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Knowledge for your financing

From more than 26 years of experience: the most important topics around your mortgage, explained honestly and without jargon.

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Financing

100 % financing: buying a property without equity

Financing a property without equity: what banks require at 100 and 110 percent, what the interest premium costs and for whom it pays off.

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Equity

How much equity do I really need?

How much of your own money you really need when buying a property, and why a sensible buffer is often more important than maximum equity.

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Interest & repayment

Combining fixed-interest period and repayment wisely

Fixed-interest period and repayment rate together determine how safe and how expensive your mortgage will be. This is how you find the combination that suits you.

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Follow-on financing

Follow-on financing: when refinancing pays off

Is your fixed-interest period ending? When an extension, refinancing or a forward loan pays off and how much a real market comparison can save.

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Subsidies

Making the most of KfW & subsidies

Which subsidy programmes are available from KfW, NBank and proKlima, and how to combine subsidies cleverly with your mortgage.

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Process

From enquiry to notary appointment: the process

What happens between the first enquiry and the handover of the keys, and how long the individual steps up to the notary appointment usually take.

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Strategy

Adapt the financing to your project, not the other way round

Why your life sets the framework for your financing, and how to find a monthly instalment that still fits your everyday life in ten years’ time.

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Let’s talk about your project

The initial consultation is non-binding. You tell us about your project, we tell you honestly what is possible. Then you decide at your own pace.

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