Sbi Captures 17 Percent of Shares in Housing Finance
The country’s largest lender, State Bank India, has captured 17% of the domestic housing finance market share, same as HDFC’s share as on March 2010.According to Icra report on ‘Performance review of housing finance companies and Indian mortgage finance market for 2009-10′, both SBI and HDFC have 17% market share each while the ICICI Bank which has slowed down its housing finance exposure has 13% share. LIC housing finance and IDBI Group have 8% and 4%, respectively.
As of March 31, 2010, HDFC, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and LIC Housing Finance clearly dominate the domestic mortgage market, together accounting for 55% of the total housing credit in India, said the report.Apart from these big players, there are some housing finance companies with relatively smaller credit portfolios operating in their respective geographies or serving niche customers.While small HFCs, over the past few years, have been growing their portfolio rapidly, the rating agency expects the currently dominant players to continue maintain their market share, henceforth.
Meanwhile, banks which together hold around 70% of the total individual home loan market, are expected to maintain a sizable market share, even as HFCs are likely to grow by offering superior service levels and by tapping underdeveloped segments. Further, significant growth plans of some of the new HFCs could also increase the overall market share of HFCs, said the report. Although housing loans remain the main source of revenues for small HFCs, the proportion of other loans in their loan book increased to 8% as on 31 March, 2010 from 7% the previous fiscal.
Other loans consist mostly of loans against property, lease rental discounting, and builder loans. One of the primary reasons for the shift in the portfolio mix of HFCs is the intense competition from banks, which has pulled down incremental yields on housing loans. Non-housing loans, on the other hand, offer relatively higher yields although the risks inherent in these segments are higher than those in housing loans, ICRA said.
Home Improvement Tips to Raise Your Home’s Value
When it comes to home improvements there are various things you can do that will actually increase the overall value of your home. Now, there are rather large projects that you can do like adding another room and major landscaping.
Those will give you a large increase in value, but who has that kind of money to put into a home improvement project just to increase value? Most people want those little tricks and tips that won’t break their bank but will still raise the value.
Some of the small, but unique, things you can do to raise the value of your home is cleaning. When you keep things clean, you are helping to keep them functional and repair free. If you take your bathroom, for example; by keeping the toilet, sinks, and bath or shower clean, you won’t have to worry about replacing them when they break or fall apart.
Instead of going out and purchasing harsh chemical cleaners, you can use white vinegar and citrus juice to get that professional quality shine and clean smell for your bathroom. This also controls germs and bacteria that grow.
Other small renovations can help increase the value of your home; things like new flooring will do a great job of raising the value. You can even throw on a coat of paint, both inside and outside as a value increasing home improvement. If you are going to do major renovations, make sure that you use the appropriate materials, especially if you are looking to try to make it look as the house did when it was first built. With older houses, those built pre 1950, this is a great way to make the value climb to record highs.
How to Avail Grants Money to Keep Alive Your Business Plans?
The Canadian government is actively involved with the business communities in the country at all levels. Each year the government gives out huge amount of grants to small, medium, and large enterprises with a hope to strengthen local economies, so as to foster the economic development and thereby create employment opportunity for Canadian residents. All the businesses in the area are interested in availing the government of Canada grants and there is a section who eagerly wait for the grants money in an effort to finance their business ventures. Most wannabe businesspersons who want to set up their business search desperately for government of Canada grants to boost their venture while many among them need these grants money to expand or support an ailing business as well as bring their business plans alive.
When there is an opportunity to avail some grants money through the government of Canada grants then every business should make the most of it. Getting some additional funds for the business can spell good prospect. Of course this will require a lot of search and hard work and once you discover the ways to get them, you can proceed to start your business or go on with the planned expansion you have always wished for.
Majority of the people believe that getting government funding involves a three-step process:
1. Searching for programs which are available and their covering costs;
2. Determining the various criteria of eligibility; and
3. Putting forward the final proposal.