Both let you borrow against real estate. That’s roughly where the similarity ends. A home loan funds the purchase, construction, or renovation of a house. A loan against property, LAP for short, lets you pledge a property you already own to raise money for almost anything else, a business expansion, a child’s education, even consolidating

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June 30, 2026

Borrow money from a bank or NBFC to buy, build, or renovate a house, then pay it back over a fixed term through monthly installments. That’s a home loan, stripped to its basics. The Reserve Bank of India caps how much of the property’s price any lender can finance, which means you’re always putting in

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June 22, 2026