Introduction to House Finance
Everyone dreams of being the owner of a house, people work hard all their lives to save enough money so that they can afford a house. A house is of immense importance to us and so people started regarding house ownership as the ‘dream of the free world’ or the ‘Great American Dream’. However, houses do cost a lot and so not everyone can afford to buy them only by depending on their monthly incomes. Thus, the best alternative is to opt for house finance.
What is House finance?
It is the broad term that can be used to describe various lending and borrowing options, for the purpose of buying or constructing a house, like mortgages, home loans etc. It is a huge industry that generates billions of dollars in revenue per year. Lending option for constructing a house is available in almost all the countries, even in rapidly developing economies like Brazil, India and Russia this concept of borrowing capital has become very popular among the working professionals.
Lending Institutions:
Banks: they are the most traditional lenders of home loans and they still continue this practice. In most countries the public sector banks, in which the government has a stake, offer these loans at a very subsidized rate for the betterment of the people.
Mortgage companies: they specialize in home loans and thus offer a reduced loan processing time. However, they do have strict eligibility criteria and offer a higher interest rate on all loans.






