ICRA assigns ‘A1+’ rating to Dewan Housing Finance Corporation

09 Dec 2011 Evaluate

ICRA has assigned ‘A1+’ rating to Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL). The rating factors in long profitable track record of DHFL in housing finance space, continued focus on individual home loans segment (88% of portfolio on Sep-11), good relationship with a large number of banks and comfortable earnings profile supported by high proportion of fee-based income.

The highest credit quality rating in the short term for DHFL factors in comfortable liquidity profile of the company backed by committed bank lines and access to diverse funding sources. Also, high prepayments (around 10% - annualized in FY-11 and H1’FY-12) reduces the average duration of assets portfolio, which also helps in bridging the ALM gap. Further, a large proportion of loans eligible for ‘priority sector’ borrowings help DHFL to mobilize longer-term loans to maintain well a matched ALM.

DHFL’s portfolio typically consists of ‘small ticket’ loans targeting LMI (Lower Middle Income) segment in Tier-II / Tier-III cities, focusing on individual home loan segment (88% of portfolio on Sep-11), while the non-housing loan book comprises of loan against property and project loans. In the housing loan segment, the company also extend loans on assessed income to self-employed category, which constitutes over 25% of portfolio on Sep-11 which along with increasing proportion of riskier project loan book (from 3.0% of portfolio on Mar-11 to 4.4% on Sep-11) where exposures are mainly to residential projects in Tier-II / Tier-III cities makes DHFL’s portfolio more vulnerable to asset quality related issues.

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