What is a home loan?

Table of Contents

1. Movie Case Study
2. Eligibility for a home loan:
   1. Current age and time left for retirement:
   2. Salary requirements:
   3. Financial Position:
   4. Loan Term:
   5. Credit score and history:
   6. Financial Obligations:
3. Documents required for a home loan:
4. How can home loan eligibility become easier?
5. Understand Home Loan with a Video

Movie Case Study

The scene that you just saw shows how Sanjay Chaturvedi (Played by Vicky Kaushal), isn’t eligible for Rs. 50,00,000 loan. As the actress explains salary is a factor due to which a loan is rejected.

She mentions that the bank has a policy i.e. banks have a checklist that needs to be fulfilled by the customer before granting the loan. Lenders or banks charge an interest rate that needs to be paid along with the principal. This is the cost of lending you the money. This rate significantly comes down, if you are a bank employee.

When an individual wants to purchase a house, they generally apply for a home loan. Applying for a home loan can be challenging. Eligibility for a home loan is based on a number of factors, such as:

1. Monthly Income
2. Credit Score
3. Fixed monthly obligations
4. Retirement age

Banks conduct a thorough check-up before loan approval. They check whether the individual has the repayment capacity for the home loan.

Eligibility for a home loan:

Current age and time left for retirement:

Age is a major factor as this determines the number of years of the loan. The maximum loan term is capped at 30 years. The age limit for salaried and self-employed people ranges from 21 to 65.

Salary requirements:

The minimum salary to avail of a loan is Rs. 10,000 per month and for a self-employed individual at least Rs. 2,00,000 pa.

Financial Position:

The ability of the individual to repay the loan today and in the future plays a significant role in ascertaining the amount of the loan.

Loan Term:

This is capped at a maximum of 30 years.

Credit score and history:

This is another checkpoint for a bank to know whether the individual has a good credit history or not. Making timely payments in the past is a green check mark.

Financial Obligations:

Does the individual have any other obligations that they need to fulfill such as a car loan, personal loan, etc?

Documents required for a home loan:

1. Filled out home loan Application
2. Passport Sized photographs
3. Identification Proof
4. Age Proof
5. Residence Proof
6. Income documents for Salaried employees
7. Property documents

A self-employed individual needs to submit business license details, P&L and balance sheet details of the company, income tax return (ITR) for the last 3 years, license of professional practice (such as doctor or lawyer), proof of business, and registration certificate of a business.

How can home loan eligibility become easier?

• Adding an earning family member to the loan.
• Ensuring steady cash flow and savings.
• Improving credit score.
• Structured repayment loans can be availed.

Applying for a home loan can be a tedious process, and paying EMIs for 15-30 years too can be challenging as well. The feeling might differ when you have keys to your first house in your hands and that will make it all worthwhile.

Understand Home Loan with a Video