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भारतीय �रज़व� ब�क
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
RBI/2025-26/16
DOR.CRE.REC. No.12/08.12.001/2025-26 April 01, 2025
All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Master Circular -– Housing Finance
Please refer to the Master Circular DOR.CRE.REC.No.07/08.12.001/2024-25 dated
April 02, 2024 consolidating the instructions / guidelines issued to banks till April 01,
2024 relating to Housing Finance. Attached is the revised Master Circular, updated to
reflect all instructions issued upto March 31, 2025 on the above matter, as listed in the
Annex. It may be noted that this Master Circular only consolidates all instructions on
the above matter issued up to March 31, 2025 and does not contain any new
instructions/guidelines.
Yours faithfully,
(Vaibhav Chaturvedi)
Chief General Manager
Encl: as above
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Department of Regulation, Central Office, Central Office Building, 12th/ 13th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, Mumbai – 400001
िहंदी आसान है, इसका प्रयोग बढ़ाइएCONTENTS
Sr.No. Particulars Page No
A Purpose 3
B Classification 3
C Previous instructions consolidated 3
D Scope of Application 3
1 Introduction 4
2 Various Regulations 4
3 Quantum of Loan 10
Innovative Housing Loan Products – Upfront Disbursal of 11
4
Housing Loans
5 Rate of Interest 12
6 Approval from Statutory/Regulatory Authorities 12
7 Disclosure Requirements 12
8 Exposure to Real Estate 13
9 Housing Loans under Priority Sector 13
Financing of Affordable Housing- Issue of long-term bonds 13
10
by banks
11 Fair Lending Practices 13
12 Additional Guidelines 14
Annex: Housing Finance Circulars 15
2Master Circular – Housing Finance
A. Purpose
To consolidate framework of rules/ regulations and clarification on Housing Finance
issued to banks by Reserve Bank of India from time to time.
B. Classification
A statutory directive issued by the Reserve Bank in exercise of the powers conferred
by Sections 21 and 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
C. Previous instructions consolidated
This Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions contained in
Circulars listed in the appendix and clarifications issued.
D. Scope of Application
Applicable to all Scheduled Commercial Banks, excluding Regional Rural Banks.
31. INTRODUCTION
Banks, with their vast branch network throughout the length and breadth of the
country, occupy a very strategic position in the financial system and have an important
role to play in providing credit to the housing sector.
2. VARIOUS REGULATIONS
While formulating their policies, banks have to take into account the following RBI
guidelines and ensure that bank credit is used for production, construction activities
and not for activities connected with speculation in real estate.
(A) ACQUISITION OF LAND
Bank finance can be granted only for purchase of a plot, provided a declaration is
obtained from the borrower that he intends to construct a house on the said plot, with
the help of bank finance or otherwise, within such period as may be laid down by the
banks themselves.
(B) CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING / READY-BUILT HOUSE
(i) Banks may grant loans to individuals for purchase/construction of dwelling unit per
family and loans for repairs to the damaged dwelling units of families.
(ii) Banks may extend finance to a person who already owns a house in town/village
where he resides, for buying/ constructing a second house in the same or other town/
village for the purpose of self-occupation.
(iii) Banks may extend finance for purchase of a house by a borrower who proposes
to let it out on rental basis on account of his posting outside the headquarters or
because he has been provided accommodation by his employer.
(iv) Banks may extend finance to a person who proposes to buy an old house where
he is presently residing as a tenant.
(v) Banks may finance for construction meant for improving the conditions in slum
areas for which credit may be extended directly to the slum-dwellers on the guarantee
of the Government, or indirectly to them through the State Governments.
(vi) Banks may provide credit for slum improvement schemes to be implemented by
Slum Clearance Boards and other public agencies.
4(vii) Banks are advised to also adhere to the following conditions, in the light of the
observations of Delhi High Court on unauthorized construction:
(a) In cases where the applicant owns a plot/land and approaches the banks/FIs for a
credit facility to construct a house, a copy of the sanctioned plan by competent
authority in the name of a person applying for such credit facility must be obtained by
the Banks/FIs before sanctioning the home loan.
(b) An affidavit-cum-undertaking must be obtained from the person applying for such
credit facility that he shall not violate the sanctioned plan, construction shall be strictly
as per the sanctioned plan and it shall be the sole responsibility of the executants to
obtain completion certificate within 3 months of completion of construction, failing
which the bank shall have the power and the authority to recall the entire loan with
interest, costs and other usual bank charges.
