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Free Credit Scores In India

October 26, 2015 2 Comments

Before a bank/other financial institute extends a loan to a potential borrower, it needs to take a decision on whether the person would be able to repay the interest and principal or default and how much risk is involved in lending money to this person. Banks and other financial institutions rely on many factors to take this decision on credit-worthiness – including the person’s income and household income , the person’s other loans and EMIs, the person’s previous repayment history and defaults if any, etc.

In the past, the banks had to collect all this information from a potential borrower before analyzing it. But now, they make use of credit reports and credit scores. A few years ago, the only credit reports and credit scores available were from CIBIL. At the time, I wrote about interpreting the CIBIL CIR and improving the Credit Score and How a Good Credit Score improves one’s chances of securing a loan on better terms. Link. Link.Link. Read more of this post

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Mistakes To Avoid When Looking For Home Loan

November 29, 2014 Leave a comment

Buying a home is one of the biggest decisions we can make in life. It is our single largest commitment in our lifetime. However, for people who are not financially ready, the process of obtaining the right type of home loan from banks is always a challenging task. If you can’t get proper financing, you may end up paying thousands in interest payment alone to the banks. If you will not take time to avoid these mortgage mistakes or if you have not been educated on what you should be doing to take control of your destiny as far as getting a home loan is concerned, you will end up losing your hard-earned money in the process.

If you are planning to invest, structuring a mortgage financing correctly is an even more difficult task because this may mean the difference between profit and loss. Below are the most common home loan mistakes that you need to avoid. Also check this checklist for home buyers by the Department of building and housing NZ. Read more of this post

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About Your CIBIL TransUnion Score

July 17, 2011 12 Comments

The CIBIL TransUnion Score is India’s first credit score for individuals.It is a three-digit numeric summary (ranging from 300 on the lower side to 900 at the higher side) of a consumer’s credit history, compiled from information received from lenders who are members of CIBIL. The model followed by CIBIL predicts the likelihood of an individual missing more than three payments on a credit line over the next 12 months. For the last few years banks have had exclusive access to this score.Now individuals too can access their CIR and credit score for Rs450.

To understand the impact of the CIBIL TransUnion Score on an individual’s loan application we need to take a look at the table below.It shows loans sanctioned by loan providers based on an individual’s CIBILTransUnion Score in 2008 and 2010.

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Decoding your CIBIL CIR

July 17, 2011 11 Comments

wealthymatters.com If you have just bought your CIBIL credit report and need some help understanding it or if you are considering forking out for one and want to know what you will get,the following write up is for you:

Here is the information found on a CIBIL CIR:

Payment history

Days Past Due (DPD) appears in the account(s) section of your CIR. It appears with one other piece of information — the month and year of payment. DPD indicates by how many days a payment on that account is late that month. Anything other than ‘000’ is considered negative by a lender. Up to 36 months of this payment history (with the most recent month displayed first) are provided in this section. Read more of this post

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CIBIL and your CIR

April 3, 2011 8 Comments

Before a bank/other financial institute extends a loan to you,a potential borrower, it needs to take a decision on whether you would be able to repay the interest and principal or default and how much risk is involved in lending money to you.Banks rely on many factors to take this decision on your credit-worthiness – including your income and household income , your other loans and EMIs, your previous repayment history and defaults if any, etc.In the past, the banks had to collect all this information from you before analyzing it. But now, they have a readily available tool to make this decision simpler for them – your credit history in the form of your Credit Information Report (CIR).

In India, the Credit Information Report is created and maintained by a company called Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited, or CIBIL.The Credit Information Report is a compilation of your repayment history.CIBIL was promoted primarily by State bank of India (SBI) and HDFC. Now, most banks, financial institutions, non-banking financial companies, housing finance companies and credit card companies are its members, and regularly provide it with data about borrowers. Read more of this post