Demand Rising For Home Loans In Mid & High-Range Segments: Magicbricks Home Loans Consumer Report

 -   Rs.34 lakhs is average loan amount searched on Magicbricks

-   Increased consumer demand for Balance Transfer and Loan Against Property

-   Bajaj, ICICI, HDFC most sought after banks for balance transfer and loan against property

Good deals for mid and high-range properties continue to attract prospective property buyers as around 46% of the consumer preference is now in the range of Rs.30 lakh-Rs.1.crore and above category, with most of the demand being generated from the key residential markets of Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi, revealed Magicbricks Home Loans Consumer Report.

A recently conducted consumer poll by Magicbricks, India’s No.1 property site, revealed that nearly 38% consumers want to take a home loan ranging between Rs.30 lakh - Rs.1 crore indicating the demand revival towards mid and high range homes for multiple reasons like need for an extra room due to Work From Home (WFH), reduction in circle rates, stamp duty, and low interest rates. As per the poll (sample size of 1100 respondents), about 20% prospective home buyers are planning to borrow a home loan between Rs.50 lakh and Rs.1crore and above category.

Commenting on the consumer trend, Mr. Sudhir Pai, CEO, Magicbricks, said: “Thanks to the recent initiatives by the Central and the State governments, we are witnessing a rise in demand for home loans for mid-segment and high range properties. The market sentiment seems to be well aligned to the demand and reflects the same as consumer search data on Magicbricks Home Loans suggests that the average loan amount searched on the platform is Rs.34 lakh. This augurs well for the industry and indicates that transactions are picking up gradually across all segments of residential real estate."

Consumer behavior on Magicbricks Home Loans also suggests that most of the demand is being generated from the key residential markets of Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune. Besides Home Loans, Loan against Property (LAP) and Balance Transfer seems to be gaining currency in terms of consumer preference.

The average LAP amount searched in Hyderabad is Rs.35 lakh, Rs.45 lakh in Delhi-NCR, Rs.50 lakh in Mumbai and Kolkata and Rs.70 lakh in Bengaluru. Similarly, the average balance transfer amount searched in Bangalore is Rs.60 lakh, Rs.35 lakh in Delhi NCR, Rs.32 lakh in Pune, Rs.40 lakh in Hyderabad, and Rs.80 lakh in Mumbai.  

Several public and private banks and other financial institutions have reduced their home loan interest rates, which in turn offers further impetus to rising consumer appetite in the home buying space. With the Reserve Bank of India keeping the repo rate unchanged at a constant 4% in its recent policy review meeting, many banks are also offering interest rates less than 7% for home loans to further catalyse the rising demand for home buying.

Magicbricks Home Loans enables property seekers avail medium to long term loans to finance their dream home. It offers cheaper, easier, and faster home loans from more than 15 banks. It also allows loan seekers to compare the best available offers and rates, gain online and offline assistance during the application process and also get a wide range of home loans including balance transfers and loan against property.

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