(c) An Architect appointed by the bank must also certify at various stages of
construction of building that the construction of the building is strictly as per sanctioned
plan and shall also certify at a particular point of time that the completion certificate of
the building issued by the competent authority has been obtained.
(d) In cases where the applicant approaches the bank/FIs for a credit facility to
purchase a built up house/flat, it should be mandatory for him to declare by way of an
affidavit-cum-undertaking that the built up property has been constructed as per the
sanctioned plan and/or building bye-laws and as far as possible has a completion
certificate also.
(e) An Architect appointed by the bank must also certify before disbursement of the
loan that the built up property is strictly as per sanctioned plan and/or building bye-
laws.
(f) No loan should be given in respect of those properties which fall in the category of
unauthorized colonies unless and until they have been regularized and development
and other charges paid.
(g) No loan should also be given in respect of properties meant for residential use but
which the applicant intends to use for commercial purposes and declares so while
applying for loan.
5(viii) Supplementary Finance
(a) Banks may consider requests for additional finance within the overall ceiling for
carrying out alterations/ additions/repairs to the house/flat already financed by them.
(b) In the case of individuals who might have raised funds for construction/ acquisition
of accommodation from other sources and need supplementary finance, banks may
extend such finance after obtaining paripassu or second mortgage charge over the
property mortgaged in favour of other lenders and/or against such other security, as
they may deem appropriate.
(c) Banks may consider for grant of finance to –
i. the bodies constituted for undertaking repairs to houses, and
ii. the owners of building/house/flat, whether occupied by themselves or by
tenants, to meet the need-based requirements for their repairs/additions, after
satisfying themselves regarding the estimated cost (for which requisite
certificate should be obtained from an Engineer / Architect, wherever
necessary) and obtaining such security as deemed appropriate.
(ix) Bank finance should, however, not be granted for the following:
(a) Banks should not grant finance for construction of buildings meant purely for
Government/Semi-Government offices, including Municipal and Panchayat offices.
However, banks may grant loans for activities, which will be refinanced by institutions
like NABARD.
(b) Projects undertaken by public sector entities which are not corporate bodies (i.e.
public sector undertakings which are not registered under Companies Act or which are
not Corporations established under the relevant statute) may not be financed by
banks. Even in respect of projects undertaken by corporate bodies, as defined above,
banks should satisfy themselves that the project is run on commercial lines and that
bank finance is not in lieu of or to substitute budgetary resources envisaged for the
project. The loan could, however, supplement budgetary resources if such
supplementing was contemplated in the project design. Thus, in the case of a housing
project, where the project is run on commercial lines, and the Government is interested
in promoting the project either for the benefit of the weaker sections of the society or
6otherwise, and a part of the project cost is met by the Government through subsidies
made available and/or contributions to the capital of the institutions taking up the
project, the bank finance should be restricted to an amount arrived at after reducing
from the total project cost the amount of subsidy/capital contribution receivable from
the Government and any other resources proposed to be made available by the
Government.
(c) Banks had, in the past, sanctioned term loans to Corporations set up by
Government like State Police Housing Corporation, for construction of residential
quarters for allotment to employees where the loans were envisaged to be repaid out
of budgetary allocations. As these projects cannot be considered to be run on
commercial lines, it would not be in order for banks to grant loans to such projects.
(C) LENDING TO HOUSING INTERMEDIARY AGENCIES
(i) Financing of Land Acquisition
(a) In view of the need to increase the availability of land and house sites for increasing
the housing stock in the country, banks may extend finance to public agencies and not
private builders for acquisition and development of land, provided it is a part of the
complete project, including development of infrastructure such as water systems,
drainage, roads, provision of electricity, etc. Such credit may be extended by way of
term loans. The project should be completed as early as possible and, in any case,
within three years, so as to ensure quick re-cycling of bank funds for optimum results.
If the project covers construction of houses, credit extended therefor in respect of
individual beneficiaries should be on the same terms and conditions as stipulated for
financing the beneficiary directly.
(b) Banks should have a Board approved policy in place for valuation of properties
including collaterals accepted for their exposures and that valuation should be done
by professionally qualified independent valuers.
(c) As regards the valuation of land for the purpose of financing of land acquisition as
also land secured as collateral, banks may be guided as under:
(i) Banks may extend finance to public agencies and not to private builders for
acquisition and development of land, provided it is a part of the complete project,
including development of infrastructure such as water systems, drainage, roads,
7provision of electricity, etc. In such limited cases where land acquisition can be
financed, the finance is to be limited to the acquisition price (current price) plus
development cost. The valuation of such land as prime security should be limited to
the current market price.
