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Do your homework before opting for home loan (2)
Continued from Part 1…
There are many important points to be looked into before signing on the dotted line… In this 2-part series, I will cover 9 important points that must be carefully considered.
- Look deep in your wallet before deciding the property
- Look closely at your lifestyle and financial capabilities
- Evaluate market conditions
- Higher loan amount increase burden of debts
- Increase the down payment When you go for home loan, you have to pay around 10% to 15% of the project cost and around 85% to 90% is funded by the bank or financial institution. If you have more than the required amount for ‘down payment’ then pay more, so that your required debt is reduced significantly.
- Prepayment is the best way to save on interest Always make an effort not to extend a loan beyond its tenure. As and when you have excess cash, try to prepay (huge loan first). For example, you could prepay from your yearly bonuses or salary hikes. Prepaying can lower the tenure and help you save on interest. However, check with your bank from when you can start prepaying, as banks usually do not allow prepayment during the first year of the loan period. Also check if there is a prepayment penalty. The idea is to make sure that the interest saved does not exceed the prepayment fees.
- It is not a family bank, unlike family doctor It is not essential to opt for the same bank that your brother took his home loan from. It is advised that you should do your own searching in terms of the deals offered by different banks. Moreover, your brother’s offer for the same loan amount and tenure could be (and mostly, would be) different from what is offered to you, as it varies according to the credit profile of the borrower.
- Processing fee If you have nothing in writing from the bank, it is possible that you might lose the processing fee that you pay to bank in case the loan does not get approved. So, either you get something in writing from the bank or factor in all this money for these kinds of losses.
- Read the home loan agreement (fine print) carefully Most of us just close our eyes and sign on the dotted line. What we forget to read are the clauses that are in fine print in the loan agreement. You need to understand the significance and impact of these various clauses before you sign the agreement. Important clauses to watch out for are: the Force Majeure clause and Reset Clause on Fixed Rates.
(Please refer Part 1 for discussion on these 4 points)
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January 12th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
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