{"id":4785,"date":"2026-02-11T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/money\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:39:10","slug":"public-sector-banks-lead-the-home-loan-race-why-private-banks-are-losing-the-housing-finance-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/money\/public-sector-banks-lead-the-home-loan-race-why-private-banks-are-losing-the-housing-finance-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Sector Banks Lead the Home Loan Race: Why Private Banks Are Losing the Housing Finance Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Synopsis<\/strong>: Both public and private sector banks are going after the same customers. But both have different costs and balance sheet strengths. This article states out reasons why public sector banks are rapidly gaining market share in India’s housing finance market while private banks are losing ground. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s housing finance market has been a long-term in retail banking growth. By leveraging fast approvals, better customer experience and pricing, private sector banks were gaining ground. However, in the recent data this trend has been reversed. Private sector banks appear to be losing market share while, public sector banks are dominating home loan space.\u00a0<\/p>

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PSBs increased their share of outstanding individual home loans to 44.11%<\/strong> by March 2025, up from 42.77%<\/strong> a year earlier. The private sector banks saw their decline from 37.51%<\/strong> to 35.97%<\/strong> during the same period. By late 2025, other industry estimates showed PSBs accounting for 50% of total home loan originations by value, overtaking private banks in new lending as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasons Why Public Sector Banks are Gaining Market Share<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Lower Interest Rate:<\/strong> PSBs have lower Cost of funds compared to Private Sector Banks. They can launch loan products without compromising on their margins and attract cost-sensitive customers. This can allow them to offer competitive loan rates without hurting margins too much.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • PSBs are going for PrSBs customer segments: They are targeting the premium customers. They are approaching the high ticket size customers to improve their asset quality significantly which leads to reduction of bad loans. The asset quality of PrSB is good. So PSB are targeting them to increase their good loans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s see if private banks are really losing or have shifted to a different game?<\/strong><\/p>