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LIC Housing Finance raises lending rates by 35 bps, cites market conditions

'Good sustenance in home buying', says mortgage lender in statement

PNB Housing Fin opens 'Roshni' branches for affordable housing loans

PNB Housing Finance on Friday said it has opened 'Roshni' branches in various locations, including tier II and III cities, for deepening its customer base in the affordable housing segment. Through its affordable home loan scheme Roshni, the city-based lender has also renewed its commitment towards the government's Housing for All mission, it added. Under this initiative, PNB Housing Finance will offer retail loans to individuals in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh. The company's Roshni branches inaugurated in Chennai, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Indore/Ujjain, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Rajkot and Varanasi will cater to customers in this segment. Borrowers can get loans for purchase of house property, self-construction, home extension/renovation, plot purchase plus construction, loan against property, among others, PNB Housing Finance said in a release. Whether loan applicants are new to credit, self-employed without formal income or salaried from a low-income group

Poonawalla Fincorp to sell housing finance unit to TPG for Rs 3,900 cr

PFL to explore inorganic investments for business growth

RBI's Housing Price index up 4.5% in Q2, Kochi tops chart with 11.5% rise

Four of the 10 cities in the index recorded sequential contraction, the others posted expansion

Indiabulls Housing embarks on growth path after three quarters of stability

IHFL's balance sheet and AUM have stabilised and the base has been formed for 10% YoY growth in loans this financial year

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

Edelweiss to slash wholesale loan book to Rs 2,900 crore in 2 years

In a filing with BSE, the company said improved macro environment and sell-down capabilities were driving faster book reduction

LIC Housing Finance stock comes under pressure on weak Q2 results

Improvement in interest income and margins crucial for investor sentiment to revive

Tatas to raise Rs 4,000 cr from NHB, bonds market in mega home loan push

Loans to be offered to both retail and developers; funds being raised amid 13% expansion in loan portfolio over six months to September

PNB Housing Finance's Q2 net profit rises 12% on improving margins

Its net interest income (NII) expanded by 29 per cent YoY to Rs 649 crore in the reporting quarter.

Navigating the affordable housing finance market

The demand for affordable housing finance is very high, but housing finance companies have not disbursed loans up to their potential, owing to a lack of awareness among customers about such firms

IndoStar Capital considers selling stake in housing finance unit

Private equity-backed company losses have raised concerns about its stability

TCS bags deal from Aadhar Housing Finance to improve business operations

The partnership with TCS is for an end-to-end business process transformation using the integrated and collaborative blockchain-based cloud platform.

IIFL Finance up 8% after ADIA picks 20% in housing fin arm for Rs 2,200 cr

This is the second investment by ADIA in entities working in housing finance space in FY23. Last month, it concluded a deal to pick up 10% in HDFC Capital Advisors for Rs 184 cr

Poonawalla Fincorp's logs Q4 consolidated net profit of Rs 119 cr

The company's housing finance subsidiary proposes to raise growth capital

RBI imposes Rs 1.12 cr penalty on Bank of Maharashtra for non-compliance

Separately, the central bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 25 lakh on The Haryana State Co-operative Apex Bank, Chandigarh for contraventions with RBI directions on housing finance

Poonawalla Fincorp AUM grows 17% to Rs 16,575 crore in FY22

The finance company has set a target of having AUM of about Rs 45,000 crore by 2025.

NBFCs, housing finance firms need Rs 2.2 trn in fresh funds in FY23: ICRA

Rating agency in its report said the entities have worked to diversify sources of funds, even if the money came at a higher cost

Housing finance players loan portfolio to grow at 8-10% in FY22: Report

Going forward, the growth trend is expected to continue, driven by healthy demand in the industry, increasing level of economic activity and increasing vaccination in the country, Icra ratings said