About DHFL

DHFL, one of India’s leading housing finance company

DHFL was established by Late Shri Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan (16th April, 1949-30th September, 2000), a visionary Indian businessman.

The Founder Chairman observed the sad truth that most Indians couldn’t get a housing loan on fair terms. He believed that owning a home is a critical element to the building of an identity for every Indian. He thus set out on a mission to manage this social need. On April 11, 1984, DHFL was established to enable access to affordable housing finance to the lower and middle income groups in semi-urban and rural parts of India. DHFL is the second housing finance Company to be established in the country, however, with a unique mission, which is today benchmark as a model of financial inclusion in the Indian financial services sector.

While most experts lauded Shri Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan’s altruism, they posed pragmatic apprehensions on the possibility of this Vision becoming a reality. However, that did not influence the visionary’s mission. DHFL disbursed funds from its own equity contribution and had a return of less than 8% at a time when interest rates were about 18%. But, what DHFL ascertained was the difference between those who see things as they are and the visionaries who see things as they can be.

DHFL – Changing Rules, Changing Lives

Over 30 years have passed since the Company’s inception and today DHFL stands strong as one of India’s largest housing finance companies (and the second largest in the private sector). Today, led by Mr. Kapil Wadhawan, the Company is still living the Founder’s Dream and enabling access to home ownership. It is profitably doing what its Founder intended it to do.

DHFL takes pride in its purpose-driven team of enthusiastic people who are willing to carry on the Founder’s vision and transform the housing sector in India by providing affordable housing finance.

The Company has encouraged hundreds of thousands of people to make that upward journey by simplifying financial access and providing them with the privilege of home loan products, insurance services and unique fixed deposit schemes tailor made to suit their needs.

Based in India’s commercial capital Mumbai, DHFL strives continually to reach out to its customers through its extensive network of 359 offices spread across the length and breadth of the country, and international representative offices, in Dubai, UAE and London, UK. DHFL also has tie-ups with leading public and private sector banks namely Punjab & Sind Bank, United Bank of India, Central Bank of India and YES bank to provide home loans to customers through a home loan syndication agreement. DHFL has also set up representative offices in London and Dubai to serve the ever increasing NRI population in these regions.

DHFL has been assigned a rating ‘CARE AAA (Triple A)’ by CARE and
‘BWR AAA’ by Brickworks for various secured long term debt instruments.

About DHFL

DHFL, one of India’s leading housing finance company

DHFL was established by Late Shri Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan (16th April, 1949-30th September, 2000), a visionary Indian businessman.

The Founder Chairman observed the sad truth that most Indians couldn’t get a housing loan on fair terms. He believed that owning a home is a critical element to the building of an identity for every Indian. He thus set out on a mission to manage this social need. On April 11, 1984, DHFL was established to enable access to affordable housing finance to the lower and middle income groups in semi-urban and rural parts of India. DHFL is the second housing finance Company to be established in the country, however, with a unique mission, which is today benchmark as a model of financial inclusion in the Indian financial services sector.

While most experts lauded Shri Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan’s altruism, they posed pragmatic apprehensions on the possibility of this Vision becoming a reality. However, that did not influence the visionary’s mission. DHFL disbursed funds from its own equity contribution and had a return of less than 8% at a time when interest rates were about 18%. But, what DHFL ascertained was the difference between those who see things as they are and the visionaries who see things as they can be.

DHFL – Changing Rules, Changing Lives

Over 30 years have passed since the Company’s inception and today DHFL stands strong as one of India’s largest housing finance companies (and the second largest in the private sector). Today, led by Mr. Kapil Wadhawan, the Company is still living the Founder’s Dream and enabling access to home ownership. It is profitably doing what its Founder intended it to do.

DHFL takes pride in its purpose-driven team of enthusiastic people who are willing to carry on the Founder’s vision and transform the housing sector in India by providing affordable housing finance.

The Company has encouraged hundreds of thousands of people to make that upward journey by simplifying financial access and providing them with the privilege of home loan products, insurance services and unique fixed deposit schemes tailor made to suit their needs.

Based in India’s commercial capital Mumbai, DHFL strives continually to reach out to its customers through its extensive network of 359 offices spread across the length and breadth of the country, and international representative offices, in Dubai, UAE and London, UK. DHFL also has tie-ups with leading public and private sector banks namely Punjab & Sind Bank, United Bank of India, Central Bank of India and YES bank to provide home loans to customers through a home loan syndication agreement. DHFL has also set up representative offices in London and Dubai to serve the ever increasing NRI population in these regions.

DHFL has been assigned a rating ‘CARE AAA (Triple A)’ by CARE and
‘BWR AAA’ by Brickworks for various secured long term debt instruments.