Leading Lending Institutions in India

1     Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC)
Mumbai-based housing finance company; subsidiaries include HDFC Bank, HDFC Mutual Fund, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company, HDFC Realty, HDFC Chubb General Insurance Co
2     LIC Housing Finance Ltd
One of the largest housing finance companies in India, providing long-term finance to individuals to purchase/ renovate / build homes; corporate office is in Mumbai; has a countrywide network of offices
3     Can Fin Homes Ltd (CFHL)
Housing finance company based in Bangalore, with a countrywide network of branches; sponsored by Canara Bank
4     Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL)
Second-largest private sector housing finance company in India; based in Mumbai, with a countrywide network of 50 branches & 104 service locations; products: home loans, home extension loans, home improvement loans, NRI loans, plot loans
5     GIC Housing Finance Ltd (GICHFL)
Housing finance company promoted by the General Insurance Corporation & its erstwhile subsidiaries along with UTI, ICICI, IFCI, HDFC & SBI; headquartered in Mumbai, with a presence in 23 locations across the country
6     Gruh Finance Ltd
Housing finance company that accepts deposits & gives loans; has 50 retail offices across Gujarat, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Karnataka; based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat; subsidiary of HDFC Ltd
7     The Weizmann Group
Business group based in Mumbai; has interests in textile manufacture & exports, money changing (foreign exchange), consumer finance, housing finance, wind energy etc

8     Gujarat Lease Financing Ltd
Non-banking finance company (NBFC) in Ahmedabad; has three 100% subsidiaries, namely GLFL Housing Finance Limited, GLFL Securities Limited and GLFL International Limited
Financial Services Housing Finance
9     Repco Home Finance Ltd
Subsidiary of Repco bank providing housing loans for residential & non residential buildings; its features include low interest rates, easy repayment time with options of pre-payments/pre-closures of loans to the customer