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Home loan rates have risen sharply in the past fi ve months, from 6.5% to 8.25%

October 05, 2022 | 03:48pm

20-year home loans are now 24 years long. Here's how A 20-year home loan taken in 2019 at 6.7% will get repaid in 21 years, even though EMIs have been paid for three years

Imagine taking a 20-year home loan and paying EMIs for 24 years. Rising home loan rates mean that borrowers who took long-term home loans 2-3 years ago are saddled with tenures longer than their original tenures. Home loan rates have risen sharply in the past fi ve months, from 6.5% to 8.25%. A 20-year home loan taken in 2019 at 6.7% will get repaid in 21 years, even though EMIs have been paid for three years.

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This story originally appeared on: India Times - Author:Tax Cognition

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