6 Things You Must Consider If You Are A New Home Loan Borrower
Chapter #11 of Digital Loan Series by WhatsLoan (powered by DigiMusk)
There are multiple parameters for you to select your lender. You can either go for a bank that is offering you the lowest interest rate, or you can opt-in for a lender that is offering you a longer loan tenure. However and whatever ends up your reason to select a particular lender, you must consider all the parameters beforehand.
In this Chapter 11, we are taking you through a short guide that includes 7 such points that you must consider if you are new home loan borrower.
1. Long Tenure, or a Short One?
We understand the excitement of owning a home and also the mortgage responsibility that keeps stressing you from time to time. We recommend that you plan your financial status in advance and opt-in for a long tenure home loan. In either case, you can pay your home loan earlier but this will keep you at lesser stress as compared to a short tenure.
2. Overdraft or Standard Loan?
Few of the banks have introduced overdraft for home loans as well. In many cases, there are additional fees for using overdraft protection that reduce the amount available for overdraft protection, such as insufficient funds fees per check or withdrawal. You may be suggested that overdraft loan are similar to standard loan so you should go for it. But do you research properly. Both are not similar.
3. Bank or NBFC?
Banks are more transparent than NBFC when it comes to listing down the MCLR rates. The RBI has mandated that MCLRs should be published on the website every month and as such the transparency is ensure to the borrower. However, the NBFC don’t have such guidelines and they fluctuate based on market conditions.
4. Stabilized MCLR rates
Choose a bank that has not fluctuated its MCLR rates considerably in last few months. The banks that changes the MCLR rates very often and you end up clueless on the margins that may cost you more or less with the same fixed amount of sanctioned home loans.
5. Reset Period?
If you have opted for a flexible rate of interest in the home loan, then the bank offering you a longer reset period is good for you. With the market scenario and the increasing rate of interest, it is good if you can find an annual reset period.
6. Low Ticket Loan or A High Ticket Loan?
Many are not aware about this but if you opt-in for a higher ticket loan >25 Lakhs, the banks offer you 18 months of reset period. Good time to fluctuate the interest rate.
Digital Loan Series
- Chapter #1. 10 Personal Things Banks Ask You While Determining Your Home Loan
- Chapter #2. 5 Necessary Documents For Your Home Loan Application
- Chapter #3. 20 Additional Hidden Charges On Your Home Loan That You Must Know
- Chapter #4. When Should You Buy A Home? 10 Point Checklist For Your Timeline
- Chapter #5. 5 Most Simple Ways You Can Pay Off Your Home Loan Sooner
- Chapter #6. 10 Common NRI Home Loan Myths Demystified
- Chapter #7. Buying A Second Home vs Repaying The Present Home Loan
- Chapter #8. Should You Go For A Plug And Play Home?
- Chapter #9. Problems You Must Be Aware Of While Transferring Your Home Loan
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