{"id":87330,"date":"2022-07-18T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=87330"},"modified":"2022-07-18T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:16:16","slug":"govt-housing-finance-policy-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-housing-finance-policy-rate.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to restructure flagship housing finance scheme to adjust policy rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, on Saturday (July 16), announced the restructuring of the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) scheme to adjust the increased interest rates, news sources reported. The Minister said that the government will ensure that no one loses money following the restructuring of the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-100-bn-mera-pakistan-mera-ghar.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM approves PKR 100 bn for low-cost \u2018Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a series of tweets, the minister reportedly explained the reasons behind the restructuring of the home finance scheme. He asserted that, while mortgage financing is accessible at significantly lower rates, actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-jacks-interest-rate-125-points-high.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"87234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">market interest rates<\/a> have risen by up to 15%. According to his statements, the programme cannot continue at the current offer rate since the government would be required to provide a significant subsidy. He stated that he had received letters from individuals describing the housing scheme and how they had spent money after their loans were approved to purchase homes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter_widget_wrapper alia_embed_wrapper\"><div class=\"twitter_widget_border\"><!--ALIA start embed content--><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many people are writing to me that their loans were approved in the Mera Ghar scheme and that they have spent money based on that approval. I want to assure you that we are reshaping this scheme and no-one will lose their money. We will resolve the issues within the next week.<\/p>&mdash; Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiftahIsmail\/status\/1548323845655764993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><!--AliA end embed content--><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is vital to note that the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-low-cost-housing-youth-loan-scheme.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"87069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporarily stopped processing<\/a> and disbursing cash under the programme for two months to strengthen its sustainability. The recently drafted agreement between the government and the International Monetary Funds (IMF) has asked the government to eliminate subsidies for financial stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has provided mortgage loans to homebuyers at substantially reduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mera-pakistan-mera-ghar-faqs-on-procuring-home-loans-for-low-cost-nphp-houses.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"76733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interest rates of 3%<\/a> for the first five years, 5% for the next five years, and KIBOR+2.5% for the following ten years. The banks have already authorised and issued the potential homebuyers a total of PKR 66 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, on Saturday (July 16), announced the restructuring of the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) scheme to adjust the increased interest rates, news sources reported. The Minister said that the government will ensure that no one loses money following the restructuring of the scheme. Read: PM approves PKR 100 bn for low-cost \u2018Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar Project In a series of tweets, the minister reportedly explained the reasons behind the restructuring of the home finance scheme. He asserted that, while mortgage financing is accessible at significantly lower rates, actual market interest rates have risen by up to 15%. According to his statements, the programme cannot continue at the current offer rate since the government would be required to provide a significant subsidy. He stated that he had received letters from individuals describing the housing scheme and how they had spent money after their loans were approved to purchase homes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is vital to note that the government temporarily stopped processing and disbursing cash under the programme for two months to strengthen its sustainability. The recently drafted agreement between the government and the International Monetary Funds (IMF) has asked the government to eliminate subsidies for financial stability.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":76749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[53186,45092,50745],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-home-loan-pakistan","9":"tag-mera-pakistan-mera-ghar","10":"tag-mpmg","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to restructure housing finance scheme to adjust policy rate-Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, on Saturday (July 16), announced the restructuring of the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) scheme to adjust the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-housing-finance-policy-rate.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to restructure housing finance scheme to adjust policy rate-Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, on Saturday (July 16), announced the restructuring of the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) scheme to adjust the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-housing-finance-policy-rate.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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