FAQ

For your convenience, Bank offers various modes for repayment of your house loan. You may issue standing instructions to your banker to pay the installments through ECS (Electronic Clearing System), opt for direct deduction of monthly installments from account.

Yes. You are eligible for tax benefits on the principal and interest components of your Home Loan under the Income Tax Act, 1961. As the benefits could vary each year, please do discuss with our Loan Counselor about the tax benefits which you could avail on your loan.

Repayment of the principal commences from the month following the month in which you avail full disbursement of your loan. Pending final disbursement, you pay interest on the portion of the loan disbursed. This interest is called pre-EMI interest. Pre-EMI interest is payable every month from the date of each disbursement up to the date of commencement of EMI.

In the case of under construction properties, Bank also offers you a unique ‘Tranching’ facility wherein you can choose the installments you wish to pay till the time the property is ready for possession. Any amount over and above the interest which is paid by you goes towards principal repayment, thus helping you repay the loan faster. This is especially useful in case your disbursements are likely to be spread over a longer period of time.

You can take disbursement of the loan once the property has been technically appraised, all legal documentation has been completed and you have invested your Own Contribution in full. You can submit the request for the disbursement of your loan by visiting any of our offices or online by logging on to.

Yes, home loan interest rates for women are lower than those applicable to others. Women have to be a owner /co owner in the property for which the home loan will be availed as well as a applicant /co applicant in the HDFC Bank home loan to avail a concession on the home loan interest rate applicable to others.

The following types of Home Loans products are usually offered in India by Housing Finance Institutions:

Home Loans

These are Loans availed for 1. The purchase of a flat, row house, bungalow from private developers in approved projects; 2.Home Loans for purchase of properties from Development Authorities such as DDA, MHADA as well as Existing Co-operative Housing Societies, Apartment Owners' Association or Development Authorities settlements or privately built up homes; 3.Loans for construction on a freehold / lease hold plot or on a plot allotted by a Development Authority

Plot Purchase Loan

Plot purchase loans are availed for purchase of a plot through direct allotment or a second sale transaction as well as to transfer your existing plot purchase loan availed from another bank /financial Institution.

Balance Transfer Loan

Transferring your outstanding home loan availed from another Bank / Financial Institution to HDFC Bank is known as a balance transfer loan.

House Renovation Loans

House Renovation Loan is a loan for renovating (without altering the structure/carpet area) your home in many ways such as tiling, flooring, internal / external plaster and painting etc.

Home Extension Loan

It is a loan to extend or add space to your home such as additional rooms and floors etc.

You can apply for a pre approved home loan which is an in-principal approval for a loan given on the basis of your income, creditworthiness and financial position. Generally, pre-approved loans are taken prior to property selection and are valid for a period of 6 months from the date of sanction of the loan.

t is not mandatory to have a co applicant in your home loan. However, if the property for which the home loan is to be availed is jointly owned, then all co owners in the said property will have to be co applicants in the home loan. Co applicants are generally close family members.

Yes, Bank provides its existing customers the facility to download their provisional interest certificates. Existing customers can log in to the 'online access module

EMI's begins from the month subsequent to the month in which disbursement of the loan is done. For loans for under-construction properties EMI usually begins after the complete home loan is disbursed but customers can choose to begin their emi’s as soon as they avail their first disbursement and their EMI’s will increase proportionately with every subsequent disbursement. For resale cases, since the whole loan amount is disbursed in one go, EMI on the whole loan amount start from the subsequent to the month of disbursement.

In an adjustable or floating rate loan, the interest rate on your loan is linked to your lender’s benchmark rate. Any movement in the benchmark rate will effectuate a proportionate change in your applicable interest rate. The interest rates are reset at defined intervals. The reset can be according to the financial calendar, or they can be unique to each customer, depending on the first date of disbursement. HDFC Bank may at its sole discretion, at any point during the subsistence of the loan agreement, alter the interest rate reset cycle on a prospective basis./p>

Yes. You can prepay your home loan (in part or in full) before the completion of your actual loan tenure. Please note that while there are no prepayment charges on floating rate home loans unless the same availed for business purposes.

Yes. You may be eligible for tax benefits on repayment of the principal and interest components of your Home Loan as per sections 80C, 24(b) and 80EEA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Since the benefits may vary each year, please do consult your chartered accountant/ tax expert for the latest information.