Friday, 25 December 2015

Comparative Analysis of house loan products by conventional and Islamic banks


Comparative Analysis of house loan products by                                                                          conventional and Islamic banks

                  Presented to : Sir Aamir Rafique   

                       Presented by: Mannan Saeed
                                                 Aleem Ullah Baig
                                                Azeem Ullah Baig
                                                 Saleem Ahmed
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                               SZABIST  ISLAMABAD
·       Difference between Islamic and conventional (non Islamic banking) 

In conventional banking you are agreed as a partner in profit sharing only but in Islamic banking you are agreed as a partner in both profit and loss situation. In conventional banking a defaulter is normally charged with the principal amount and heavy interest as of punishment while in the case of Islamic banking,the same heavy interest charged goes directly into the charity .Islamic banking is an interest free banking so that’s why it is an asset based banking as interest normally called as riba in Islamic sense is prohibited in Islam. If person wants to start a business and goes to conventional bank, they will provide him with loan while if that same person goes to an Islamic bank , they will provide him with all the  resources like construction materials etc. Alfalah bank, MCB bank and Habib bank are some of the examples of conventional bank while Meezan bank , Bank Islami and Dubai Islamic banks are some of the examples of the  Islamic banks. Islamic banks don’t give loans to those  where  non Islamic activities are done  like beauty parlor  and Pakistan Tobacco Company etc. Most of the Islamic banks  decisions and policies are backed by a shriah councel and consist personal having vast experience and knowledge in shriah where as conventional banks decisions  are made qualified bank professionals. Islamic banks are given  a KIBOR  sheet ( Karachi  Inter Board Offer Rate) which is a rate charged on their accounts and it is not fixed it may change which is in the  case of  conventional banks where interest rates are fixed.


·         ISLAMIC BANKS

·         Meezan  Bank

Meezan bank offers its customer its home products through "easy home" scheme through joint ownership of the house between the bank and the customer until and unless the customer able to pay all the "payment" the ownership is then transferred to the customer. With the "easy home" the bank finance up to 85% of the cost of the house .According to the bank the profit charged by the bank is the payment made by the customer for the use of its share of the house during the life of the contract.
·         Purchasing a home
Choose a home and then Meezan bank finances up to  85% of the value of the house,   up to RS 40 million for the financing tenure till 20 years.
·         Building a home
Meezan bank offers up to 70% of the house value till RS 40 million for the financing period up to 20 years.
·         Renovating or Repairing your home
Meezan bank finances up to 30% of the finances for the finance period till 15 years


·         Replacing your existing mortgage
The bank helps the customer to transfer its existing liabilities and to enjoy flexible financing up to RS 40 million for the tenure or  the  time period of 20 years.

Easy home also offers Life Takaful which covers the death of a person
·         Eligibility
Should be a Pakistani, aged between 25 to 65 years, should be a salaried individual like he should be earning some money on your job, can be a business person too. For a business person he should have 3 years of business experience and for salaried person he should have a minimum experience of 2 years of working and thus should also be in range of minimum income requirement prescribed by the bank.


·         Dubai  Islamic Bank

Dubai Islamic bank uses Musharaka model in which the bank and customer enters into the partnership for the leasing of the property. Until and unless all rent  or monthly payment is paid by the customer only then the bank hands over the complete  ownership to the customer. In case of death the bank will provide the Takaful coverage.

·         Home Purchase:
    Purchasing one's dream home through the Musharaka basis .
·         Home  Renovation

The bank in this category finance up to 7o% of the value.

·         Home Mortgage  scheme transferred

The customer can transfer its interest based home financing  to the Dubai Islamic bank riba free home financing.
                           Dubai Islamic Bank finances 80% of your property value
·         Eligibility
  One should be a Pakistani national aged between 25 to 65  should have a minimum income of RS15000 .Could be self employed business man or a salaried person.



·         Documents Required

Copy of CNIC and co partner's CNIC copy if necessary, 2 passport size photo. Copy of utility bill . Tax return and a copy of utility bill to verify your home address they may send you a letter of thanks for verification purposes too. Your salary slip is also requires to know that you really work for an organization.

