Mumbai: Encouraged by a good market
response, country's largest lender, State Bank of India has
extended its 8 per cent special home loan scheme till March
31, 2010.
The bank, which offers the special scheme under 'My
Home Campaign', offers 8 per cent fixed interest rate for 5
years for loans upto Rs 5-lakh, with a maximum tenure of
10-years.
For loans above Rs 5-lakh and upto Rs 50 lakh,
interest rate has been fixed at 8 per cent during the first
year and 8.5 per cent during second and third years, SBI said
in a press release issued here.
The bank is also offering SBI MaxGain, under which it
offers home loan as overdraft with possibility of saving
interest.
Targetting customers buying high-end properties, the
bank is offering SBI Advantage Home Loan, which would carry a
fixed interest rate of 8 per cent during the first year and 9
per cent during second and third years, SBI said.
These schemes, which were originally slated to end on
November 7, help clients to know about their loan repayment
obligations at low interest rates for 3 to 5 years, the bank
said.
After the offer period, customers will have the option
to opt for a fixed rate with a reset frequency of 5 years or
floating interest rate linked to SBI's advance rate for the
remaining loan term, SBI said.
SBI had launched these products in August this year for a
limited period of three months.
SBI slashes deposit rates by 0.25-0.5% from Nov 9
Signalling a lower interest rate
regime in the market, India's largest lender, State Bank of
India today reduced interest rates on various maturities of
deposits by 0.25-0.5 per cent effective from Monday.
With this, deposits with a maturity of 181-days to
less than one year, will now carry an interest rate of 5.25
per cent against 5.75 per cent earlier, a bank communique to
Bombay Stock Exchange said.
Similarly, 1-year to less than 2-years, 2-3 years and
3-5 years deposits will attract interest of 6 per cent (6.25
per cent), 6.5 per cent (6.75 per cent) and 6.5 per cent (7
per cent), the bank said.
Deposits with a duration of 15-45 days, 46-90 days
and 91-180 days will now attract interest rates of 2.5 per
cent (2.75 per cent), 3.5 per cent (3.75 per cent) and 4.75
per cent (5 per cent), the bank said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 06, 2009, 20:42