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ATM :: 7 home loan repayment options to choose from
By Sunil Dhawan | ET Online | Updated: May 05, 2018, 12.32 PM IST | Economic Times
Buying that dream home can be rather tedious process that involves a lot of research and running around.
First of all you will have to visit several builders across various locations around the city to zero in on a house you want to buy. After that comes the time to finance the purchase of your house, for which you will most probably borrow a portion of the total cost from a lender like a bank or a home finance company.
However, scouting for a home loan is generally not a well thought-out process and most of us will typically consider the home loan interest rate, processing fees, and the documentary trail that will get us the required financing with minimum effort. There is one more important factor you should consider while taking a home loan and that is the type of loan. There are different options that come with various repayment options.
Other than the plain vanilla home loan scheme, here are a few other repayment options you can consider.
I. Home loan with delayed start of EMI payments
Banks like the State Bank of India (SBI) offer this option to its home loan borrowers where the payment of equated monthly instalments (EMIs) begins at a later date. SBI’s Flexipay home loan comes with an option to go for a moratorium period (time during the loan term when the borrower is not required to make any repayment) of anywhere between 36 months and 60 months during which the borrower need not pay any EMI but only the pre-EMI interest is to be paid. Once the moratorium period ends, the EMI begins and will be increased during the subsequent years at a pre- agreed rate.
Compared to a normal home loan, in this loan one can also get a higher loan amount of up to 20 percent. This kind of loan is available only to salaried and working professionals aged between 21 years and 45 years.
Watch outs: Although initially the burden is lower, servicing an increasing EMI in the later years, especially during middle age or nearing retirement, requires a highly secure job along with decent annual increments. Therefore, you should carefully opt for such a repayment option only if there’s a need as the major portion of the EMI in the initial years represents the interest.
II. Home loan by linking idle savings in bank account
Few home loan offers such as SBI Maxgain, ICICI Bank’s home loan ‘Overdraft Facility’ and IDBI Bank’s ‘Home Loan Interest Saver’ allows you to link your home loan account with your current account that is opened along with. The interest liability of your home loan comes down to the extent of surplus funds parked in the current account. You will be allowed to withdraw or deposit funds from the current account as and when required. The interest rate on the home loan will be calculated on the outstanding balance of loan minus balance in the current account.
For example, on a Rs 50 lakh loan at 8.5 percent interest rate for 20 years, with a monthly take home income of say Rs 1.5 lakh, the total interest outgo for a plain vanilla loan is about Rs 54,13,875. Whereas, for a loan linked to your bank account, it will be about Rs 52,61,242, translating into a savings of about Rs 1.53 lakh during the tenure of the loan.
Watch outs: Although the interest burden gets reduced considerably, banks will ask you to pay that extra interest rate for such loans, which translates into higher EMIs.
III. Home loan with increasing EMIs
If one is looking for a home loan in which the EMI keeps increasing after the initial few years, then you can consider something like the Housing Development Finance Corporation’s (HDFC) Step Up Repayment Facility (SURF) or ICICI Bank’s Step Up Home Loans.
In such loans, you can avail a higher loan amount and pay lower EMIs in the initial years. Subsequently, the repayment is accelerated proportionately with the assumed increase in your income. There is no moratorium period in this loan and the actual EMI begins from the first day. Paying increasing EMI helps in reducing the interest burden as the loan gets closed earlier.
Watch outs: The repayment schedule is linked to the expected growth in one’s income. If the salary increase falters in the years ahead, the repayment may become difficult.
IV. Home loan with decreasing EMIs
HDFC’s Flexible Loan Installments Plan (FLIP) is one such plan in which the loan is structured in a way that the EMI is higher during the initial years and subsequently decreases in the later years.
Watch outs: Interest portion in EMI is as it is higher in the initial years. Higher EMI means more interest outgo in the initial years. Have a prepayment plan ready to clear the loan as early as possible once the EMI starts decreasing.
V. Home loan with lump sum payment in under-construction property
If you purchase an under construction property, you are generally required to service only the interest on the loan amount drawn till the final disbursement and pay the EMIs thereafter. In case you wish to start principal repayment immediately, you can opt to start paying EMIs on the cumulative amounts disbursed. The amount paid will be first adjusted for interest and the balance will go towards principal repayment. HDFC’s Tranche Based EMI plan is one such offering.