·         Bank Islami

Bank Islami as per Islamic rules and regulations  which forbids  the use of the concept of giving money on money practiced by the conventional banks instead it focuses upon the trading .A process known as Murabaha in which  the customer when applies for the Bank Islami house products the Bank purchases the things needed for  building the house  like construction materials. It is up to the customer to either pay the full material cost at once or pay it in installments. In this Murabaha  the customer is being told about the bank profit in the payment scheme. The Bank Islami MUSKAN home financing in which there are different schemes:

·         Home Purchase

The financing range offered is from 200k to 50M RS over a period from 2 to till 25 years. The bank has different investing policies for different professionals like for a salaried person the bank will invest up to 70%.65% for Doctors,Engineers,Architectures,Chartered Accountant and for the   business man the bank will accommodate up to 50%. No extra charges on early unit purchase or early termination after 12 months disbursement(meaning you will not be charged extra if you are able to pay all the loan in early dates but if you make payment s within 12 months of disbursement the customer will be charged with the charges.

·         Home Construction

It has the construction period of 2 years and financing period from 2 to 25 years . The financing range consist from 200 k to 50 M . Again the bank investment ratio is different for  different for various professionals and is exactly the same as written above for home purchase segment .



·         Home Renovation

Remodeling your home  consists a financial period of  2 to 7 years and the maximum time limit for remodeling is 6 months with the financing range from RS 150k to 5M.The bank investment ratio is the same for different  professionals .

·         Home Replacement

Its  basically transferring  your mortgage plan to Bank Islami. The financial period consist from 2 to 25 years  and the financing range is from 200K to 50M . The bank investment ratio and the payment ratio is the same.

This Musharakah is based on Shirat_Ul_Milk where the customer and the bank participates in the role of ownerships until all the units are purchased by  the customer meaning the value of the home construction is 5M and they have divided into 5 units l each of 1M then one units purchase means that you have paid the 1/5th of the house value and some extra value also charged upon it .As per time the customer purchase more you units and so is able to take more share in the ownership of the house .

·         AL-BARAKA BANK

AL Baraka Bank offers its customers home products  in the concept of Musharaka under five categories:

·         Purchase of a house
·         Construction of a house on the customer owned plot
·         Purchase of plot  and the construction of the house
·         Renovation of the house
·         Assets Transfer Facility

According to Musharaka system the bank and the customer enter into a joint ownership agreement in which the customers agrees to purchase all the units and to make all payments on the prescribed time to attain the full ownership of the house. Like 1 unit is equal to 1M RS and 5 units is equal to 5M RS. The bank financing is available up to 2o M RS which is repayable up to 20 years. In case of renovation the maximum financing limitation is of  RS 1million and where the repayment period is available up to 5 years. The bank also offers a co applicant program in which the spouse or customer other close relatives can support him in the home financing in terms of finance. Assets Transfer Facility is used for customers to shift towards Al Baraka home finance from a conventional bank.
Many conventional banks have however also open an window for the  Islamic banking  like they also offer Islamic home products like UBL Islamic banking and Alfalah Islamic banking etc.

·         BANK ALFALAH

Bank Alfalah also offers its customers the home products through Musharaka  in which the bank and the customer enters into the a joint ownership , the customer is entitled to pay all the rent  plus the principal amount in the unit forms already explained above. Only after paying all the  amount the customer is entitled for full ownership. The financing tenure is available up to 3 to 20 years.

·         Eligibility
Need to be a Pakistani aged between 25 to 65 years old. For a salaried person to be applying he should have at least be working for 2 years . Incase of a business man he should be in the same business for  years . Last one is that the person must be a tax  payer.

The person must also provide some documents like copy of CNIC .2 passport sized photo. Original or certified copy of pay slip .The employer must provide a proper document of the employee working under him like his tenure and designation etc. Bank statement of 6 months of his account. For the business man his last years of tax return document required plus a proof required and one year bank statement. Joint owner account can also be formed in case of a spouse.

