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Home Loan Interest Rate Latest News: EMIs go up as banks hike rate; Check calculator, impact on your monthly budget

Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator 2022-2023: The Reserve Bank of India has recently hiked its repo rate by 35 basis points. If this is taken along with all the previous rate hikes in this year, the total hike stands at 2.25%. The RBI had gone for a 40 bps hike in May this year, then 50 bps each in June, August and September and now 35 bps in December. The current repo rate now stood at 6.25%. The home loan rates used to be around 6.9% to 7% around April. However, with the central bank raising the repo rate, the public sector and private sector lenders have also hiked the home loan interest rate which is affecting the middle class the most.

Home Loan Interest Rate SBI, HDFC, Other Banks

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Home Loan Interest Rate SBI, HDFC, Other Banks

The current home loan interest rates for SBI, HDFC Bank and other lenders currently stand between 8.4 and 9%. In this calculator, we are assuming that the loan was earlier granted at 7% interest and now the increased rate is 8.5%. (Pixabay Image)

Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator for Rs 20 Lakh

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Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator for Rs 20 Lakh

A home loan of Rs 20 lakh earlier granted at the rate of 7% for 20 years had an EMI of Rs 15,506. However, at the rate of 8.5%, the current EMIs stand at Rs 17,356 if the tenure is not increased. This is an increase of Rs 1,850 per month or Rs 22,200 per year. (Pixabay Image)

Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator for Rs 30 Lakh

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Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator for Rs 30 Lakh

If you have taken a home loan of Rs 30 lakh earlier at the rate of 7% for 20 years, your EMI would be around Rs 23,259. However, at the rate of 8.5%, the current EMIs stand at Rs 26,035 if the tenure is not increased. This is an increase of Rs 2,776 per month or Rs 33,312 per year. (Pixabay Image)

Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator for Rs 40 Lakh

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Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Calculator for Rs 40 Lakh

A home loan of Rs 40 lakh for a tenure of 20 years at the rate of 7% comes with an EMI of Rs 31,012 while the EMI stands at Rs 34,713 at the rate of 8.5%. This is an increase of Rs 3,701 per month or Rs 44,412 per year. (Pixabay Image)

Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Increase 2022

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Home Loan Interest Rate, EMI Increase 2022

The above calculations show that the average increase in home loan interest rate is around 1.5% while the increase in EMI is somewhere between Rs 1,800 to Rs 3,700 per month or between Rs 20,000 to Rs 45,000 per year. This has clearly put more burden on the middle class.  (Pixabay Image)