In year-end rush, lenders race to cut home loan rates
March 03, 2021
Limited period offers to bulk up portfolio
Banks have unleashed a rate cut war in the home loan space on the last lap of the current financial year (FY) 2021 to bulk up their retail portfolio.
State Bank of India (SBI) was the first off the blocks, announcing on March 1 around noon that the minimum interest rate at which it will offer home loans will start at 6.70 per cent (against 6.80 per cent earlier) for a limited period up to March-end 2021.
Late evening, Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) went one better, announcing that the lowest interest rate at which it will offer home loan will be 6.65 per cent (up to March-end 2021) against 6.75 per cent earlier.