Personal Loan Balance Transfer

    Home Loan Balance Transfer facility allows existing home loan borrowers to transfer the outstanding loan amount of their existing home loan to a new lender at lower interest rate and/or for longer tenures. The lower interest rate availed through home loan balance transfer facility helps such borrowers to reduce their overall interest cost. This facility is especially beneficial for those who took housing loans at higher interest rates and now are eligible for much lower rates due to improved credit profile.

    Lower Interest Rate: Many existing home loan borrowers might have availed home loans at higher interest rates due to their lower loan eligibility and poorer credit profile. But improvements in their credit profiles over the years can make them eligible for availing home loan at low interest rates.

    Maximum Tenure: Many lenders allow balance transfer customers to opt for loan tenures longer than the residual tenure of their original home loan. Opting for extended loan tenure would result in lower EMIs and thereby, reduce their EMI burden. However, opting for this option would increase their overall interest costs.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Achudha loans offers you a range of lenders who offer you loan balance transfer facility, and the eligibility criteria may vary accordingly. However, the basic criteria such as your repayment capacity or creditworthiness, etc., are the same, some of which are discussed in brief below. You may use Achudha loans’ Personal Loan Eligibility Calculator to determine you eligibility for a loan balance transfer.

    Age
    Salaried: 21 years to 60 years of age
    Self Employed: 21 years to 60 years of age
    Employment
    Salaried:Employee of any Private, or Public Company, or Public Sector Undertaking with 1 year to 3 years of Experience, and 1 year with Current Employer
    Self Employed: Person with Income as Stipulated by the Lender with 3 years of Experience
    Income
    Salaried:Minimum Rs. 15,000 for Mumbai, or Delhi Resident, and Minimum Rs. 20,000 for rest of India
    Self Employed:Turnover of Minimum Rs. 24,00,000, and differs for Professional and Non-Professionals
    Other
    You need to have Credit Score of minimum 750
    Your current outstanding loan amount must be at least Rs. 50,000 to initiate the Balance transfer process
    You must have clean record of 12 EMI payments

    Salaried Individuals

    If you are a salaried person, you will need to provide the following documents along with the other common documents.

    • 6 Months Bank Statement
    • 3 Months Salary Slip
    • Statement of Current Personal loan from Lender

    Self Employed Individuals

    If you are a self-employed person, you will need to provide the following documents along with the other common documents.

    • PAN Card / GST Number
    • 3 Years Balance Sheet with Profit and Loss Statement
    • Individual and Business 6 Months Bank Statement
    • Statement of Current Personal loan from Lender

    Balance Transfer Charges

    When you choose to transfer the outstanding balance of your existing personal loan, you will have to pay a few charges depending on the bank or NBFC you’ve taken the loan from. Your current lender will charge you an amount when you transfer personal loan to another bank, and the new lender will charge you another amount for processing your personal loan balance transfer. The charges other than personal loan balance transfer interest rate chargeable in brief are as follows.

    Foreclosure Charges

    The amount charged by your existing lender for transfer of the outstanding amount of your personal loan to another lender may be known as a Foreclosure Charge. A foreclosure charge levied on your principal loan outstanding varies from lender to lender from 0% to 4%. Some even charge a flat foreclosure charge based on the loan agreement.

    Processing Fees

    Processing Fees are another feature of a Personal Loan Balance Transfer that has to be paid; which may be a flat fee, or Rs. 500 to 4% or your loan amount. Your new lender will charge you this fee to cover costs of stamp duty agreement, etc., if applicable.

    Calculation of Personal Loan Balance Transfer

    Before you consider a Personal Loan Balance Transfer as an option, you may use Achudha loans’ Personal Loan Balance Transfer Calculator online to compute your EMIs, and the interest amount payable. This tool enables you to compare and match the interest rates, loan tenures, and other charges to opt for the best balance transfer on offer.