Ask the lender for the outstanding principal and a current part-payment or foreclosure statement. Model the amount actually being prepaid, the date it will be credited to principal, and whether the lender will reduce EMI, tenure or both.
For loans sanctioned or renewed on or after 1 January 2026, RBI’s 2025 pre-payment directions prohibit pre-payment charges on covered floating-rate loans to individuals for non-business purposes. The directions also cover specified business-purpose loans to individuals and MSEs, subject to lender type and other conditions. Other cases can follow the regulated entity’s disclosed policy. Do not apply one generic foreclosure-fee percentage to every loan.