Page 7 - Housing Finance

Budget impact: Infrastructure, housing finance, cement firms key gainers

Rural development initiatives both on physical and social infrastructure could spur employment and consumption

Housing finance growth may slow to 15% this fiscal due to NBFC crisis

However, given the under-penetration of mortgages, the agency expects growth to recover soon

Micro-housing finance boom hits roadblock due to liquidity crisis

In the past two to three years, close to 15-20 firms are focusing on lending to the informal sector.

Housing finance firms muscle in on banks' turf

Commercial banks saw their share of the business decline from 67 per cent in 2012 to 63 per cent in March 2017

Pain ahead for realty, housing finance players

What happens if the developer goes bust and doesn't deliver? The lender will now try to squeeze money out of owners of houses that don't exist

Housing finance: Will the party last?

It's been a two-year bull run in HFC shares, stoked by govt initiatives

Amid realty slowdown, housing credit growth slowed to 16% in FY17: Icra

The slowdown was due to lack of new project launches, investors deferring home purchase decisions

RBI easing housing finance norms credit negative: Moody's

There is no change to the risk weights for housing loans of up to Rs 30 lakh

RBI policy a positive surprise for housing finance cos; expect rate cuts

Lower provisioning and risk weights to drive further rate cuts in home loans

A paperless growth in housing finance

Vastu Housing Finance is trying to leverage technology to establish and distinguish itself

Select financial shares gain; Bajaj Finserv hits record high

GRUH Finance, DHFL, GIC Housing and LIC Housing were up in the range of 1% to 3%.

Urban poor kept out of new affordable housing benefits

Under PMAY, the government aims to cover around two million non-slum urban poor households

Retail housing finance players witness traction among self-employed

Out of its total Rs 5,500 cr retail finance portfolio, home loans to self employed and SMEs comprise about Rs 1,500 cr each

Housing financiers on a high

Loans against property and affordable housing are seeing good traction, despite a slowing real estate market

Govt exempts housing finance companies from XBRL filings

XBRL, or Extensible Business Reporting Language, provides a common, electronic format for business reporting

Correction entry point for housing finance

Analysts say investors could look at LIC Housing Finance, Indiabulls Housing Finance and HDFC