(ii) Wherever land is accepted as collateral, valuation of such land should be at the
current market price only.
(ii) Lending to Housing Finance Institutions
Banks may grant term loans to housing finance institutions taking into account (long-
term) debt-equity ratio, track record, recovery performance and other relevant factors
including the provisions of Master Circular - Bank Finance to Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) dated April 1, 2025, as amended from time to time.
(iii) Lending to Housing Boards and Other Agencies
Banks may extend term loans to state level housing boards and other public agencies.
However, in order to develop a healthy housing finance system, while doing so, the
banks must not only keep in view the past performance of these agencies in the matter
of recovery from the beneficiaries but they should also stipulate that the Boards will
ensure prompt and regular recovery of loan instalments from the beneficiaries.
(iv) Term Loans to Private Builders
a. In view of the important role played by professional builders as providers of
construction services in the housing field, especially where land is acquired and
developed by State Housing Boards and other public agencies, commercial banks
may extend credit to private builders on commercial terms by way of loans linked
to each specific project.
b. Banks however, are not permitted to extend fund based or non-fund based facilities
to private builders for acquisition of land even as part of a housing project.
c. The period of credit for loans extended by banks to private builders may be decided
by banks themselves based on their commercial judgment subject to usual
safeguards and after obtaining such security, as banks may deem appropriate.
8d. Such credit may be extended to builders of repute, employing professionally
qualified personnel. It should be ensured, through close monitoring, that no part of
such funds is used for any speculation in land.
e. Care should also be taken to see that prices charged from the ultimate
beneficiaries do not include any speculative element, that is, prices should be
based only on the documented price of land, the actual cost of construction and a
reasonable profit margin.
(v) Terms and Conditions for Lending to Housing Intermediary Agencies
a. In order to enhance the flow of resources to housing sector, term loans may be
granted by banks to housing intermediary agencies against the direct loans
sanctioned/ proposed to be sanctioned by the latter, irrespective of the per
borrower size of the loan extended by these agencies.
b. Banks can grant term loans to housing intermediary agencies against the direct
loans sanctioned/proposed to be sanctioned by them to Non-Resident Indians also.
However, banks should ensure that housing finance intermediary agencies being
financed by them are authorised by RBI to grant housing loans to NRIs as all
housing finance intermediaries are not authorised by RBI to provide housing
finance to NRIs.
(vi) Adherence to guidelines on Commercial Real Estate (CRE) exposure
Lending to housing intermediary agencies will be subject to the circular
DBOD.BP.BC.No. 42 /08.12.015/ 2009-10 dated September 9, 2009 on ‘Guidelines
on classification of exposures as commercial real estate (CRE) exposure’ and the
circular DBOD.BP.BC.No. 104/08.12.015/2012-13 dated June 21, 2013 on ‘Housing
Sector: New sub-sector CRE (Residential Housing) within CRE & Rationalisation of
provisioning, risk-weight and LTV ratios’.
93. QUANTUM OF LOAN
(a) While deciding the quantum of loan to be granted as housing finance, banks should
abide by the following Loan to Value (LTV) and Risk Weights (RWs):
Category of Loan LTV Ratio (%) Risk Weight (%)
(a) Individual Housing Loans
< 80 35
Upto ₹ 30 lakh
> 80 and < 90 50
Above ₹ 30 lakh & upto ₹ 75 lakh < 80 35
Above ₹ 75 lakh < 75 50
(b) CRE – RH NA 75
As a counter cyclical measure, for Individual Housing Loans sanctioned on or after
October 16, 2020 and up to March 31, 2023, the risk weights shall be as per the
circular DOR.No.BP.BC.24/08.12.015/2020-21 dated October 16, 2020 on ‘Individual
Housing Loans – Rationalisation of Risk Weights’. The risk weights are as under -
LTV Ratio (%) Risk Weight (%)
≤ 80 35
> 80 and ≤ 90 50
(b) In order to have uniformity in the practices adopted for deciding the value of the
house property while sanctioning housing loans, banks should not include stamp duty,
registration and other documentation charges in the cost of the housing property they
finance so that the effectiveness of LTV norms is not diluted.
(c) However, in cases where the cost of the house/dwelling units does not exceed
Rs.10 lakh, bank may add stamp duty, registration and other documentation charges
to the cost of the house/dwelling unit for the purpose of calculating LTV ratio.
