In case your Cibil score is low, we need to change our approach from someone who has a high Cibil score. We need to give relevant mitigating factors in our application.
Joint Application: One Simple but effective strategy we can use is applying with a joint applicant. We can add our spouse or parents if they have good Cibil score and if they are generating consistent income. This will make our application stronger and greatly enhance the chances of sanction.
Choosing a lower loan value to property value ratio: Banks may look at the application more favourably if you are paying higher down-payment and the loan amount required vis a vis to property value is 40-60 %
Stable Current repaying Capacity: Many times Cibil score is often impacted by old settlements or due to major events like Covid for e.g. If we can prove to the bank that we have stead income source currently, month filed salary with recent hikes or in case of business, we can show growing turnover. Banks may view our application more favourably.
Expanding our options to include NBFC’s: As highlighted earlier there are specific NBFC’s who work on Low Cibil score cases and review cases with more informal income. They will do their assessments on current repaying capacity, property value etc.