For example, on a Rs 50 lakh loan, if the EMI is xx, by starting to pay the EMI, the total outstanding will stand reduced to about Rs 36 lakh by the time the property gets completed after 36 months. The new EMI will be lower than what you had paid over previous 36 months.
Watch outs: There is no tax benefit on principal paid during the construction period. However, interest paid gets the tax benefit post occupancy of the home.
VI. Home loan with longer repayment tenure
ICICI Bank’s home loan product called ‘Extraa Home Loans’ allows borrowers to enhance their loan eligibility amount up to 20 per cent and also provide an option to extend the repayment period up to 67 years of age (as against normal retirement age) and are for loans up to Rs 75 lakh.
These are the three variants of ‘Extraa’.
a) For middle aged, salaried customers: This variant is suitable for salaried borrowers up to 48 years of age. While in a regular home loan, the borrowers will get a repayment schedule till their age of retirement, with this facility they can extend their loan tenure till 65 years of age.
b) For young, salaried customers: The salaried borrowers up to 37 years of age are eligible to avail a 30 year home loan with repayment tenure till 67 years of age.
c) Self-employed or freelancers : There are many self-employed customers who earn higher income in some months of the year, given the seasonality of the business they are in. This variant will take the borrower’s higher seasonal income into account while sanctioning those loans.
Watch outs: The enhancement of loan limit and the extension of age come at a cost. The bank will charge a fee of 1-2 per cent of total loan amount as the loan guarantee is provided by India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC). The risk of enhanced limit and of increasing the tenure essentially is taken over by IMGC.
VII. Home loan with waiver of EMI
Axis Bank offers a repayment option called ‘Fast Forward Home Loans’ where 12 EMIs can be waived off if all other instalments have been paid regularly. Here. six months EMIs are waived on completion of 10 years, and another 6 months on completion of 15 years from the first disbursement. The interest rate is the same as that for a normal loan but the loan tenure has to be 20 years in this scheme. The minimum loan amount is fixed at Rs 30 lakh.
The bank also offers ‘Shubh Aarambh Home Loan’ with a maximum loan amount of Rs 30 lakh, in which 12 EMIs are waived off at no extra cost on regular payment of EMIs – 4 EMIs waived off at the end of the 4th, 8th and 12th year. The interest rate is the same as normal loan but the loan tenure has to be 20 years in this loan scheme.
Watch outs: Keep a tab on any specific conditions and the processing fee and see if it’s in line with other lenders. Keep a prepayment plan ready and try to finish the loan as early as possible.
Nature of home loans
Effective from April 1, 2016, all loans including home loans are linked to a bank’s marginal cost-based lending rate (MCLR). Someone looking to get a home loan should keep in mind that MCLR is only one part of the story. As a home loan borrower, there are three other important factors you need to evaluate when choosing a bank to take the loan from – interest rate on the loan, the markup, and the reset period.
What you should do
It’s better to opt for a plain-vanilla home loan as they don’t come with any strings attached. However, if you are facing a specific financial situation that may require a different approach, then you could consider any of the above variants. Sit with your banker, discuss your financial position, make a reasonable forecast of income over the next few years and decide on the loan type. Don’t forget to look at the total interest burden over the loan tenure. Whichever loan you finally decide on, make sure you have a plan to repay the entire outstanding amount as early as possible. After all, a home with 100 per cent of your own equity is a place you can call your own.
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ATM :: Are you self employed? This is how you get a loan easily
As self employed individuals do not get a fixed monthly income, they may face some challenges while accessing credit. However, if they remain compliant by filing their income tax returns, by repaying their existing loans on time and by keeping their account up to date, they stand a high chance of getting a loan.
