Mumbai: Housing finance company HDFC Ltd has cut the lending rate by 50 basis points for loans of more than Rs20 lakh for both existing and new customers and introduced a new slab for sub-Rs20 lakh.
Loans of up to Rs20 lakh will attract an interest rate of 10.25% and the rates for loans above this level has been pegged at 11.25% down from 11.75%.

The new rates are effective from Monday. “The advantage of a cut in retail prime lending rates (RPLR) will accrue to all the existing floating rate customers over a period of next three months based on their respective reset dates,” HDFC said in a statement. The housing major’s decision to reduce rates comes within 24 hours of Home Minister P. Chidambaram announcing in Parliament that the government will persuade banks to reduce loans for existing home loan borrowers as well. HDFC also decided to reduce the deposit rates by 50 basis points, the statement added. HDFC’s closest competitor in home loans ICICI Bank had earlier in this month reduced interest rates by 150 basis points to 11.50% for fresh loans of up to Rs20 lakh.

Public sector banks have already capped the interest rates at 8.5% for loans up to Rs5 lakh to encourage low-income housing. For middle-income loans of Rs5-20 lakh, the PSU banks would charge a maximum of 9.25%. These rates would be reset only after five years. The scheme by PSU banks is valid up to 30 June, 2009.

The state-run banks have also done away with processing fee and pre-payment charges for loans up to Rs20 lakh. In addition, the PSU lenders have decided to offer free life insurance cover to the home loan seekers as an add-on with the credit.

source: PTI

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