·         Conventional  Banks

·         MCB BANK

MCB offers  "pyara ghar " which is divided into 4 parts:

·         Home purchase

MCB gives loan to its customers to purchase an already build home of their own choice. Maximum loan provided is 30 Million RS

·         Home construction

Construction of the house on the customer owned plot where the loan is distributed in installments, and it is also said that only when the money from your first installments  aren’t finished the customer would  not be given the second installment.20 Million RS is the maximum loan offered.

·         Purchasing of the plots and the construction.
Customer is provided loans on installments for construction of the house on his own plots.
There are specific cities on which only you  can renovate, build or construct  your own house . These cities include Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad , Rawalpindi and Islamabad. More over the information provided to the bank should be valid including the customer personal information. Loan would only be provided to the customer if its credit history is not good. The property like house , land should be properly registered. The bank should be provided with income statement in order to estimate the financing tenure to return the payments. The repayment should be made in equal installments. There are some state bank regulations and bank  policies which are as follows like the installments should not exceed  the person 50% of net income. The maximum tenure given to the customer is of  20 years. The bank also visits the site in order for inspection and monitoring , not only just the sites but also monitor the person accounts and his business in order to confirm that whether he would be able to pay back the installments or not. Floating rate for home finance is repriced on every first working day of the year. The minimum home loan provided is RS 500,000.The documents which are required are CNIC copy, 2 passport sized photos , income docs and employment and business proof.

·         HABIB BANK

Habib bank offers home loan for purchasing of the new home  and for renovation of the customer house.

·         Home purchasing

The loan tenure is provided from 3 to  20 years. The loan amount provided varies from RS 300,000 to RS 1500,000.85% of the total house value is  loaned by the bank. Life insurance is also provided to the primary applicant and the co borrower. Property insurance is borne by the bank .Property lease  is for 5 years   in which the property the customer is using the property and unless the customer doesn’t made the whole payment the complete ownership is no transferred to him. 

·         Home renovation

Loan tenure is provided for  3 to 20 years. The loan amount given by bank ranges from 300k RS to 500k RS. The bank only finances up to 70% of the renovation within the prescribed budget limit. Again the property insurance is borne by the bank. The life insurance provided is the same as provided by the bank. Property lease  5 years maturity same as above.





·         Eligibility

Should be a Pakistani resident aged between 21 to 60 or 65 years old. For permanent employees they should have at least 1 year of experience and their proof of they being permanent in the organization. For contractual employees and business man  they should have at least 2 years of experience. Documents required are CNIC copy , 2 passport size photos , the proper documentation of the property and the bank statement for last 6 months is required for both salaried person and businessman. The business man also need to provide article of association, their license  etc.
Application charges are up to 7000RS and the early settlement charges are around 4.7%.

·         Askari Bank

Askari banks  provides its customers with various home financing options:
·         Build a home

The bank provides loan to the customer  who own a plot but need finance to build their own home. The loan is provided in 4 to 5 tranches(episodes)  upon bills of quantity submitted  by the customer. The loan range starts from 300,000RS to 30000,000RS and this loan  amount is same for purchasing a home and purchasing the plot and then constructing your home.

·         Buy  a home

The loan is provided upon already build houses.

·         Buy a plot and construction

The bank provides lump sum of money for purchasing of the plot and then in the construction phase the finance will be provided into 4 to 5 tranches.

·         Home renovation

The sum of loan will be provided only after customer showing the BOQ  to the bank. Loan amount is only provided for 50% of the renovation material.





·         Balance Transfer Facility

It is not allowed for those customer whose houses are already under construction and wants to switch their financial agreement form other financial institutions to the Askari Bank.

·         Conditions and Eligibility

The person must be a tax payer . The monthly payments made by the customer should not exceed more then 50% of its net income. This financial program is only valid in urban areas of major cities. The person must be aged between 23 to 65 years old. A blood relationship is only allowed in the case of joint ownership. The person income should be starting from 35000RS to apply for it. Proper documents of the property and for the income should be provided. The employment scheme and for the business man is the same as mentioned in the above conventional banks. The documentation required is also the same as above mentioned conventional banks. The charges are as follows, RS6500 with form non refundable ,750RS per late installment. The interest keeps on decreasing every year like first year its 6.5% then in the second year it is 5.5%.The mark up rate is like for salaried person its like KIBOR +4% and for business man its KIBOR+5%.Balloon payment is allowed 20% of the outstanding payment ( it's like repayment of the outstanding principal amount at the end of the loan period and only the interest is being made)

·         BANK AL-HABIB

Bank Al Habib offers the customer finance through  different segments.