Vineet Jain CEO – Loanstreet.in | MoneyControl.com
In a country like ours, we admire the self-employed and entrepreneurs. But a majority of them face difficulty in availing loans from various banks at some point of time or the other, as banks are more comfortable in approving loans for salaried individuals. Lenders have a lengthy process of diligence while dealing with a loan applicant who is self-employed. While no bank or NBFC would agree to such discrimination, there does exist a little gap of doubt over the credibility and sustenance of self-employed individuals for loan repayment. Although this does not mean that all self-employed borrowers will struggle to get finance, it simply implies that one might need to pay close attention to the following details which the lenders consider while processing loans:
1.Filing timely returns is necessary when it comes to income verification. Lenders tend to check the tax returns statements of the past two years to verify income. In fact, they take an average income of 24 months to validate a borrower’s loan. It is always better to submit income tax returns of more than two years so that it can help the bank ascertain the growth of the business in subsequent years.
2.In case a borrower’s business did not have a good financial year in one of the previous years, it is no reason to worry as banks often ignore that part and calculate the average earnings over a period of the last two years. So it is best to apply at a time when the business is doing well.
3.Being self-employed comes with the additional responsibility of managing one’s own accounts so it has to be done carefully. While applying for a home loan, a borrower must give a detailed statement of his/her current year’s profit and loss.
4.A borrower must ensure that all his/her accounts are up-to-date and managed well. He must take assistance from a certified financial planner or chartered accountant for the same. The current fiscal profit and loss statement can either make or break the deal for quite a few loans especially if seeking a home loan.
5.A borrower must give a detailed statement of his/her businesses’ profit and loss attested by a certified chartered account as it increases the chances of loan approval. It is always a good idea to use the regular bank with which majority of the official banking transactions are made. The chances of getting a loan approval are much higher here, as compared to seeking a loan with a new bank.
6.Without adequate taxable income, most lenders would refrain from doing business with a self- employed borrower. In this new age of regulation and responsible lending, lenders feel the pressure to confirm an applicant’s ability to meet minimal servicing requirements. They decide the loan eligibility of a borrower on the basis of his/her net profit, consider the business use of one’s home, add depletion and depreciation, and calculate the income. Hence, ask yourself questions like: ‘Without being able to borrow the money, how is this going to impact my ability to make the financial decisions I have planned? Am I saving more by not paying tax, or am I losing more by not being able to invest in a new property?’
Lenders find self-employed candidates with higher down payment on home buying, good amount of savings and a good CIBIL score clear winners for a loan. They also take those applicants seriously who prove to have a steady income and records to show their willingness to repay.
Eligibility assessment methodology is comprehensive and detailed for self- employed applicants and is also unique as there are multiple ways to do the same. Every lending institution will dig into the loan repayment capacity of the borrower before the former gives a nod. It is an evolved process that ensures that banks assess loan application right.
For salaried individuals
The net salary is taken as the base figure which is also their net disposable income. This amount signifies the maximum EMI outflow possible for the respective customer.
For instance, Mr Armaan earns Rs 10,000 per month. He repays a loan wherein he has an EMI of Rs 2000 per month. In this case, bank will account 40% of his salary towards lifestyle maintenance of Armaan. This leaves Armaan with gross disposable income of Rs 6000. Bank deducts EMI amount from gross disposable income and that leads to net disposable income of Rs 4000. Net disposable income is used to assess loan amount eligibility, and is a fairly simple and straight forward method.
For self employed individuals
Varied methods are used while assessing the financial position of a self employed individual. A salaried individual has the monthly income as the base. But in self-employed, annual income is considered, as monthly income is not fixed.
Following are the methods for assessing income for self-employed:-
1.Net profit – The net profit of the firm on an annual basis.
2.Gross turnover and industry margin– The base is gross annual turnover. Each lender has a pre-assigned industry margin specific to the segment under which the customer falls; which is used as a multiplier to the turnover to determine income.
3.Banking surrogate – This is another unique method of assessing net disposable income. One year banking behaviour of the customer is closely tracked to ascertain the average monthly bank balance. Here the net disposable income is the multiplier of average monthly balance of the respective customer.
4.Liquid income program -Under this method, the lenders appoint external agency CA to assess actual cash flow of the customer and use it to determine eligibility.
5.Repayment Track -This method is largely used for balance transfer cases. The customers’ existing EMI of the loan to be transferred as given a multiplier and is used for determining eligibility.
To summarize– there are varied methods available with the lender to grant loan to self-employed customers. The most important thing is to keep the accounts clean and do repayments in time. Assess the lender before he assesses you by choosing the right one. You can take help from your chartered account or use any online platform to judge the same.
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