{
  "id": 9117318,
  "title": "Planning A Home Loan? Why A Possible 50 Bps RBI Repo Rate Hike Could Make Borrowing Costlier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/planning-a-home-loan-why-a-possible-50-bps-rbi-repo-rate-hike-could",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T08:48:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/planning-a-home-loan-why-a-possible-50-bps-rbi-repo-rate-hike-could-make-borrowing-costlier"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: Homebuyers taking a housing loan should prepare for higher repayments, with analysts expecting the Reserve Bank of India to raise the repo rate by 50 basis points before December 2026. Two Possible Rate Hikes The Monetary Policy Committee could increase the benchmark rate by 25 basis points each in October and December, according to analysts cited by The Hindu. If both hikes materialise,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}