Housing Finance Companies

Shriram Finance to revise interest rates on fixed deposits from June 26

Shriram Finance Ltd, the flagship company of the diversified conglomerate Shriram Group would revise its interest rates on fixed deposits with effect from June 26, the company said on Wednesday. As per the revised structure, senior citizens (aged 60 years and above at the time of deposit or renewal) would be eligible for an additional interest of 0.50 per cent per annum while women depositors would receive an additional 0.05 per cent per annum on fixed deposits. For deposits of 12 months, the existing rate of 7.35 per cent would be revised to 7.65 per cent while for deposits made through digital mode for a period of 15 months would be revised to 7.90 per cent from the current 7.50 per cent, Shriram Finance said in a company statement on Wednesday. For 18 months, the interest rates would be revised to 7.80 per cent (current 7.40 per cent), 24 months 7.90 per cent from the existing 7.50 per cent. Interest rates would be revised to 8.40 per cent on deposits with a tenure of 36, 50 and

Bundled home loan insurance: No portability for single premium plans

Lenders may push borrowers into buying policies without disclosing tenure, premium, and alternative products

Most analysts positive on LIC Housing post Q3; eye NIM, rate cut trends

On the bourses, LIC Housing Finance soared as much as 2.85 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 573.65 per share

PNB Housing Finance slips 7% after 10% equity change hands on NSE

Till 09:17 am on Wednesday; as many as 26.14 million equity shares representing 10 per cent of total equity of PNB Housing Finance changed hands on the NSE, the exchange data shows.

Affordable housing finance companies to gain from RBI norms tweak

The RBI tweaked the risk weights for undisbursed loans by capping them at par with those of disbursed loans to address a potential anomaly in the computation of risk-weighted assets of these loans

Star Housing Finance reports 70% revenue growth in April-June quarter

Semi-urban and rural-focused home finance company Star Housing Finance Ltd (Star HFL) has reported a 70 per cent jump in its revenue for the April-June quarter on strong growth in interest income and commission fee. Total revenue rose by 70 per cent to Rs 20.96 crore for the April-June quarter of 2024-25 compared to Rs 12.29 crore in the year-ago period, the BSE-listed company said in a release. Interest income rose to Rs 18.08 crore in the first quarter of FY25 against Rs 11.20 crore in April-June 2023-24. Assets under management soared by 73.55 per cent to Rs 471.41 crore in the June quarter over the year-ago period. Disbursements were at Rs 61.23 crore in the quarter under review. Profit after tax rose by 94 per cent to Rs 3.02 crore in the quarter against Rs 1.55 crore in the year-ago period.

Aadhar Housing Finance IPO Alert: An issue for risk takers, say experts

Aadhar Housing Finance IPO review: Aadhar Housing Finance aims to raise Rs 3,000 crore with a price band fixed at Rs 300 to Rs 315 per share

Capitalise on festival offers for loans, but heed other conditions too

Loan amount, tenure and prepayment conditions must also suit you

DHFL branch audits: NFRA penalises 18 auditors, debars them for 6-12 months

The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has imposed penalties on 18 auditors and also debarred them for varying periods for lapses with respect to audits of various branches of housing finance company DHFL. Penalties totalling Rs 18 lakh or Rs 1 lakh each has been imposed on the auditors for their professional misconduct, according to 18 separate orders passed by the regulator. Also, they have been debarred for a period of six months to one year from "being appointed as an auditor or internal auditor or from undertaking any audit in respect of financial statements or internal audit of the functions and activities of any company or body corporate". Out of the 18 auditors, 4 have been debarred for 6 months and the remaining 14 auditors have been restrained for 1 year. Following media reports of alleged siphoning of public money of around Rs 31,000 crore and the Enforcement Directorate's reported action in April 2020 on an alleged banking fraud of about Rs 3,700 crore by the

Banks, finance companies expect robust festive season credit offtake

Little room for rate-cut wars; tight screening to stay

Rate sensitive shares gain up to 3% as RBI keeps repo rate unchanged

SBI, Indian Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Punjab & Sind Bank, Canara Bank and Punjab National Bank from the PSU banks were up in the range of 1 - 3 per cent.

Fullerton India's total disbursals jump 41% in 9MFY23, AUM rises 34%

Speaking on the overall performance, the management said that the company's performance in FY22 and 9MFY23 reflected deep commitment to customers

HFCs to move regulator, govt to address rate hike and other industry issues

Also plan to take up issues such as impact of IRAC norms, status of Automatic Data Flow requirement, among others

Slippages from restructured NBFC book increased in H1FY23, says Icra

Write-offs remained elevated at 2.1 per cent for NBFCs and 0.5 per cent for HFCs in H1FY23

Hemmed in by interest rate hikes, HFCs see 19% dip in Q2 net profit

The uptick in operating income reflects robustness in the home loan portfolio and hike in lending rates

Indiabulls Finance Q2 consolidated net up marginally to Rs 289.4 cr

Impairments on financial instruments double YoY; income from operations almost flat at Rs 2,229.7 cr

Housing finance companies likely to grow at 10-12% in FY23: Report

The upwards revision of the growth of HFCs was in expectation of a continued improvement in disbursements.

NBFCs, HFCs securitisation volume doubled to Rs 33k cr in April-Jun: Report

Securitisation volumes originated by Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC)s and Housing Finance Companies (HFC)s have almost doubled to around Rs 33,000 cr in the first quarter of the current year

Life may get tougher for mid, small size HFCs amid rising rates: Analysts

Analysts warn that housing finance companies (HFCs), which cater largely to affordable housing segment, may see some margin erosion

Asset quality in NBFCs, HFCs improves in Q4FY22 on lower slippages: Icra

The standard restructured book of NBFCs is estimated to have reduced to 2.7-3 per cent in March 2022 from the peak of 4.5 per cent in September 2021