·         Home Buyer

Financing is available from 500,000Rs to 20 million RS.  The loan should not be increased by 80% of the value of the house within the prescribed budget and same goes for the home construction . The disbursement is made only at one time. The financing period is available up to 20 years again same goes for the home construction. Repayment is made only on equal installments.



·         Home construction

Financing available from RS 500,000 to RS 20 Million. Disbursement is categorized into three stages ,  plinth stage 30 %,  structure completion 30% and  the last one is finishing stages which is 40 % , these percentages attributes to the given amounts . Repayment into equal installments ,1 year grace period is also included for the  construction where only mark up is serviced.(meaning after the payment issuance date the customer is allowed to pay and in this period no late fee is charged) etc.

·         Home renovation

Finance available up to RS 5million and should not increase the 70% of the property value. Disbursement is made at one time only. Repayment in equal installments with of BOQ required , according to this the customer must show all the bills of the expenditure occurred in renovating his house only then the payment is made.

·         Eligibility

The loans are provided only to the existing customers of this bank. They should be aged between 23 to 60 years old and plus posses the minimum home income of 20000RS. The installments should not exceed 45% of the person salary. Pricing is like for 1 year KIBOR  rate + 3 % of the salaried person and in the case of business person its 3.5%.. The charges are 3500RS processing fee.400RS per late payment.

·         UNITED BANK LIMITED
UBL offers its customer the various segments for home product. All products ranges from over a period of 3 to 20 years.
·         Buying a home
The bank provides the maximum financing limit of  70%.
·         Building a home
·         Construction of house  on your  plot
·         Eligibility
Should have a monthly minimum income of 50,000RS. Aged between 23 to 65 years . The minimum loan allotted is of 500000RS.The Documentation requirement  is the same as above mentioned in the conventional banks. The mark up rate for the salaried person is KIBOR +3.5%  and for  business man its 4.5%.1000RS is charged for the late installment , 1.5% ,2.3% and 3% charged for proceeding years. Processing charges are RS5000.


·         ANALYSIS

In Islamic or conventional  banks the loan provided are of the same maximum up to 80% .They both offer similar programs from home building to home purchase. Both sectors of the banks are almost run on KIBOR rate plus interest or profit charged by the both of these sectors. However in competition there are several  new schemes etc which provide them an edge over some other banks and that’s why for this same reason many banks knowing as a conventional banks have also opened an Islamic banking window to attract new customers how eve policies introduced by Bank Al Habib are quite attractive especially bullet payment on home purchasing and even on home renovation are quite remarkable , grace period also provided for the customers is quite a relief for not paying any extra charges etc and getting a little time to gather money for repayment which is not offered by any other banks mentioned in this research other then askari bank providing its customer the lump sum for  purchasing of the plot and then constructing the house. On the whole sum the rates have a little variation compared to the schemes offered by different banks. The life insurance is offered mostly by both conventional and Islamic banks to cover their losses. Talking about the tour inside the banks showed various changes according to their activity etc while visiting Islamic banks , there was little crowd to be seen  which is the whole opposite when compared with the conventional banks. However the setup of the banks and the basic functions are mostly the same ( not denying their differences). To us the Islamic banking is the new form of banking a lot of people are unaware of it or doesn’t want to be in complexity of volatile rates .In conventional banks the repayments are to be made in equal installments whilst this isn't the case in Islamic banks. The eligibility and the documents required are also the same. No banks either Islamic or conventional do not want itself into losses so after payment of loans in chunks they monitor it to check like for the business ,that is his resources or the business is in the position to pay the loan in the prescribed time and for salaried person , they also check their accounts  so for this reason bank Al Habib made its loan viable or available for its customers only meaning those who have accounts in the Habib bank limited

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