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The Vanishing Shield: Is Your Home Loan Interest Losing Its Tax Power?

Income Tax : The New Tax Regime restricts Section 24(b) benefits, disallowing set-off of home loan interest against salary income. Taxpayers mu...

February 15, 2026 1062 Views 0 comment Print

All about Income from House Properties

Income Tax : Understand the taxation rules for income from house property, including the basis of charge, computation of Gross and Net Annual V...

October 20, 2025 366563 Views 26 comments Print

Fixed vs Floating Home Loan Interest Rates: Which is Right for You?

Finance : Learn about fixed and floating home loan interest rates. Know how each affects your monthly payments, loan tenure, and overall cos...

April 23, 2025 1494 Views 0 comment Print

How Prepaying Your Home Loan Affects Your EMI and Tenure

Finance : Owning a home is a dream for many, but a home loan is a long-term financial commitment that can span several years. Given rising l...

April 23, 2025 1587 Views 0 comment Print

Maximizing Tax Benefits on Home Loan Interest: A Strategic Guide

Income Tax : Learn how to optimize home loan interest tax benefits for self-occupied and rented properties. Strategies include reducing capital...

January 10, 2025 30045 Views 2 comments Print


Latest News


Bajaj Finserv Gives A Major Overhaul To Its Website

Finance : Launched in January 2018, Bajaj Finserv’s new website is a perfect example of consumer satisfaction. Why? Well, it’s because o...

January 25, 2018 2745 Views 0 comment Print

ICICI Bank launches ‘Cashback’ home loans

Finance : Mumbai: ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, today announced the launch of a new home loan, w...

September 28, 2017 2175 Views 1 comment Print

ICICI Bank slashes home loan rates by upto 30 basis points

Finance : ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, today announced reduction of interest rates by upto 30 b...

May 15, 2017 1734 Views 0 comment Print

Credit Linked Interest Subsidy scheme for tax paying Middle Classes

Corporate Law, Income Tax : Credit Linked Interest Subsidy scheme for tax paying Middle Classes made effective from January 1 this year. Those sanctioned hous...

March 22, 2017 1833 Views 1 comment Print

‘Mortgage Guarantee’ backed loans for affordable housing sector

Finance : ICICI Bank launches ‘Mortgage Guarantee’ backed loans for affordable housing sector First bank in India to offer this facilit...

August 26, 2015 895 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Interest on home loan for house acquired for residence of directors is allowable 

Income Tax : During the appellate proceedings, the assessee has submitted that it has taken loan for purchase of two residential properties whi...

January 29, 2023 2565 Views 0 comment Print

Charitable Trust eligible for 30% Standard deduction against House Property Income

Income Tax : Vishwa Kalyan Society Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) Brief facts of the case are, that the assessee is a Charitable Trust, having income...

January 28, 2022 4044 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54F exemption cannot be denied for Home Loan default

Income Tax : The issue under consideration is whether the default in home loan by the owner of the property can be the reason to disallow the c...

July 24, 2020 9867 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Government Notified Reverse Mortgage Scheme 2008

Income Tax : NOTIFICATION NO. 93/2008, DATED 30-9-2008 Reverse Mortgage means mortgage of a capital asset by an eligible pcrscn against a loan ...

October 12, 2008 3117 Views 0 comment Print


Should you prepay your home loans with your surplus funds

April 14, 2014 4780 Views 0 comment Print

Generally when a person taken home loan, he takes into account his current income and accordingly applies for the loan based on the then eligibility. However with income going up the borrower generally accumulates some surplus. Such borrowers face the dilemma what to do with the surplus funds. Should I prepay the home loan or should I invest the money somewhere else.

Pointers for Handling Household Budgets after Marriage

February 22, 2014 1211 Views 0 comment Print

If you’re getting married, you’re affirming your relationship with a legal union. This legality secures the bond between two people beyond whatever spiritual or emotional union they’re undertaking – it’s also joining them at the wallet. If you’re planning on getting married, you should have a discussion about finances. If you’ve already gotten married, you […]

FAQ on Home Loan with EMI Calculator

November 27, 2013 2948 Views 0 comment Print

1. For what purposes can I seek a first time home loan?You can generally seek a first time home loan for buying a house or a flat, renovation, extension and repairs to your existing house. Most banks have a separate policy for those who are going for a second house. Please remember to seek specific clarifications on the above-mentioned issues from your commercial bank.

Rate of Interest on Home and Education Loans

December 7, 2012 2691 Views 0 comment Print

Reserve Bank of India had deregulated the interest rates on advances sanctioned by Scheduled Commercial Banks, with effect from October 18, 1994 and these interest rates were determined by bank themselves with the approval of their Boards, subject to Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) and spread guidelines.

IDBI Bank Launches 24*7 Loan Monitoring System

July 11, 2012 543 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai, July 11, 2012: In a new initiative, IDBI Bank would be launching a 24*7 loan monitoring system for its retail as well as corporate clients. Under this facility, a customer can directly inform a centralized system about submission of his/her loan application details to IDBI Bank via SMS, email or through the website. A dedicated SMS number, Email ID (loan@idbi.co.in) and utility in the website has been created for this purpose. These mechanisms would go live shortly.

Govt extends 1 pc home loan subsidy scheme by one year

July 5, 2012 1388 Views 0 comment Print

The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for extending the scheme of interest subvention of 1% on housing loans upto Rs.15 lakh where the cost of the house does not exceed Rs.25 lakh for the year 2012-13 and to amend the operational part of guidelines for release of funds.

Download Loan and EMI calculator for Free

May 15, 2012 45966 Views 2 comments Print

By using any one of these software you can calculate EMI, Rate of Interest, Total Interest during the loan period, EMI Schedule etc. of your Home loan, Auto Loan Etc:-

Pre-Payment Penality on Home Loans

May 4, 2012 2383 Views 0 comment Print

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy, during 2012-13 has announced not to permit banks to levy foreclosure charges/pre-payment penalties on home loan on a floating interest rate basis.

IDBI Bank loans become cheaper following 25 bps reduction in Base Rate

April 18, 2012 501 Views 0 comment Print

IDBI Bank’s loans, linked to Base Rate/BPLR, will become cheaper following a 25 bps reduction in Base Rate (to 10.50%) and BPLR (to 15.00%), with effect from April 20, 2012. IDBI Bank has taken this pro-active step, keeping in view the recent policy measures announced by the RBI and the emerging market conditions expected to arise out of the transmission of these monetary measures. The Bank has also decided to reduce the Retail Term Deposit Rates by 10-50 bps in various buckets having maturity of ‘six months and above’.

No Foreclosure Charges/Prepayment Penalty on Floating Interest Home Loan

April 18, 2012 2981 Views 0 comment Print

The Damodaran Committee had observed that foreclosure charges levied by banks on prepayment of home loans were resented upon by home loan borrowers across the board, especially since banks were found to be hesitant in passing on the benefits of lower interest rates to the existing borrowers in a falling interest rate scenario. As such, foreclosure charges are seen as a restrictive practice deterring the borrowers from switching over to cheaper available source.

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