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FIVE STEPS TO ENSURE YOUR HOME LOAN APPROVAL
For most of us buying a home through a home loan brings a haunting picture of lot of paperwork to our mind. The phobia is obvious as the reality is not far from what is perceived about it. Home loans indeed involve a lot of paperwork, formalities, time and patience. Even if one has provided all the required paperwork and has given the bank sufficient time, the loan proposal can get declined from various reasons.
Something similar awaited one of my close friends Mr. A. Sharma who works on a senior position with a renowned shipping and logistics company in Mumbai. Mr. Sharma is financially well‐placed and was pretty confident that the loan approval would come his way smoothly. However, after a long wait of two months for ‘bank processing time’, the bank rejected the loan proposal on the back of credit history and instability. This is a can be really annoying and disheartening especially when you are willing to buy a property in a rapidly growing city as Mumbai. After all, one may make or lose fortunes within that much time.
Here is a brief list of the most important reasons why a bank loan gets rejected. A few checks before submitting your loan proposal and you can be rest assured that your loan goes through.
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Get your credit report
The prime reason why a bank loan gets rejected is a low credit score reflected in your CIBIL report. Thus, before applying for a fresh loan its best to retrospect into your CIBIL report if it shows any red flags. For instance if you have missed a loan EMI in the previous 12 months or if rolled‐over your credit card dues for more than 3 months, there’s a high chance that your CIBIL score would be low and this would become the prime reason for your loan rejection.
Bad credit report need not necessarily be due to missed payments. At times it happens that a loan taken and closed long back is still reflecting in your CIBIL report due to bank’s negligence. Every loan that is fully settled has to be updated to CIBIL by your banker. If the loan is still open and there are no fresh EMIs coming, your credit history is bound to be hampered. On top of it, these ‘settled but reflecting’ loans would also add to your liabilities and would thus reduce your net‐worth. A reduced net worth would not make you eligible itself for the loan and your loan could get rejected straight‐away.
Nowadays an added threat is that of the increasing cases of ‘identity theft’. Identity theft is nothing but other people using your identity as theirs’ to fetch a loan. Usually these crooks use your address proof and identity proofs such as electricity bills, telephone bills, credit card bills, photograph, etc. to get a loan from the banks with your name. These loans are outstanding on your name without your notice and you may know about it only when you apply for a fresh loan and it’s rejected due to low net worth or high debt burden.
So it’s best to ask for your credit report from CIBIL before applying for a home loan to correct and clarify any of the above mentioned red‐flags with your banker.
Know about your address
The address at which you live is an important criteria for the bank to decide about your loan proposal. At times loans might get rejected due to you address also. This can happen if one your family member has a bad credit history or have defaulted on one or more loans. As your address and your family member’s address would match, it would alert the banks. The bank might straight‐forward reject the application or may require further questioning. In such cases you need meet your bankers and prove that your family member is not dependant on your income. This can also happen in the case you have let one of your house or a part of your house and that tenant has defaulted on any of his obligations.
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Avoid being a Guarantor
It’s advisable to avoid being a guarantor to a person you do not know or trust fully with respect to their financial position. In case of such loans, if the borrower is unable fulfill his obligations it becomes the guarantor’s (your) responsibility to make the payment. Thus, if you have become a guarantor to any person and that person has defaulted on any payment, it can hamper your credit profile as well which may lead to rejection of your loan proposal.
Research about eligibility norms
Every bank has its own set of eligibility norms for each type of loan. Make sure you research well in advance about the eligibility norms of all the banks and apply only the ones which you feel would match your profile with respect to all – your income, stability, net‐worth, credit score, location, education, documents needed etc.
Check if your project is blacklisted?
At times home proposals are let down only due the location, developer, or the builder group it belongs to. This is because banks might have witnessed a bad experience with a particular locality or with projects of a specific builder. So if you are in the process of searching for a property, its best to get the opinions of your banker regarding the project that you’re about to finalize. Hiren DhakanManager – ResearchBonanza Portfolio Ltd