With the financial year entering the last quarter and the start of the new calendar year, the focus is back on the fiscal deficit, liquidity issue with financial institutions and NPA woes. In a … READ FULL STORY
A home loan has to be repaid during its tenure, by way of equated monthly instalments (EMIs). The amount of the EMI, as the name suggests, remains the same throughout the tenure of the … READ FULL STORY
Real estate is often considered as one of the best assets globally, vis-à-vis return on investments. In India, recent policy reforms like the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 (RERA), real estate investment … READ FULL STORY
While economic indicators were signalling an upward trend in the interest rates up to a few weeks ago, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chose to maintain a status quo on key policy rates, … READ FULL STORY
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its last monetary policy review for the calendar year 2018, on December 5, 2018, left the repo rate unchanged while maintaining the stance of ‘calibrated tightening’ of … READ FULL STORY
Some of the leading banks in India, have recently hiked their interest rates on many lending products, including home loans. The rise in crude oil prices, inflation, global tension and fall in the value … READ FULL STORY
Home loan interest rates are gradually escalating across banks. In the last monetary policy meet, on October 5, 2018, the RBI had maintained a status quo on key rates but indicated that it might … READ FULL STORY
When you buy a house through a home loan, lenders take into account your current income and accordingly, sanction the home loan, based on your eligibility at that point of time. With increase in … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench of chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, on October 8, 2018, asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to communicate, within six weeks, its decision … READ FULL STORY
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) opted for a surprising status quo, at the bi-monthly review, on October 5, 2018, on expectations of a softening price rise but changed the policy stance to ‘calibrated … READ FULL STORY
Fluctuations in the value of a currency, can affect the real estate market of a country in a variety of ways – from impacting the cost of services and raw materials used like steel … READ FULL STORY
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its third bi-monthly policy of the current fiscal, on August 1, 2018, raised the benchmark repo, or the short-term rate at which it lends to other banks, … READ FULL STORY
What is Primary Lending Rate regime After the deregulation of interest rates following the liberalisation of the economy, banks used to lend at a rate that was benchmarked against their internal rate, which was … READ FULL STORY
