An Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) has 2 components: interest and principal. When the interest is calculated on monthly rests, the principal on which the interest is charged goes down every month. This results in significant savings for the customer over the tenure of the loan.

An amortization schedule is a table giving the reduction of your loan amount by monthly installments. The amortization schedule gives the break-up of every EMI towards repayment interest and outstanding principal of your loan.

As per IT rules, only one certificate can be issued for a Home Loan hence one certificate will be issued in the name of both the applicant and co applicant.

Many of us have taken home loans / mortgages to buy our house. One of the most important motivators for availing a housing loan is the income-tax benefit that it provides. If you have availed a home loan, you can claim tax benefits on both the principal and interest components of the home loan as per the Income Tax Act. These benefits are in the form of deductions available to assesses who have taken a loan to either buy a house or build one. You can reduce your tax liability by a maximum of Rs.6250 per month (Rs.75000 p.a.) (for self occupied property) Under section 80,repayment of principal of up to Rs.1 lac is deductible in full from your income which means you can save tax up to a maximum of Rs.30,000 p.a. on principal. Similarly under section 24 of the Income Tax Act, interest is deductible up to a maximum of Rs.1.5 lac. Thus, this leads to an additional saving of a maximum of Rs.45000 p.a.

Pre EMI is the Interest paid on the Loan Amount availed in part and before the start of the actual EMI. This generally occurs in Self Construction or Construction Stage Linked Disbursals. The EMI doesn’t get started till the loan is disbursed in full and hence interest is charged on partially disbursed loan amount only which is Pre EMI.