Existing floating home loan customers groaning under high interest rates can look forward to a more cheery New Year. After setting interest rates at 9.25% for new home loans between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 20 lakh, rates for existing home loans will be reduced as the PLR (prime lending rate) comes down. Home minister […]
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DLF freezes projects
The liquidity squeeze-induced slump in demand has forced real estate leader DLF to fire some employees, put a number of hotel and housing projects on hold and yearn for 7% home loan rates. “We must have laid off some employees somewhere,” DLF Chairman K P Singh told reporters on the sidelines of India Economic Summit, […]
Home loan sales reviving
Bankers believe their strained home loan portfolios will see relief in the coming quarters, with interest rate cuts coming into force. “We expect our home loan offtake to increase by 22 per cent y-o-y next quarter with the fall in interest rates,” said B.R. Pai, General Manager, Syndicate Bank. The bank, which has sixty-five hundred […]
Rate Hike To Delay Realty Projects
Real estate developers see further slump in demand and price correction due to RBI’s move to raise interest rate. Caught between slow demand and rising cost of capital and construction, developers are deferring launch of new projects. Some even fear that ongoing projects may get delayed. Indiabulls’ group spokesperson Gagan Banga said, “Interest rate hike […]