104. INNOVATIVE HOUSING LOAN PRODUCTS – UPFRONT DISBURSAL OF
HOUSING LOANS
(a) It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing
Loan Schemes in association with developers / builders, e.g., upfront disbursal of
sanctioned individual housing loans to the builders without linking the disbursals to
various stages of construction of housing project, Interest/EMI on the housing loan
availed of by the individual borrower being serviced by the builders during the
construction period/ specified period, etc. This might include signing of tripartite
agreement between the bank, the builder and the buyer of the housing unit. These
loans products are popularly known by various names like 80:20, 75:25 schemes.
(b) Such housing loan products are likely to expose the banks as well as their home
loan borrowers to additional risks e.g., in case of dispute between individual borrowers
and developers/builders, default/ delayed payment of interest/ EMI by the developer/
builder during the agreed period on behalf of the borrower, non-completion of the
project on time etc. Further, any delayed payments by developers/ builders on behalf
of individual borrowers to banks may lead to lower credit rating/ scoring of such
borrowers by credit information companies (CICs) as information about servicing of
loans get passed on to the CICs on a regular basis. In cases, where bank loans are
also disbursed upfront on behalf of their individual borrowers in a lump-sum to builders/
developers without any linkage to stages of constructions, banks run
disproportionately higher exposures with concomitant risks of diversion of funds.
(c) Disbursal of housing loans sanctioned to individuals should be closely linked to the
stages of construction of the housing project / houses and upfront disbursal should not
be made in cases of incomplete / under-construction / green field housing projects.
(d) However, in cases of projects sponsored by Government/Statutory Authorities,
banks may disburse the loans as per the payment stages prescribed by such
authorities, even where payments sought from house buyers are not linked to the
stages of constructions, provided such authorities have no past history of non-
completion of projects.
(e) It is emphasized that banks while introducing any kind of product should take into
account the customer suitability and appropriateness issues and also ensure that the
11borrowers/ customers are made fully aware of the risks and liabilities under such
products.
5. RATE OF INTEREST
(a) Banks should charge interest on housing finance granted by them in accordance
with the provisions contained in the Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Interest
Rate on Advances) Directions, 2016, as amended from time to time.
(b) Banks shall ensure adherence to the instructions issued vide Circular
DOR.MCS.REC.32/01.01.003/ 2023-24 dated August 18, 2023 on ‘Reset of Floating
Interest Rate on Equated Monthly Instalments (EMI) based Personal Loans’. A set of
frequently asked questions (FAQs) providing clarifications related to implementation
of the circular has been uploaded in the FAQs section of the RBI website.
6. APPROVALS FROM STATUTORY/ REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
While appraising loan proposals involving real estate, banks should ensure that the
borrowers should have obtained prior permission from government / local
governments / other statutory authorities for the project, wherever required. In order
that the loan approval process is not hampered on account of this, while the proposals
could be sanctioned in normal course, the disbursements should be made only after
the borrower has obtained requisite clearances from the government authorities.
7. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
In view of the observations of Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Bombay, while
granting finance to specific housing / development projects, banks are advised to
stipulate as a part of the terms and conditions that:
(a) the builder / developer / company would disclose in the Pamphlets / Brochures etc.,
the name(s) of the bank(s) to which the property is mortgaged.
(b) the builder / developer / company would append the information relating to
mortgage while publishing advertisement of a particular scheme in newspapers /
magazines etc.
(c) the builder / developer / company would indicate in their pamphlets / brochures,
that they would provide No Objection Certificate (NOC) / permission of the mortgagee
bank for sale of flats / property, if required.
12(d) Banks are advised to ensure compliance of the above terms and conditions and
funds should not be released unless the builder/developer/company fulfils the above
requirements.
(e) The above-mentioned provisions will be mutatis-mutandis, applicable to
Commercial Real Estate also.
8. EXPOSURE TO REAL ESTATE
Banks are well advised to frame comprehensive prudential norms relating to the ceiling
on the total amount of real estate loans, single/group exposure limit for such loans,
margins, security, repayment schedule and availability of supplementary finance and
the policy should be approved by the bank’s board. While framing the bank’s policy
the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank should be taken into account.
9. HOUSING LOANS UNDER PRIORITY SECTOR
The grant of housing loan for the purpose of the priority sector lending targets including
reporting requirements will additionally be subject to the instructions on “Priority Sector
Lending” as amended from time to time.
