housing loans

Tax benefits of Home Loan- Overall there are two types of tax benefits that are available on the repayment of a housing loan. Interest paid on the loan is eligible for a deduction up to Rs. 1.5 lakh per annum from the taxable income of the individual under Sec 24 when the property is self-occupied or it is one ownership property lying vacant. The return of the capital of the loan along with the interest up to Rs. 1 lakh is included in the benefit under Sec 80C. Full Article

Scheme of 1% interest subvention on housing loans up to Rs. 10 lakh RBI/2010-11/ 399 RPCD.SME & NFS. BC.No.  52/06.11.01/2010-2011 February 8, 2011 The Chairman / Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Scheme of 1% interest subvention on housing loans up to Rs. 10 lakh– Please refer to our circular [...] Full Article

Housing Loans by Commercial Banks – LTV Ratio, Risk Weight and Provisioning RBI No.2010-11/324 DBOD.No.BP.BC. 69 /08.12.001/2010-11, December 23, 2010 The Chairmen and Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Housing Loans by Commercial Banks – LTV Ratio, Risk Weight and Provisioning Please refer to paragraphs 104 to 106 of the [...] Full Article

Please refer to paragraph 7.5 of our Master Circular dated July 1, 2009 on Lending to Priority Sector, in terms of which loans granted to Housing Finance Companies (HFCs), approved by National Housing Bank for the purpose of refinance, for on-lending to individuals for purchase/construction of dwelling units, provided the housing loans granted by HFCs do not exceed Rs.20 lakh per dwelling unit per family, are eligible to be classified under priority sector. However, the.. Full Article

The Government today launched an interest subvention scheme of 1% on all individual housing loans upto Rs.10 lakh for units costing upto Rs. 20 lakh. The scheme recognizes that cut in interest rates has an important role to play in reducing EMIs of borrowers & creating additional demand for housing. The Scheme will cover all [...] Full Article

From April 1, 2011, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed to simplify the income-tax regime by reducing the tax rates on incomes above Rs1.6 lakh per annum (Rs1.9 lakh for women, and Rs2.4 lakh for senior citizens), but the reduced rates will come with few of the current exemptions. Full Article

Having given tax holiday to builders, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today warned that if the incentives are not passed on to the consumers the same may not be extended in future.  “I expect the developers to pass on the benefit of the tax holiday to the home buyers. It should reflect in the prices. Unfortunately it happens in [...] Full Article

The Finance Minister announced a slew of amendments on both income-tax and service tax fronts to achieve the objective of “generating economic activity in the present environment of economic slowdown.” The Lok Sabha later passed the Finance Bill (No 2) 2009, completing the third and final stage of the Budget exercise for 2009-10. Full Article