Apr 9 2009

Top 5 Rules for Home Loans

Introduction

This article lists Top 5 Rules while applying for the home loans. I have home-loansalready posted many articles explaining the various topic on home loans. This article intend to list the top five rules important for the home loan buyers. Remember these five rules if you are planning to get the new home loans. There may be some important factors which I missed it here, if you have anything in mind please post it in the comments sections. If you like the article subscribe to this blog here.

Top 5 Rules for Home Loans

1. Documents and Processing Fees

Before apply for the home loans, good idea to list the required documents and eligibility criteria in the banks. It is not the same for all the banks, the requirement will be different depend on the banks. Government banks will have more strict eligibility criteria like higher monthly income and the current residential property details. Where as private banks don’t have that many requirements as with public banks. However you have to consult the banks and get ready with all the documents. Insufficient documents may lead to rejection of your loan application.

Documents required for Home Loans

When you are applying for a home loan, the bank will charge you certain amount as the processing fees. That will be included in the total home loans amount. Normally the processing fees differs from each bank like 0.5% – 1.0%. Banks will use the processing fees to verify your documents and all the formalities to complete the loan processing.

Processing Fees for Home Loans

2. Interest Rates and Tenure

Interest rate  is another important factor determining your tenure of the loan. If the rates are high, you will be forced to extend more EMI’s and the loan duration also will be increased. Be knowledgeable on the different types of interest rates like Flat Rate, Floating Rate,etc. The interest rates play the important role in closing the loans easily. For example, if you have chosen the floating rate(EMI will be calculated basis on the current market rate), if the rates are going up then your actual EMI’s also will be extended. It will end up paying for longer than usual.

What is EMI and Pre-EMI?

3. Switching Fees and Foreclosure Charges

If you have taken a loan in a bank for the duration of 25 years. After completing the initial 15 years then there is a significant rate drop by another bank which may benefit you if you have switched your loan to that bank. When you are switching your loan to another bank, it may involve switching fees, at the specific percentage on the outstanding loan amount. It is better to learn the switching fees involved for your bank.

Foreclosure charges are when you are planning to close the loan before the tenure is completed. Bank will charge you certain percentage on outstanding loan amount as the penalty for fore closing the loans. Normally the bank charges 3% t0 5%. It varies depend on the banker.

Switching Home Loans

4. Disbursement Stages

When you apply for the home loans, most of the time banker and builders will have a discussion and process the papers. If you are not aware of the money disbursement, please ask your banker that whether they will be releasing the fund at the beginning or at stages of completion of the project. You have rights to insist them to pay only the part of money if the house is still in the construction phase. Pre-EMI will come into the picture when the partial disbursement happens.

5. Type of Loans

There is many types of home loans available in the market. You cannot predict any future expenses when the home construction is under progress. The existing home loans provide many options like Home Loans Improvement, Home Loans Top Up, etc. to fund your home extention and personal expenses. It is added to the home loans and extend to the EMI’s. Discuss with the banker for more details about the home loans products available with them.

Home Improvement Loans

Home Loans Top Up

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