10. FINANCING OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING-ISSUE OF LONG-TERM BONDS BY
BANKS
Banks can issue long-term bonds with a minimum maturity of seven years to raise
resources for lending to affordable housing subject to the conditions mentioned
in circular DBR.BP.BC.No.25/08.12.014/2014-15 dated July 15, 2014 on ‘Issue of
Long term Bonds by Banks- Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable Housing’, and
related circulars on the subject1.
11. FAIR LENDING PRACTICES
(a) It has been observed that banks follow divergent practices in release of movable
/ immovable property documents leading to customer grievances and disputes. In this
regard banks should follow the guidelines issued vide circular DoR.MCS.REC.
38/01.01.001/2023-24 dated September 13, 2023 on ‘Responsible Lending Conduct
1 Circular DBR.BP.BC.No.50/08.12.014/2014-15 dated November 27, 2014, circular
DBR.BP.BC.No.98/08.12.014/2014-15 dated June 01, 2015 and circular DOR.No.BP.BC.41/08.12.014/2019-20
dated March 17, 2020.
13– Release of Movable / Immovable Property Documents on Repayment/ Settlement
of Personal Loans’.
(b) To ensure reasonableness and transparency in disclosure of penal interest, banks
should follow the guidelines issued vide circular DoR.MCS.REC.28/01.01.001/2023 -
24 dated August 18, 2023 on ‘Fair Lending Practice - Penal Charges in Loan
Accounts’. A set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) providing clarifications related
to implementation of the guidelines on penal charges has been uploaded in the FAQs
section of the RBI website.
(c) Banks should follow the guidelines on fair practices code for lenders as indicated
in para 2.5 of Master Circular- Loans and Advances – Statutory and Other Restrictions
dated July 01, 2015 as amended from time to time.
(d) Banks shall comply with the instructions contained in the circular
DOR.STR.REC.13/13.03.00/2024-25 on ‘Key Facts Statement (KFS) for Loans &
Advances’ dated April 15, 2024, as amended from time to time
12. ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES
It is advised that banks should adhere to the National Building Code (NBC) formulated
by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in view of the importance of safety of buildings
especially against natural disasters. Banks may consider this aspect for incorporation
in their loan policies. Banks should also adopt the National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) guidelines and suitably incorporate them as part of their loan
policies, procedures and documentation.
14Annex
List of Circulars consolidated by Master Circular on Housing Finance
Sl. Circular No. Date Subject
1. DOR.STR.REC.13/13.03.00/2024-25 15.04.2024 Key Facts Statement (KFS) for Loans &
Advances
2. DoR.MCS.REC.38/01.01.001/2023-24 13.09.2023 Responsible Lending Conduct – Release of
Movable / Immovable Property Documents
on Repayment/ Settlement of Personal1
Loans
3. DOR.MCS.REC.32/01.01.003/2023-24 18.08.2023 Reset of Floating Interest Rate on Equated
Monthly Instalments (EMI) based Personal
Loans
4. DoR.MCS.REC.28/01.01.001/2023-24 18.08.2023 Fair Lending Practice - Penal Charges in
Loan Accounts
5. DBR.No.Dir.BC.10/13.03.00/2015-16 01.07.2015 Master Circular- Loans and Advances –
Statutory and Other Restrictions
6. DOR.CRE.REC.13/08.12.015/2022-23 08.04.2022 Individual Housing Loans – Rationalisation
of Risk Weights
7. DOR.No.BP.BC.24/08.12.015/2020-21 16.10.2020 Individual Housing Loans – Rationalisation
of Risk Weights
8. DOR.No.BP.BC.41/08.12.014/2019-20 17.03.2020 Issue of Long Term Bonds by Banks –
Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable
Housing
9. DBR.BP.BC.No.72/08.12.015/2016-17 07.06.2017 Individual Housing Loans: Rationalisation
of Risk-Weights and Loan to Value (LTV)
Ratios
10. DBR.BP.BC.No. 44/08.12.015/2015- 08.10.2015 Individual Housing Loans: Rationalisation
16 of Risk-Weights and LTV Ratios
11. DBR.BP.BC.No.98/08.12.014/2014-15 01.06.2015 Issue of Long Term Bonds by banks for
Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable
Housing – Cross Holding
12. DBR.BP.BC.No.50/08.12.014/2014-15 27.11.2014 Issue of Long Term Bonds by Banks –
Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable
Housing
13. DBR.BP.BC.No.74/08.12.015/2014-15 05.03.2015 Housing Loan: Review of Instructions
14. DBR.BP.BC.No.50/08.12.014/2014-15 27.11.2014 Issue of Long Term Bonds by Banks-
Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable
Housing
15. DBR.BP.BC.No.25/08.12.014/2014-15 15.07.2014 Issue of Long Term Bonds by Banks-
Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable
Housing
16. DBOD.BP,BC.No.51/08.12.015/2013- 03.09.2013 Innovative Housing Loan Products- Upfront
14 Disbursal of Housing Loans
1517. DBOD.BP.BC.No.104/08.12.015/2012- 21.06.2013 Housing Sector: New Sub-sector CRE
13 (Residential Housing) within CRE and
Rationalisation of provisioning, risk, weight
and LTV ratio.
