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On Home Loan repayment pre-payment penalty is off by Minister of State of Finance.

Now a days, the Minister of State of Finance announce new process regarding repayment of House Loan Amount i.e. no pre-payment penalty on it. This information is given by Minister of state of finance in Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha press information bureau has issued a press release in this regard. The press release no. 15 dated 27-04-2012 is as follows.

LOK SABHA
“15”
www.pib.nic.in
PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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PRE-PAYMENT PENALITY ON HOME LOANS
New Delhi, Vaisakha 07, 1933
April 27, 2012

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy, during 2012-13 has announced not to permit banks to levy foreclosure charges/pre-payment penalties on home loan on a floating interest rate basis.

Further, National Housing Bank (NHB) which regulates the Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) have advised them not to levy pre-payment charges on the borrowers where the housing loan is on floating interest rate basis.

Further, NHB has also advised the HFCs not to levy any pre-closure charges even where the housing loan is on fixed interest rate basis and the loan is pre-closed by the borrowers out of his own sources.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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