There are a variety of home loans available. They are:
This is the common loan for purchasing a home.
This loan is given for implementing repair works and renovations to your home.
This loan is available for the construction of a new home.
Home extension loans are given for expanding or extending an existing home. For example, addition of an extra room, etc.
Available for those who have financed the present home with a Home Loan and wish to purchase and move to another home for which some additional funds are required. Through a Home Conversion Loan, the existing loan is transferred to the new home, including the additional amount required, eliminating the need for pre-payment of the previous loan.
This type of loan is sanctioned for purchase of land, for both home construction or investment purposes.
The Bridge Loan is designed for people who wish to sell the existing home and purchase another. The bridge loan helps finance the new home, until a buyer is found for the old home.
Balance Transfer loans help you pay off an existing home loan with a higher interest rate, and avail of a loan with a lower rate of interest.
This loan helps you pay off the debt you have incurred from private sources such as relatives and friends, for the purchase of your present home.
This loan is sanctioned to pay the stamp duty amount that needs to be paid on the purchase of a property.
This loan is tailored for the requirements of NRIs wishing to build or buy a home in India
EMI (Equated Monthly Installment) is the amount payable to the lending institution every month, till the loan is paid back in full. It consists of a portion of the interest as well as the principal.
EMI Formula: l x r [(1+r)n /(1+r)n-1 ] x 1/12
l = loan amount
r = rate of interest
n = term of the loan
To qualify for a home loan, most of the lending institutions in India require you to be:
Interest rates are different from institution to institution and generally range from about 9.25% to around 12 %. The interest on home loans in India is usually calculated either on monthly reducing or yearly reducing balance. In some cases, daily reducing basis is also adopted.
Annual reducing:
In this system, the principal, for which you pay interest, reduces at the end of the year. Thus you continue to pay interest on a certain portion of the principal which you have actually paid back to the lender. This means the EMI for the monthly reducing system is effectively less than the annual reducing system.
Monthly reducing:
In this system, the principal, for which you pay interest, reduces every month as you pay your EMI.
Daily Reducing:
In this system, the principal, for which you pay interest, reduces from the day you pay your EMI. EMI in the daily reducing system is less than the monthly reducing system.
Keep the loan period constant and calculate the total amount paid for the home through the different loan options available.
Some institutions have a fixed rate of interest, which means the rate of interest remains unchanged for the entire duration of the loan. This means you do not benefit, even if rates of interest drop in the market.
This is the rate of interest that fluctuates according to the market lending rate. This means you stand the risk of paying more than you budgeted for in case the lending rate goes up.
Home loans are usually accompanied by the following extra costs:
Repayment period options range generally from 5 to 15 years.
Usually, most companies give up to a maximum of 85% of the cost of the house. The 15%, sometimes called 'seed money', will have to be provided by the loan applicant. The amount, for which the applicant is eligible, is determined by the age, income, no. of dependents, monthly outgoing and repayment capacity. This varies from case to case.
In most cases, the property to be purchased itself becomes the security and is mortgaged to the lending institution till the entire loan is repaid. Some institutions may ask for additional security such as life insurance policies, FD receipts and share or savings certificates.
Some institutions ask for 1 or 2 guarantors, others require no guarantor at all.
About 0-15 days.
On an average, loans are disbursed within 3-15 days after satisfactory and complete documentation and completion of all relevant procedures, including proof that 15% of the cost has been paid upfront to the seller of the property.
Most institutions are willing to consider the joint incomes of the applicants for deciding the loan amount. Some institutions do not require the co-applicants to be co-owners of the property to be purchased.
Both principal as well as interest of home loans attract tax benefits. With effect from 1st April 2005 (i.e. assessment year 2005-07) under section 80C of the Income Tax Act 1965:
Principal amount of repayment of loan along with other savings such as PF, PPF, Life Insurance premium etc up to a maximum of Rs 1,00,000/- will be eligible for deduction from gross income.
Interest paid on loan after completion of construction will be deductible from income from property
For self occupied - Income will be treated as nil and interest payment will be treated as minus income which will be adjusted against other income.
For rental property - It will be adjusted against rental income.