Gaining good
knowledge about the home loan interest rates will benefit the customers in
choosing a right product applicable to their need and choosing a right interest
rate is the typical thing in the home loan processing also. A customer has to
be very careful before going for a home loan. The interest rate is applicable
for the whole repayment period which you are opting for and it will vary when
the bank changes the Base and BPLR rates according to the markets. Compare the
rates with the other banks and ask whether the interest rate is calculated on
daily basis or monthly basis. Please take care of the below steps before taking
a home loan.
- Whether the rate of interest is
Floating or Fixed.
- If it is Fixed then it is fixed
for the whole tenure of it can be changed.
- If the Rate of Interest is
floating then at what period of intervals’ the ROI will be changed.
- If the ROI changed then the EMI
will increase or the Tenure.
- If part payment made then how the
rate changes on your account.
- Will you be notified if any rate
change occurs on your account?
Usually when a
customer makes part payments in to his/her account the bank will deduct the
amount paid directly from the principle and calculate the interest on the remaining
amount only by keeping the EMI constant.
Banks usually
increase the tenure when there is a change in the Rate of Interest (ROI). If
the tenure crosses a period of 300 months then the banks increase the EMI. The
floating rate is completely market dependent, and the customer should be aware
of the clause in the Fixed rate that the bank can change the rate if there is
any huge changes in money market conditions. Customers are always suggested to
make part payments to the loan account to reduce the interest amount that is to
be paid on home loan.
Banks will different
types of offers to save the interest paid on the loan account like “ Home loan
interest saver” in which customer needs to open a saving account with the
funding bank and the interest earned on the amount deposited in the account
will be reduced from your home loan interest.