18. DBOD.No.BP.BC.78/08.12.001/2011- 03.02.2012 Housing loans by Commercial Banks-Loan
12 to Value (LTV) Ratio
19. DBOD.BP.BC.No.45/08.12.015/2011- 03.11.2011 Guidelines on Commercial Real
12 Estate(CRE)
20. DBOD.Dir.BC.No.93 /08.12.14/ 2010- 12.05.2011 National Disaster Management Guidelines
11 on Ensuring Disaster Resilient construction
of Buildings and Infrastructure.
21. DBOD.No.BP.BC.69/08.12.001/2010- 23.12.2010 Housing Loans by Commercial Banks - LTV
11 Ratio, Risk Weight and Provisioning
22. DBOD.No. Dir(Hsg). BC.31/ 27.08.2009 Finance for Housing Projects –
08.12.001/2009-10 Incorporating clause in the terms and
conditions to disclose in Pamphlets /
Brochures / advertisements information
regarding mortgage of property to the bank.
23. DBOD.Dir.BC.No.43/ 21.01.002/2006- 17.11.2006 Housing Loans- Orders of the Delhi High
07 Court – Writ Petition by Kalyan Sanstha
Welfare Organisation against Union of India
and Others – Implementation of Directions
24. DBOD.BP.BC.1711/08.12.14/2005-06 12.06.2006 Adherence to National Building Code
(NBC) Specifications necessary for lending
institutes
25. DBOD. No.BP.BC.65/ /08.12.01/2005- 01.03.2006 Banks' Exposures to Real Estate Sector
06
26. DBOD.BP.BC.61/ 21.01.002/ 2004-05 23.12.2004 Mid-Term Review of the Annual Policy
Statement for the year 2004-05-Risk
Weight on housing loans and consumer
credit
27. DBOD(IECS).No.4/ 03.27.25/ 2004-05 03.07.2004 Freedom granted to banks to lay down the
period within which the borrowers are
required to construct the house on the plot
purchased
28. IECD. No. 14/ 01.01.43/ 2003-04 30.06.2004 Merger of functions of IECD with other
departments
29. DBOD.No.BP.BC.106/ 21.01.002/ 24.05.2002 Risk Weight on Housing Finance and
2001-02 Mortgage Backed Securities
30. IECD.No.22/03.27.25/2001-02 06.05.2002 Housing Finance Allocation for the year
2002-2003
31. IECD.No.(HF)12/ 03.27.25/98-99 15.01.1999 Terms and Conditions Governing Direct
Finance for Purchase of Old House
32. IECD.No.(HF) 40/03.27.25/97-98 16.04.1998 Terms and Conditions Governing Direct
Housing Loans - Review of Parameters
1633. IECD.No.27/03.27.25/97-98 22.12.1997 Scheme of Annual Housing Finance
Allocation to Banks- Direct Housing
Finance – Modifications
34. IECD.No.CMD. 8/03:27:25/95-96 27.09.1995 Sanction of Term Loans for Housing
Projects Involving Budgetary Support from
Government – Non-Permissibility of
35. DBOD.No.BC.211/21.01.001/93 28.12.1993 Restrictions on Credit to certain sectors-
Real Estate Loans
36. DBOD.No.BL.BC. 132/C.168(M)-91 11.06.1991 Opening of Specialised Housing Finance
Branches
37. IECD.No.CAD.IV. 223/(HF-P)- 88/89 02.11.1988 Housing Finance – Modifications on the
basis of the recommendations of the Study
Group on Housing Finance Institutions
38. DBOD.No.CAS.BC. 70/C.446(HF-P)-81 05.06.1981 Housing Finance - Revised Guidelines
(General)
39. DBOD.No.CAS.BC.71/ C.446(HF-P)-79 31.05.1979 Housing Finance - Recommendations of
the Working Group to Examine the Role of
Banking System in Providing Finance for
Housing Scheme
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