LIC Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL) is one of the largest housing finance companies in India with a key objective of providing long term finance to individuals for the purchase or construction of house/flat for residential purposes in India. The Company is registered with National Housing Bank (NHB) and is mainly engaged in financing purchase / construction of residential flats / houses to individuals and project finance to developers, Loan against Property (LAP), Lease Rental Discounting (LRD) etc. All other activities revolve around the main business of the Company. As at 31st March, 2025 the loan book accounted for 85% of Individual Housing Loans, 10.35% of Non-Housing Loans to Individuals (NHI), 1.66% of Non-Housing Loans to Corporates & 2.99% of project portfolio.
LIC Housing Fina ...nce is India's largest housing finance company, and the No. 1 company with a Loan Book of Rs 3,07,732 crore as at 31 March, 2025. The Company has 9 regional offices, 23 Back Offices and 310 Area Offices across India as of 31 March, 2024. It has set up an overseas representative office in Dubai and Kuwait to cater to the non-resident Indians in the GLCC countries covering Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
LICHFL Asset management Company is the Investment Manager of LICHFL Urban Development Fund, a Venture Capital Fund with focus on mid income housing and Income yielding micro infrastructure assets. The LICHFL Urban Development Fund is sponsored by LIC Housing Finance Limited and co-sponsored by LIC of India. LICHFL Trustee Company Private Limited currently provides Trusteeship services to LICHFL Urban Development Fund managed by LICHFL Asset Management Company Limited.
LICHFL Care Homes Limited was established to set up and operate assisted community living centres for Senior Citizens. It has established Care Homes under two Projects in Bengaluru and another one in Bhubaneswar is nearing Completion. LICHFL Care Homes Limited is also developing a Senior Living project at Vasind in collaboration with TATA value Homes Limited.
LIC Housing Finance Ltd was incorporated on June 19 1989. The company was promoted by LIC of India and went public in the year 1994. The company is recognized by National Housing Bank and listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) & Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and its shares are traded only in Demat format. The GDR's are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
In the period of 2001, the company launched their new scheme called Griha Vikas. In the year 2002, the company signed a deed of assignment to take over individual housing loan portfolio of Citibank. In the year 2003, they unveiled a new project for elderly people called LICHFL Care Homes. The company launched their maiden GDR issue in the year 2004. Also, they introduced flexi-fixed scheme offering fixed rate of interest for first five years and variable thereafter.
In October 2005, the company started offering of 'New Griha Laxmi' housing loans against the security of certain approved financial assets like Bank Fixed Deposits, National Savings Certificates and Life Insurance Policies. In the year 2006, the company introduced new Griha Jestha for senior citizens for buying unit of LICHFL Care Homes Ltd. In May 2007, the company launched maiden Fixed Deposit Scheme.
In October 31, 2007, the company incorporated LICHFL Financial Services Ltd for undertaking non fund based activities like marketing of housing loans, insurance products, credit card, mutual fund, personal loan etc. In February 2008, they launched reverse mortage for senior citizens above 60 years of age. In February 14, 2008, the company incorporated LICHFL Asset Management Company Private Limited for undertaking the business of managing, advising, administering venture funds, unit trust, investment trust in India as well as abroad.
In March 5, 2008, the company incorporated LICHFL Trustee Company Private Limited for undertaking the business of trustees of venture capital trust, funds - in India and offshore fund. In March 12, 2008, they launched a new venture capital fund for realty projects.
During the year 2009-10, the company was awarded the 'Second Best Home Loan Provider' award by Outlook Profit. During the year 2010-11, the company launched a unique interest rate scheme namely 'MINI 5' to cater to housing finance needs of the priority sector population residing in Tier II and Tier III cities.
On 6 September 2010, LIC Housing Finance announced that it is applying for a license with the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) to act as Aggregator under the National Pension System (NPS) - Lite.
The Board of Directors of LIC Housing Finance at its meeting held on 27 October 2010 approved subdivision of Equity shares of the Company of Rs. 10/- each into 5 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each.
In 2011, LIC Housing Finance crossed Rs 50000 crore loan portfolio milestone.
On 21 March 2012, LIC Housing Finance completed allotment of 3 crore equity shares to LIC of India, the promoter of the company, on preferential allotment basis at issue price of Rs 270 per share. In 2013, the company crossed Rs 1000 crore profit and Rs 75000 crore assets mark. In 2015, the company crossed Rs 1 lakh crore loan portfolio mark. The Board of Directors of LIC Housing Finance at its meeting held on 15 December 2015 approved the proposal to acquire upto 19.3% in the paid up Equity Share Capital of LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Asset Management Company Limited from Nomura Asset Management Strategic Investment Pte Ltd for a consideration not exceeding Rs 27.36 crore and upto 19.3% in the paid up Equity Share Capital of LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Trustee Company Private Ltd. for a consideration not exceeding Rs 1.52 lakh.
In 2017, LIC Housing Finance crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore assets mark.
In year 2020-21, the Company infused three tranches of Tier 2 capital through a capital infusion of Rs. 1,800 crore.
During the year 2021-22, opening of 2 new offices were initiated and 2565 of new Marketing Intermediaries were recruited to further strengthen the distribution network.
As on March 31, 2022, the Company has 4 Subsidiaries namely, LICHFL Care Homes Limited, LICHFL Asset Management Company Limited, LICHFL Trustee Company Private Limited and LICHFL Financial Services Limited.
In 2022-23, the Company opened 50 new Area Offices pan-India and expanded to 23 States and 4 Union Territories, along with a representative office in Dubai, UAE. The number of branches increased to 314. During the FY 2022-23, the Company completed a project at Bangalore in two Phases and Jeevan Anand Project at Bhubaneswar. It launched a new Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) namely LICHFL Housing & Infrastructure Fund (LHIF), with a total corpus of Rs 1000 crore including Green Shoe Option (GSO) of Rs 250 crore. The Company registered a New Fund with SEBI - LICHFL Real Estate Debt Opportunities Fund - I on 30th March, 2021 under AIF Category II of SEBI Alternate Investment Fund Regulations 2012 (AIF).
In 2023, LIC Housing Finance Company crossed Rs 2.75 lakh Crore with a Loan Portfolio. The Individual Housing Loan grew by 12% YoY, from Rs 2.04 lakhs crore in FY 2021-22 to Rs 2.29 lakhs crore in FY 2022-23. The revenue from operations was Rs 22,656.95 crore for FY 2022-23, compared to Rs 19,919.07 crore for FY 2021-22. As of 31st March, 2023, LICHFL's individual housing loan book represented 83.16% of the total retail portfolio. The project loans sanctioned and disbursed by the Company during the year were amounting to Rs 3,097 crore and Rs 2,697 crore respectively.
In 2024, Company opened 46 new Area Offices and 44 new Cluster Offices, thereby increasing its office network to 450 centres from 314 centres in 2023.
Total Loan Disbursements stood at Rs 64,022 crore, growing by 9% YoY for the year ended 31st March, 2025 against Rs 58,937 crore in FY 2024. Profit After Tax was up by 14% at Rs 5,429 crore, from Rs 4,765 crore in FY 2024 . Loan portfolio crossed the milestone of 3 lakh crore as it stood at Rs 3,07,732 crore, vs Rs 2,86,844 crore in 2024 and growing by 7% YoY. 7% CAGR since FY 2020-21. Net Interest Margin was 2.73% vs 3.08% in 2024.
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