India's largest
lender SBI (State Bank of India) had
recently cut its interest rates by 0.5% to 10.25% for housing loans up to Rs.
30 lakh. For loans above Rs. 30 lakh, SBI had changed its interest rate to
10.40%. Earlier, the SBI bank was charging 11% for loans between Rs. 30 lakh
and Rs. 75 lakh, and 11.25% for the loans above Rs. 75 lakh. The new rates
would be effective from August 7, 2012.
Only for new
borrowers..!
The new loans would
be applicable only for the new borrowers. However, existing borrowers can pay
1% of their outstanding amount & switch to the new interest rates.
Mr. Atanu Sen, Deputy Managing Director, SBI,
“Our growth target at the beginning of this year (2012) for housing loans was
25% but now we would be looking to achieve 15 to 20% growth in our housing loan
portfolio”
Rs. 1.05 lakh
crore..!
SBI has a housing
loan portfolio of Rs. 1.05 lakh crore,
with a market share of 17 per cent in the individual housing loan segment. It
has more than 20 lakh individual housing loans.
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