Experts give thumbs up to linking home loans to external benchmarks

If you are an existing borrower with an HFC or an NBFC, there will be considerable rate difference between your existing rate and what banks will offer on these external benchmark-linked loans

Tinesh Bhasin | Mumbai
Last Updated at September 6, 2019 00:28 IST

With all banks mandated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to link their retail loans to an external benchmark from October 1, interest rates on home and auto loans are expected to decline from next month. When some public sector banks (PSBs) shifted their benchmarks to the repo rate in September, their new loan offers were priced at least 20 basis points (bps) cheaper.

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