- Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 7:51
- RBI
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Driven by angry mortgage borrowers, RBI has once again nudged top banks to charge lower home loan rates to old customers instead of just using the lower interest rates to pull new borrowers. But lenders continued to resist the proposal, citing cost mismatch. The contentious issue cropped up when CEOs of large banks met senior RBI officials on Thursday to suggest possible measures that the central bank could consider for the January 29 monetary policy.
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- Friday, February 20, 2009, 17:10
- Finance, Government Policy
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As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s guidelines on lending to Priority Sector, the following types of home loans extended by the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) are eligible to be classified as Priority Sector Advances :- i) Loans upto Rs. 20 lakhs, irrespective of location, to individuals for purchase/constructi on of a dwelling unit [...]
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- Thursday, February 19, 2009, 2:20
- Finance
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Competition is again hotting up in the home loan segment. With home sales falling, banks and housing finance companies are on an overdrive to expand their credit portfolio, leading to claims and counter-claims. Even as other PSU banks have quietly started following the SBI way to freeze home loan rates at 8 per cent for [...]
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- Friday, December 19, 2008, 14:07
- Income Tax
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The government is considering a proposal to double the income tax exemption limit on housing loans to Rs 3 lakh from the current level of Rs 1.5 lakh, according to government sources. The proposal is being discussed by the committee of secretaries that was set up in the wake of the global financial crisis affecting the Indian economy. Industry lobby groups have been urging the government to raise the limit as it will reduce the cost of borrowing on home loans.
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