How Mortgage Loans Work?
01 Nov 2019
Home loan or Mortgage loans is without a doubt the longest loan a person takes in his lifetime. Most other loans like personal, education and automobile loans are of shorter duration but a home loan can last for as high as 30 years. It is thus very important to understand all aspects of this loan.
Whenever one buys a home, the lender will use the home as collateral against a possible default in the future. The term Mortgage means passing the Charge on the property to the lender as a security.
Home is one of the few assets whose price does not fluctuate as much as of other financial assets. In fact, in a growing economy, the price of the home moves higher gradually every year. Hence, in this case, banks are relatively assured of recovering their money in case of a default. In most cases, banks do not ask for any other security when they disburse Mortgage loans.
There are various components of a Mortgage loan. First, the maximum amount of loan that a lender disburses is restricted by regulators. Some lenders consider the taxes, statutory charges, and insurance under the total value on which loan can be available. A borrower will thus have to clarify with the lender on the total amount that will be considered for calculating the loan value.
The amount that the bank will disburse will be the amount on which it will be charging interest. The consumer will have to repay the loan amount plus the interest that is charged over the years.
The interest that is charged on the loan is floating. This interest is normally calculated on a reducing balance basis. In the initial years, the lender would take more as interest and less of capital from the equated monthly installments (EMI) as the loan amount outstanding is almost full in the initial years of loan.
Consider a person has taken a loan of Rs 50 lakh from a bank for a period of 25 years. His EMI would work out to be Rs 41,000. When this Rs 41,000 is deducted from the borrower on a monthly basis, in the initial years less than 10 percent of the amount is deducted from the –Principal of Rs 50 lakh. A major chunk of the interest that a borrower pays on his loan is deducted in the first half of the tenure.
It is thus advisable to repay part of the mortgage loan or foreclose it in the first half of the loan tenure if one can afford the same.
Every month the interest is charged on the reduced Principal that is left over from the previous month. In banking terms, the remaining Principal is called the outstanding loan amount.
In India, there are no charges applicable for foreclosing a home loan. In other loans pre-closing a loan carries a charge.
At the time of availing the loan lenders generally give an amortization sheet which clearly mentions the interest and principal that will be deducted every month for the entire tenure of the loan.
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What Is Overdraft Facility? All You Need To Know!
When you open a bank account, you are provided with a bouquet of financial services. The bank provides a cheque book and a passbook to help you manage and maintain your accounts. Furthermore, you are provided with an ATM cum debit card, net and mobile banking facilities and so on. The bank also offers a financial service known as the overdraft facility. But what is overdraft facility? Here’s all you need to know.
What is overdraft facility in bank?
Overdraft facility is a financial facility or instrument that enables you to withdraw money from your bank account (savings or current), even if you do not have any account balance.. Like any other credit facility, the bank levies an interest rate when you avail the overdraft facility. You typically have to pay a fixed interest rate to avail an overdraft limit.
What are the features of the overdraft facility?
Having explained what is overdraft limit, let’s find out its features. These are as under:
Banks offer overdraft facilities over a pre-determined limit, which may differ for every borrower.
Overdraft limit account is a running account in which you can deposit/ withdraw amount anytime up to the specified limit.
The bank levies the interest on the overdraft amount used by the borrower at predefined rate. The interest is calculated daily and billed/debited to your on monthly basis. The interest amount increases if you default on paying the due overdraft amount.
Unlike most loans wherein you have to pay a prepayment penalty for repaying the loan before tenure; banks so not levy any prepayment charges on overdraft limits. You can pay off the overdraft amount cumulatively without incurring any prepayment penalties.
You can repay the overdraft, in different amounts, whenever you have the money. The system of EMIs, which is prominent with most loans, does not exist in the case of overdraft limits.
While there is no minimum monthly repayment schedule in the case of overdraft loans, the amount owed by you should be within the overdraft limit.
Joint borrowers may avail overdraft limits. However, both the applicants are equally responsible for repaying the sanctioned Overdraft limit
Different types of collateral accepted by banks against overdraft loans
Overdrafts against your house or property
Overdrafts against your fixed deposits
Overdrafts against your life insurance policy
Overdrafts against your equity holdings
Overdrafts against your salary
Final word: As is evident, the overdraft facility is one that can truly help you when you need money. Banks also fix decent repayment tenures, so that you can repay the overdraft loan flexibly. However, before availing this facility from your bank, you must ensure that you find out the overdraft facility advantages and disadvantages and then proceed with the limit.
How to Buy a Mobile Phone on EMI Using a Debit Card
Did you know that it is possible to buy a mobile phone on EMI? Yes. It’s possible. All you need is a pre-approved customer to avail ‘On The Fly Debit Card EMI’ by Bank of Baroda, and the smartphone of your choice can be yours.
Buying a phone can be a costly affair these days. Some smartphones are expensive and we often have to end up saving to make the purchase or delay our purchase until we have sufficient funds. But now, with EMI offers on debit card, buying electronic goods and gadgets is easier than ever.
So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and buy the smartphone on EMI using your Bank of Baroda debit card.
How does this process work?
Buying a smartphone on EMI using a debit card is simple and hassle-free process. Here’s how you can go about it
Debit Card EMI is live on 2 lakh+ POS devices of Pine Labs on reputed merchant outlet to buy the smartphone of your choice.
Choose your smartphone and proceed to make the payment using Bank Of Baroda debit card.
Select the EMI tenure between 3 months to 18 months.
Proceed to complete the payment.
The bank will process the conversion of your payment into regular EMIs
Your transaction is complete.
Features & Advantages
Buying your dream smartphone using Debit Card EMI is now easy, convenient and comes with a host of features. Check the list below to know more
Easy, accessible and convenient to use
Zero processing fees
No paperwork
Transactions up to Rs. 50,000 can be converted into easy EMIs
Users have access to over 100 brands, across 2 Lakh merchant outlets
Cashback Upto 16% is available on Brand EMI transactions
Rate of interest applicable is 16% p.a.
EMI by debit cards is an easy, convenient and affordable solution for buying high-value products, especially when you’re on a budget.
As more people make use of this facility to pay for smartphones and other electronic gadgets, EMI on debit card is rapidly evolving for affordability solution.
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