Can I Get a Home Loan for Buying an Old House?

Buying a home of your own is the ultimate dream of everyone. Most of the people prefer going for buying an under construction property due to various reasons like ability to pay the down payment at one go.
There are many who do not want to take the risk of default by the builder in handing over possession at the promised time and want to buy a house which is ready to move in house whether a new house or an old house. There is misconception in the mind of many people that you can not get a home loan for an old house and it is only the flat bought from builder that you get a home loan.
This is unfounded to say the least. You can certainly get a home loan to buy an old hose subject to satisfaction of certain other conditions. Let us understand the criteria used by lenders to give a home loan for old house.

Age of the borrower as well as age of the property to be financed

While ascertaining your home loan tenure the lender takes into account two factors. First is the age of the buyer at the time of taking the home loan and at the time the loan tenure will expire. Both these should be during your earning phase.
For salaried the home loan lenders grant home loan for a tenure which does not stretch beyond you age of retirement, which is generally 58 years unless your retirement age in present job is 60 years. However since most of the self employed people like businessmen, doctors, lawyers, CAs work till extended age, the lenders grants you loan upto 65 years of age.
It is not the only age of the house, at the time of granting the home loan which is important but also the physical condition of the house, at the time of granting the home loan, which is very vital for the lender whether to give you home loan or not. The tenure of the home loan will depend on the physical condition and expected balance life of the house as well as your expected balance earning life.
While granting the home loan the lender wishes to ensure that the house would be in proper shape and condition not only at the time when the home loan is sanctioned but also at the time when the home loan tenure expires.
So very for an old building/flat the lender may not give you loan for as extended period as 40 year (which is presently granted by a few lenders like Oriented Bank of Commerce) if the building is already 35-40 years old but may be willing to give the home loan for shorter tenure say 5 years to 10 years.
I had taken my first home loan in 1994 for a building which was constructed in 1963 meaning for a building which was 30 years old and my buyer was able to get a home loan on the same flat in 2004 meaning for the flat which was 40 years old that too for a tenure of 20 years.


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