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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’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’.
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.
First, banks are being advised to offer a ‘basic savings bank deposit account’ with certain minimum common facilities and without the requirement of a minimum balance to all their customers. Second, banks will be mandated not to levy foreclosure charges or pre-payment penalties on home loans extended on a floating interest rate basis. Third, banks are being advised to initiate steps to allot a unique customer identification code (UCIC) number to all their customers.
IDBI Bank has decided to reduce its floating Home Loan rates on new loans, across loan slabs up to a maximum of 75 basis points (bps). The revised rates will come into effect from April 2, 2012. While the floating interest rates in respect of loans up to Rs. 25 lakh have been reduced by 25 bps, the extent of reduction is progressively higher for larger loan amounts: by 50 bps on loans ranging from Rs. 25 lakh to less than Rs.
State Bank of India has decided to allow its old home loan borrowers, paying high interests, to move to the new lower rates, which were offered to other borrowers later, by paying 1% of the outstanding amount as conversion fee.
Government is contemplating to enhance income tax exemption for up to Rs 3 lakh paid as interest on housing loans in a year, from the existing limit of Rs 1.5 lakh. The Budget is scheduled to be tabled on March 16.
There is no bar in section 24 of the Income Tax Act regarding the number of loans on which interest is allowable simultaneously. In fact ,the simple rule of the deduction of interest u/s 24 of the Income Tax Act is that whatever be the interest paid or due on loan borrowed for purchase or construction of house is allowable as deduction. So, whether you take loan from one bank or five banks , all loan should be utilised for buying or constructing the house for allowance of interest paid to all the banks.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal under 1% interest subvention on housing loan scheme liberalising the limit of housing loan upto Rs. 15 lakh where cost of the house does not exceeding Rs. 25 lakh from the present limit of Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh respectively, and designating National Housing Bank (NHB) as the Nodal Agency (NA) for implementing the scheme both for Scheduled Commercial Banks and Housing Finance Companies.
The essential conditions for availing higher deduction of interest of Rs.1,50,000/- in respect of a self-occupied residential house are that the amount of capital must have been borrowed on or after 01.4.1999 and the acquisition or construction of residential house must have been completed within three years from the end of the financial year in which capital was borrowed. There is no stipulation regarding the date of commencement of construction.
