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SBI Raises Home Loan Rates by 25 Basis Points: A Signal?

MUMBAI: India’s largest mortgage lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has raised home loan rates by 25 basis points for new borrowers, indicating a potential shift towards higher interest rates in the housing market. This increase mainly impacts applicants with lower credit scores, as SBI adjusts the upper band of its loan rates. Union Bank of India has also raised its rates, and other public sector lenders may follow. As of late July, SBI’s mortgage rates were between 7.5% and 8.45%. Post-adjustment, new borrowers will face rates between 7.5% and 8.70%. Union Bank of India has upped its rate to…

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Brookfield buys Jet Airways’ Mumbai office via insolvency

Sure! Here’s a revised version of the content: — Representative image created by AI In a significant update regarding Jet Airways’ insolvency proceedings, Brookfield Asset Management, a major global investment firm, has acquired an additional office floor within the Godrej BKC commercial tower in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex for ₹370.25 crore, according to sources familiar with the matter. The transaction was executed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and supervised by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). Initially, Bank of Baroda was the highest bidder, but Brookfield utilized its right of first refusal to match the bid and secure the…

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Bank of Baroda Slashes Home Loan Rates by 40 bps for New Borrowers

Bank of Baroda has cut its home loan interest rates by 40 basis points for new applicants. The starting rate is now 8.00% per annum, down from the previous 8.40%. The adjusted rates, which depend on a borrower’s credit score, are available for new home loans and home improvement loans. Loans of ₹15 lakh and higher qualify for the updated rates, as announced in the bank’s press release. Additionally, the bank is providing a 0.05% per annum concession for female borrowers and a 0.10% reduction for those under 40 years old on new properties and home loan transfers. The bank…

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Bank of Baroda, HDFC Cut Lending Rates by Up to 50 bps

NEW DELHI: On Sunday, state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) announced a reduction of its benchmark lending rate linked to the repo rate by 50 basis points, aligning with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent rate cut. Meanwhile, private sector lender HDFC Bank lowered its Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rates (MCLR) by 10 basis points across various tenures, which will be advantageous for borrowers linked to this benchmark. Following the RBI’s policy repo rate cut, BoB has reduced its Repo Linked Lending Rate (RLLR) by 50 basis points effective June 7, now standing at 8.15 percent. This adjustment reflects…