EXPLAINED: Here's how cut in MCLR will impact your home loan EMI
India TV News5 basis point cut in MCLR by SBI expected to boost realty sector, experts believe. The largest commercial bank SBI today cut its lending rates making home loan and auto loan cheaper by announcing 5 basis point reduction in MCLR. Moreover, the recently announced extension of benefits to both developers and home buyers for affordable housing in the Union Budget is expected to maintain the growth momentum in the sector.” How new MCLR will impact your home loan EMI: MCLR is associated only with floating rate home loans. Instead, have a systematic partial prepayment plan in place to lower interest burden on the home loan As soon as one will prepay the home loan, he or she will have more cash and equity in hand For an existing customer of home loan MCLR rate cut will not have the immediate effect on your home loan Your home loan will get reset depending on 6 months reset period or 1 year, but for the new home loan borrowers it will impact the loan EMIs Loans will get cheaper for the new home loan borrowers A rate cut of MCLR also explains that fixed deposit rates might change as well Remember, that MCLR linked home loans are applied only on those borrowers who have taken the loan after April 1,2016 and before October 1,2019. Just grab the MCLR rate cut opportunity and avail the benefits of new home loan rates by buying a house.