Home Loan EMIs – Five Ways To Maintain And Repay In The Best Way

Home loan EMIs are a big part of your life once you buy your home with a housing loan. A borrower can spend as many as 20 to 30 years of his life repaying home loan EMIs and thus it is very important to do it the right way.

A home loan EMI calculator is essential for anyone who is seeking a home loan. You should be well informed about your EMIs so that you can prepare yourself for this expense every month. Missing even a single home loan EMI can have bad repercussions on your credit score.

Here are some tips on how to manage your EMI payments like a pro.

1. Schedule your EMIs wisely: Always schedule your EMI payment close to when you get your salary credited to your account. That way you can ensure that you always have sufficient funds when the time pay comes. Just like failure to pay your EMIs can reduce your CIBIL score, paying EMIs on time can boost your creditworthiness.
2. Use extra money to repay your loan: If you happen to come into any money, for example if your inherit money or get an insurance pay out or even receive bonuses or a large increment, use that money to repay your loan instead of putting it in savings. This way you can begin your repayment of home loan and even reduce tenure.
3. Choose higher home loan EMIs: Choose higher home loan EMIs for a short period rather than lower home loan EMIs for long period. You may think that a higher EMI is an added expense, but when you pay lower EMIs for a longer period, you end up paying more interest. With higher EMIs you can pay off your loan faster and pay less in interest as well.
4. Income and debt ratio: Always maintain your income and debt ratio. This means that if your income increases, increase your home loan EMIs as well. This will not only help you repay your home loan faster, but will also help in saving more in terms of home loan interest.
5. Pay an extra EMI every year: This may be a struggle at first, but can help you in the long run. If your home loan EMI is 36,000 INR then try to save 3,000 every month and then use that saving to pay an extra EMI at the end of the year.

Everything you need to know about the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

In his much-awaited address to the nation on the eve of the New Year, the Prime Minister of our country announced the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for the middle-income groups. This is an interest subsidy scheme that has been named as 'Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Middle Income Groups - CLSS(MIG)'. As per this new subsidy, middle-income groups with incomes in the eligible range will get a subsidy on their interest rate of three to four percent.

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is mainly focused on home loans for the middle-income groups. Here’s who is eligible for the subsidy under this scheme:

1. People whose incomes falls in the range of 6 lacs to 18 lacs are eligible for this subsidy under the CLSS.

2. People whose housing loans were approved and those whose home loan application was in review since 1st January 2017 are eligible for this subsidy.

3. Peoples who have an annual income of 12 lacs are eligible for a subsidy of four percent on their home loan of up to 9 lacs. People who have an annual income of 18 lacs are eligible for a subsidy of three percent on a home loan of 12 lacs according to the Prime Ministers’ address on the eve of New Year.

Here’s is how home loan EMIs and interest rates will be affected under the new scheme:

1. The interest subsidy of four per cent under CLSS(MIG) will bring down EMIs of borrowers by Rs 2,062 per month on a housing loan of Rs 9 lakh and interest subsidy of three per cent would lower the EMI by Rs 2,019 on a loan of Rs 12 lakh, if the normal housing loan interest rate is taken as 8.65 per cent.

2. The total interest subsidy accrued on these loan amounts will be paid to the borrowers up front in one go. This in turn will reduce the burden of EMI on the user.

3. The tenure of these home loans has been specified as 20 years or as preferred by the borrower, whichever is lower.

Under the guidelines of this scheme, preference will be given to women. Widows, single working-women, persons belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, backward classes, differently abled and transgender people will be given more preference.

Non-banking finance companies and micro finance institutions are also recognised under this scheme in order to ensure that maximum number of people can benefit from it.  

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