- Housing loan rates have gone up by about two percentage points in the past 15 months
- The reason is a tightening of the credit market, prompted by the central bank
- The doubling of the credit growth in the past two years has left the rbi worried about repayment and bank exposure
- Reverse repo rates stand at 5.5% , bank rate stays at 6%. Housing loan rates are 2 percentage points higher than in Oct 2004.
- There is also the sustained battle to keep the rupee pretty steady against dollar
- So, brace yourself for more hikes this year