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Interest
rates on place loans are showing some mark of softening. But, the beneficial impact
of this is being witnessed on the fresh borrowers. The involvement rates for old
borrowers still stay unchanged. In some cases, the difference in the interest
rates between old (existing) borrowers and that of the fresh borrowers is around
two per centum points. While
banks are loaning to new borrowers at around 10% to 10.25%, the old borrowers
are paying 11.75% to 12.25% on their loan amount. Such immense fluctuation in
interest rates for the existent and new borrowers agreement chances to old
borrowers to switch to the new strategies of loan leading to significant reduction
in their interest
liability. Why
the difference in the
rate? Despite the fact that you
and your friend have got borrowed under floating charge per unit place loan system from the same
bank, your involvement charge per unit may change with that of your friend. The alteration in the
interest charge per unit can go on because of the perceptual experience of the quality of the
borrowers. If your friend’s creditworthiness is better than yours, bank
will impart your friend at less charge per unit than that of yours. The issue is how a bank
differentiates in the involvement charge per unit while giving
loan. All the floating interest
rates on a loan are fixed against a benchmark rate, which are called floating
reference rate, retail premier loaning charge per unit or place premier loaning rate. The
floating involvement charge per unit is fixed against these benchmark rates. Suppose a bank
has fixed its benchmark charge per unit at 14% - if the predominant involvement charge per unit in the
market is 12%, it will impart to a borrower at two per centum points below its
benchmark rate. But at the same time, it can give large-ticket loan to a high
net worth borrower at 2.5% point below the benchmark rate. This volition convey down
his charge per unit to 11.5%. There is
other ground also when the difference in the rates between two borrowers crop
in. Normally, in the lawsuit of floating place loan rate, the major alteration in the
interest charge per unit should be done by changing the benchmark rate. Suppose the involvement charge per unit in
the system falls by one per centum point. Depository Financial Institution and finance companies should
bring down their benchmark charge per unit by one per centum point. This volition consequence in the
fall in involvement rates of the existent customer, as well as for the new
borrowers also. At the same time, if the involvement charge per unit in the marketplace houses up,
the loaning institute should fall back to increase in the involvement rates. This
would ensue in addition in involvement charge per unit for both the existing, as well as the
new customers. The difference
in the involvement rates between two borrowers in the system should have got remained
just owed to the quality of the borrowers. With this, the upper limit spread between two
borrowers would have got remained in the scope of 0.25% point to 0.50%
point. But in existent practice,
this makes not happen. When the involvement charge per unit travels up, Banks promptly increase
the benchmark rate, making the loan costlier for all the old borrowers. But in
the competitory place loan market, to pull the new customers, lending
institutes addition the price reduction on the benchmark rates. Even if the price reduction is
increased by one-half a per centum points the difference between new and old
customer goes half a per centum point. If the involvement charge per unit is increased
three modern times in one year, it have been establish that involvement charge per unit between the old
borrowers, who borrowed at the beginning of the twelvemonth and the new borrower, who
borrowed at the end of the year, when the charge per unit have been slashed for the third
time, is almost one per centum point.