India’s largest public lender State Bank of India (SBI) has hiked interest rates across lending benchmarks in the range of 25 to 35 basis points. To be effective from December 15, 2022, the rate hike in marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (MCLR), external benchmark lending rate (EBLR) and repo linked lending rate (RLLR) will increase the cost of borrowing for new and well as existing SBI customers. The announcement by the public lender comes after the RBI recently hiked the repo rate by 35 basis points to bring it to 6.25%.
SBI home loan interest rates after December 15, 2022
After the hike, SBI customers will pay the following interest on their home loans linked to different benchmarks:
SBI MCLR from December 15, 2022
SBI has hiked its MCLR across tenors by 25 basis points. Home loans are linked with 1-year MCLR.
| Tenor | Earlier rate | Revised rate |
| Over night | 7.60% | 7.85% |
| 1 month | 7.75% | 8% |
| 3 month | 7.75% | 8% |
| 6 month | 8.05% | 8.30% |
| 1 year | 8.05% | 8.30% |
| 2 years | 8.25% | 8.50% |
| 3 years | 8.35% | 8.60% |
See also: All about SBI home loan interest
SBI EBLR/RLLR from December 15, 2022
SBI’s repo rate linked home loan interest and extremal lending benchmark rate have been hiked to 8.90% from the previous 8.55%. However, the best rate is available to only those customers who have a credit score of over 800. Depending on their credit score customers may be asked to pay an interest of up to 9.40%.
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