BENEFITS OF A HOME LOAN BALANCE TRANSFER

Budget 2024 expectations: The upcoming budget is expected to address salary taxation to benefit salaried individuals and boost the economy. Taxpayers expect revisions in areas like standard deduction, tax slabs, and HRA limits to ease their burden a...

An IT professional, frustrated with his company's strict 'no work from home' policy, deleted Microsoft Teams and email from his phone to ensure he was unreachable after office hours. This defiant move garnered widespread support online after a scree...

Transfer your home loan wisely by comparing offers, verifying eligibility, submitting required documents, negotiating terms, and finalizing the balance transfer for reduced EMIs and long-term savings.

Central government employees are advocating for key reforms in the Union Budget 2024-25. Their demands include rationalization of income tax slabs, the restoration of the old pension scheme, the establishment of the eighth central pay commission, im...

Axis Bank-Citibank credit card migration: Citibank credit card holders should note that your card number, CVV, and transaction limits will stay the same after the migration. Your annual fee, spend-based fee waiver limits, and statement date will als...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi is the largest direct benefit transfer scheme in the world, using technology to ensure it reaches its intended beneficiaries. He expressed gratitude to the 64 crore voters of Ka...

Your dream of purchasing a home of choice may suffer a serious set back if the lender is not willing to give you the loan amount that you need. You may either have to drop your plans or get a costly loan to bridge the gap. However, now you have anot...

Home loan interest rates June 2024: A home loan is a secured loan for a borrower to buy a home. The loan amount is repaid via equated monthly installments (EMI). Here is a list of banks offering the best home loan interest rates for loans above Rs 7...

"We believe a likely surge in rural credit demand, higher affordability and government push toward financial inclusion with ease of regulations in the microfinance sector. A likely credit-linked subsidy scheme (CLSS) in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojan...

The longer the tenure of a loan, the higher the interest burden. Home loan rates will not come down as the RBI has kept policy rates unchanged. If you are planning to buy a house with a loan, ET Wealth suggests some ways to reduce the cost of borrow...

Sudhir Kaushik of TaxSpanner.com tells readers how they can optimise their tax by rejigging their incomes and investments. TaxSpanner estimates that Vivek Jaiswal can have a surplus of almost Rs.60,000 if his salary is rejigged to include tax-free p...

A favourable wealth effect, driven by a sharp rise in the equity markets, is enticing many first-time homebuy ers to take the plunge, while affluent buyers are looking for second homes. If you are a fence-sitter, still unsure about when to buy a hou...

Many social media users are reporting sudden credit score dips. Erroneous transactions, lender misreporting, and late credit card or BNPL payments, over-utilisation of credit limits are some culprits. If you have a poor credit score or CIBIL score, ...

Home Loan Interest Rates: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting decided to maintain the repo rate at 6.5%, prolonging the wait for home loan borrowers seeking relief from high interest rates and increased EM...

In FY23, for instance, the combined outstanding home loan portfolio of public sector and private banks and housing finance companies, which account for a big majority of the home loan market in the country was, Rs 3.62 lakh crore. But disbursements ...

CM Siddaramaiah emphasized the need for officials to work efficiently amidst higher-than-normal rainfall and the ongoing code of conduct. Siddaramaiah disapproved of the way insurance firms were handling the crop loss insurance claims. Such conduct ...

EPF account transfer from unexempted trust: Many salaried individual have Employees' Provident Fund account either with EPFO or exempted trusts. However, what if you have an EPF account with unexempted trusts? Does EPF scheme rules allow an EPF memb...

The housing finance company opened 100 branches last year, which will help in expanding business including in affordable segment.

Decide between home loan prepayment and equity investments in a bull market by evaluating risk, financial stability, and personal goals. Balance debt reduction with potential returns for a decision aligned with your financial well-being.