Sunday, August 25, 2013

Home Loan Balance Transfer

Home Loan Balance Transfer is a product which is always in customer's court and which has the capacity to save considerable amounts in terms of Interest that is being paid on a Home Loan Account. Banks usually change the tenure when there is a change in interest rate which make the principal component in the EMI very less. If the tenure crosses 300 months then banks raise the EMI amount and it definitely benefit the customer but  increased EMI will be a additional burden in repayment.

To clear all these hassles to customer banks have designed this Home Loan Balance Transfer product which can give the flexibility of shifting your home loan account to some other bank which is giving lower interest rates and benefits. It is quite like other home loans where customer need to submit all his personal, income and property documents to the bank to which he would like to transfer his loan. The banks processes all the details and releases the outstanding loan amount along with pre closure charges if any to the previous bank directly. Banks will receive all the original documents that are mortgaged for the home loan availed directly.

Banks provide the option of availing different other products along with Balance Transfer. The additional products are Mortgage or Construction. Customer should have income eligibility and the property valuation should support to complete the Balance Transfer and the additional product amount to be disbursed. This product is available to the Resident Salaried individuals, Resident Self Employed Individuals and NRI Salaried Individuals.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Home Loans in Bangalore



Mr. Kranthi Mohan a leading bank’s customer has filed a case against his home loan funded bank about not revealing complete details of repayment structure which affected him badly in the situation where he is not able to repay the home loan EMI’s in time due to job loss. Most of the customers who apply for home loans in Bangalore are always in a hurry to close the process with the pressure of the builder for their payment schedule.

A home loan is a product which banks offer customer to purchase a property with simple and affordable EMI’s with a maximum repayment period of 20 years. Home loans in Bangalore have seen a steep raise in their business with the increase in purchases of real estate properties. But having complete knowledge is most important than completing the process in time. Lets see where all the customers do mistakes when it comes to home loan and resolve the issues for hassle free process who wish to go for a loan to own their dream house

A home loan application will have two applicants in which most of the people feel and believe that co-applicant is not liable of repayment when only applicant income is considered. A co-applicant is equally liable as applicant even his/her income is considered or not. Now lets see the cases when the interest rates are going up, in this case a customer can opt for Fixed Rate of Interest by paying switching fee from Floating to fixed which can save considerable amount to customer. Banks will increase the tenure initially when there is a change in interest rates and when the repayment period crosses 300 months then banks increase the EMI. Customers can opt for increase in EMI amount at any point during the tenure which in turn reduces the repayment period thus reducing the interest paid to bank.

All banks/financial institutions offer Home loan linked life insurance with one time premium which cover the applicant’s life again the home loan. If any risk occurs to the applicant then the complete loan will be cleared by the insurance company and the documents will be released to co-applicant. All the customers are suggested to opt for Home loan linked insurance which is a cover in difficult situations.

Banks provide customers of some facilities like switching the home loan to other bank for better interest benefits, pre closing the loan, making part payment towards the home loan account amount of which will directly deducted from principal amounts, interest rates switching, Income Tax benefits on interest paid amounts etc. A simple ground work on these things will save huge amount which a customer pay due to lack of knowledge on the products.