u/Inevitable-Rip-6746

Advice needed urgent!!!!!!!!

Need guidance before taking a home loan after a bad personal loan experience

I recently took an IDFC personal loan but ended up using only around ₹3 lakh while the remaining amount stayed mostly unused. Now I am foreclosing it and had to pay foreclosure charges + GST, which became a costly lesson for me.

Now I am planning to take a home loan from a PSU bank like Canara Bank/SBI and I want to avoid repeating the same mistake.

My priorities are:

No foreclosure penalty if I close early

No part-prepayment charges

Ability to aggressively reduce principal later

Flexible loan structureTransparent charges

From my understanding, a floating-rate reducing-balance home loan is best for this. Is that correct?

People who already have Canara Bank/SBI/BoB home loans:

Did you face any hidden charges later?

Were you able to prepay freely?

Any foreclosure issues?

Is floating-rate definitely better than fixed in my situation?

Any things I should carefully check in sa

Sanction letter before signing?

Would appreciate practical advice from real users before I commit to a long-term home loan.

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u/Inevitable-Rip-6746 — 8 days ago