Economics Stimulus Through Housing

• NHB move to soften interest rates
• RBI extends RS.9,000 crore line of credit to NHB, Exim Bank
• NHB's refinance drive
• Housing finance cos.must cut rates
• Housing finance cos. to cut rates from Jan
• Realty sectors gets RBI boost
• NHB sees more rate cuts by home finance firms
• NHB to offer refinance at 8% to raise RS. 3,000 cr via bonds

Affordable Housing

• National Housing Bank Organizes Round Table Meet
• NHB meet on affordable housing
• Reaching the unserved and under-served
• Ground Realities
• NHB may help constructs more roofs for aam aadmi
• HFCs to set small ticket loans at lower rates
• Realtors must focus on affordable housing:NHB
• NHB to lend at 8% to home loans companies
• Govt. to further subsidies home loans to urban poors
• 2009 will be the year of affordable housing

Rural Housing

• Bank to team up with financial institutions
• Housing micro finance initiative launched
• NHB pilots rural housing micro finance scheme
• Rural housing policy in August
• NHB to help govt.in inclusive housing project
• NHB to buy stake in Mahindra Finance Co.
• NHB to take 12.5% stake in MRHFL

Resources

• NHB's zero coupon bonds issue cleared
• NHB likely to raise RS. 11,000 cr this fiscal
• NHB to mobilize fund's from fixed deposits
• NHB plans FDs to fund expension
• NHB plans product for retail market
• NHB launching retail products

New Products

• NHB to setup first mortgage guarantee firm
• Homes as equity
• A ray of hope
• NHB helpage India to offer reverse mortgage to elders
• NHB's new mortgage programme
• Project monitoring
• NHB awaits nods for setting up mortgage guarantee firm
• IFC to invest RS. 80 crore in mortgage guarantee firm
• Country's maiden mortgage guarantee fund may be revived
• A year on, Reverse mortgage scheme has few takers
• NHB in talks with insurance cos
• Reverse mortgage to be available for lifetime
• Launch of a Reverse mortgage helpline
• LIC Housing in talks with NHB for scheme
• LIC HF ready to launch Reverse mortgage scheme

Others

• Parekh for NHB as reality watch dog
• Reality Guage
• NHB launches Pro-poor housing loans
• NHB & UNESCAP on Pro-poor housing loans
• NHB in collaboration with the UNESCAP organized
• Housing prices index soon
• Bank body devices checklist to reduce bad home loans
• NHB's annual report 07-08 for which the Bank posted a net profit of RS. 170 crores
• Home finance cos. may breath easy
• New home loan norm to increase comfort factor of buyers