second home is extending good support and an attractive investment option for property buyers in India. This also becomes a good investment avenue, as the second home segment all over the country has appreciated astronomically in recent times. Real estate has long been considered a great long-term investment, and a second home is great way [...]

Equity Release Loan for the Senior Citizens

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Equity Release is a way of unlocking the value of your property, without having to move home. Equity release is a means of retaining use of your house or other object which has capital value, while also obtaining a lump sum or a steady stream of income, using the value of the house. To be [...]

Understand Your Home Loan

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Banks generally quote an ‘annualized’ interest rate, but remember that interest rates can be deceptive unless you figure out how they are defined. When you take a loan from a bank or a housing finance company, bank will offer you only 80 to 90 per cent of the value of the property i.e., you have [...]

How To Avoid Rejection of Home Loan application

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Earlier getting a home a loan was easier as the lending companies or banks were competing with each other to attract maximum borrowers through attractive schemes and offering teaser home loan. But now Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a series of monetary measures that tightened the norms for home loans. The RBI also sought [...]

Home Loans are going to get costlier

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on announced a series of monetary measures that tightened the norms for home loans. The RBI also sought to discourage banks from aggressively selling “teaser loans”, which are a big hit with people who want to buy houses. The banks will have to keep more money aside for offering [...]

Is Refinancing Your Home Loan Makes Sense?

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

A home loan refinance may just be the smartest thing to your reduce your monthly expenses and improve credit all at once. Refinancing Home loan in simple terms means replacing your existing loan, with a new one, under fresh terms and conditions. Some borrowers choose to refinance their home loan to terminate the existing loan [...]