Latest Home Loan Rates Across Lenders: What Borrowers Should Compare Before Applying

India’s home loan market is flashing low starting rates, but the real story sits in benchmark-linked pricing, standard slabs, reset cycles and charges.

A borrower scanning lender ads in March 2026 will see one broad message: home loans look cheaper. But the headline rate is only the entry point. As of March 27, 2026, Canara Bank and LIC Housing Finance are showing 7.15% onwards, SBI is at 7.25% onwards, ICICI Bank at 7.45% onwards, Bank of Baroda at 7.50% onwards, and Axis Bank at 8.00% to 8.85% for customers with CIBIL 751+. 

The gap between an advertised rate and the final sanctioned rate can still be wide. That is why the comparison has shifted from cheapest sticker price to clean pricing terms.

Main Story Behind The Latest Home Loan Rate Race

The sharpest headline rates are coming from Canara Bank and LIC Housing Finance at 7.15%, followed by SBI at 7.25%. But some of the most important details sit below the headline. ICICI Bank’s official March 2026 page says the bank offers home loans from 7.45%, yet its standard home loan slab runs from 8.50% to 9.80% depending on loan size and borrower profile. 

Axis Bank says rates are linked to the repo rate plus spread, and it also discloses a processing fee of up to 1%, with a minimum of ₹10,000 plus GST. That changes the comparison quickly for borrowers who are not in the top credit bucket.

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Borrowers now need to compare lender pages line by line instead of relying on promotional banners alone.
 

That is also where secondary reporting has turned useful. A LoansJagat report published on March 12, 2026 tracked Canara Bank’s benchmark revisions and underlined that borrowers must check what actually changed in benchmark-linked pricing, not just marketing-led home loan numbers. 

LoansJagat and Outlook Money, published March 13, 2026, both point to how benchmark resets can alter borrowing cost even when the advertisement looks unchanged.

A borrower checking only the first rate on a page may miss the real pricing band.
 

What Changed Earlier?

The previous phase of this story began after lenders adjusted benchmark-linked rates following policy transmission. Bank of Baroda cut its BRLLR to 7.90% effective December 6, 2025, a move reported by the bank and covered by The Economic Times on December 5, 2025. 

SBI’s official benchmark page shows EBR at 7.90% effective December 15, 2025. LIC Housing Finance then said, through reports published on December 22 and 23, 2025, that new home loan sanctions would start at 7.15% onwards. Canara Bank’s official RLLR-linked retail lending page later showed RLLR at 8.00% effective March 12, 2026.

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The trend is clear: rate comparison now needs both current loan pages and benchmark pages.

What Lenders And Market Watchers Are Saying?

Lenders are being careful in their wording. SBI says home loans are available at 7.25% onwards from December 15, 2025. Axis openly flags repo-linked pricing plus spread. LIC Housing Finance, in reports published by ET and ET BFSI, said the 7.15% rate on new sanctions would apply from December 22, 2025.

Conclusion

The cheapest ad is not always the cheapest loan. The better comparison is sanctioned rate, benchmark linkage, reset terms and charges.