Banks urged to ease terms for home loans


GEORGE TOWN: Banks have been urged to relax conditions on loan applicants for low-cost, low medium-cost and affordable housing here.

Penang Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the banks should not be unduly worried over default loans as “the security is already in the housing unit itself.”

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