What bankers do not tell, and you must know
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
To have a dream house of your own is lot easier than it was a few years ago. Banks consider it to be safer to invest in home loans than in other types of loans, and they have made the formalities easy for anyone to come up and avail the home loan facility. Banks are even advertising to disburse a home loan which was unthinkable a generation ago. Now you do not have to toil hard to avail a home loan in India as it has been greatly simplified.
The first question that you must ask yourself is that do you really need a home loan. It is a long term process and you will have to pay monthly installments for a long time to come. There are certain things that the banks do not discuss with you but are important for you if you are interested in taking a home loan. Here is a short discussion that will enlighten you about these facts.
Amount of loan
You are the best person to judge your repayment capability. You may come up with papers that have inflated figures about your income, but in your heart of hearts, you know the EMI that you can pay easily. So do not take a huge amount of loan even the bank is willing to give it to you. It is only you who will be harassed when you find yourself unable to repay big EMI’s later on. Do not agree to an EMI that is more than 40% of your monthly income. If possible, reduce it further down to 25%.
Plan your future
Though it is true that your income will rise in future, but it is equally true that so will your liabilities. So make a fair assessment, and also keep in mind unforeseen expenditure that may come your way that you have not planned for. Do not base your EMI on the basis of your projection of your income after a year or so. You have the option of paying a higher EMI when your income really goes up. Alternatively, you can pay a lump sum to get the principal amount reduced. You can also opt to reduce the tenure of your home loan. If you have take a home loan on floating rate of interest, see to it that the banks charge you accordingly when the rate of interest goes down.
If you keep these points in mind, home loan will never become a bother for you.
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