India's housing finance market is poised for extraordinary growth, projected to more than double from ₹33 lakh crore to ₹81 lakh crore by 2029. Driven by strong structural fundamentals and government incentives, this sector represents a golden opportunity for lenders as residential property sales ..

Housing finance firms (HFCs) want the government's Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust for Low-Income Housing reformed. The idea aims to enhance house loan guarantee cover to ₹25 lakh, up from the present maximum of ₹5 lakh, as per sources.

With new regulations, the RBI has changed how housing finance companies (HFCs) can raise and handle public deposits. New rules restrict HFCs from boosting public deposits for more than five years. The RBI has also lowered the deposit limit from three times to 1.5 times net owned funds.