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www.bonanzafinmart.com 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 wellplaced 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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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