[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":266},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-article-customer-story-aoife-en":3},{"article":4,"recommendedArticles":243},{"slug":5,"title":6,"listPicture":7,"listPictureMobile":8,"listPictureWebp":9,"listPictureMobileWebp":10,"preview":11,"category":12,"author":13,"authorImage":14,"authorImageWebp":15,"authorDescription":16,"authorSlug":17,"content":18,"contentRaw":19,"order":221,"publishedAt":222,"createdAt":222,"updatedAt":223,"seoTitle":224,"seoDescription":225,"seoKeywords":226,"seoImage":227,"mainPicture":228,"mainPictureMobile":229,"mainPictureWebp":230,"mainPictureMobileWebp":231,"language":232,"subTitle":226,"actionLabel":226,"actionType":226,"actionText":226,"id":226,"introduction":233,"tableOfContentArray":234},"customer-story-aoife","Meet Aoife and Giacomo, two happy new homeowners","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6g9MHZplDiirdYDKPt0T9P\u002Ffea037e7b36a2f504a05825a381932a9\u002Faoife-800x511_2x.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F3I0ajGdU2eIFi6eE7h2y6q\u002F1efa4605bb1e5e3625d90b0583a43d17\u002Faoife-380x243_2x.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F206y6dZ0UTRMOcrXdaGKsn\u002F3d29edd8e58b203faf8a41ad29fe4d9e\u002Faoife-800x511_2x.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F4HlfWvOpnEziIUQ1y5OquL\u002F89206996c2c81ad565513d45d67b6518\u002Faoife-380x243_2x.webp","Aoife and Giacomo approached Hypofriend to buy their first home in Berlin. In this interview they share some of their experiences.","customer-stories","Dr. Chris Mulder","https:\u002F\u002Fa.hypofriend.de\u002Fhypofriends\u002Fdr.-christian-mulder.png","https:\u002F\u002Fa.hypofriend.de\u002Fhypofriends\u002Fdr.-christian-mulder.webp","Dr. Chris is a former Senior Economist and Manager at the IMF and The World Bank. He is a Hypofriend Co-founder.","chris","  \u003Cdiv id=\"table-of-contents\">\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"headline\">\n      Table Of Contents\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003Cul>\n      \u003Cli>\n  \u003Ca @click.prevent=\"$root.$emit('scrollAnchor', $event)\" href=\"#h-how-did-the-process-of-buying-a-home-go\">\n    How did the process of buying a home go?\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\n  \u003Ca @click.prevent=\"$root.$emit('scrollAnchor', $event)\" href=\"#h-at-which-point-did-you-engage-hypofriend\">\n    At which point did you engage Hypofriend?\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\n  \u003Ca @click.prevent=\"$root.$emit('scrollAnchor', $event)\" href=\"#h-why-did-you-not-work-with-your-normal-bank-to-get-a-mortgage\">\n    Why did you not work with your normal bank to get a mortgage?\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\n  \u003Ca @click.prevent=\"$root.$emit('scrollAnchor', $event)\" href=\"#h-what-would-you-recommend-your-friends-to-do-when-buying-their-first-home\">\n    What would you recommend your friends to do when buying their first home?\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n    \u003C\u002Ful>\n  \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"h-how-did-the-process-of-buying-a-home-go\">\u003Cb>How did the process of buying a home go?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The whole process went surprisingly smoothly for us! Once we found the place we loved, we just sent the info to our broker at Hypofriend, and he dealt with the house agent to get all the documents we needed for the bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We got fast approval for our mortgage and a much better interest rate than we expected… To be honest, it all seemed a bit too easy; we kept waiting for the hard bit to happen, but everything felt very straightforward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhypofriend.de\u002Fen\u002Fproperties\">You can find your German dream home, too, with our Hypofriend property search\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n            \u003Cpicture>\n              \u003Csource type=\"image\u002Favif\" sizes=\"(min-width: 961px) 961px, 100vw\" srcset=\"\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=avif&w=327 327w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=avif&w=570 570w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=avif&w=961 961w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=avif&w=1200 1200w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=avif&w=1922 2x\n                    \">\n              \u003Csource type=\"image\u002Fwebp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 961px) 961px, 100vw\" srcset=\"\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=webp&w=327 327w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=webp&w=570 570w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=webp&w=961 961w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=webp&w=1200 1200w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?fm=webp&w=1922 2x\n                    \">\n              \u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-fluid\" alt=\"aoife-1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 961px) 961px, 100vw\" width=\"961\" srcset=\"\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?w=327 327w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?w=570 570w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?w=961 961w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?w=1200 1200w,\n                      \u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?w=1922 2x\n                    \" src=\"\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fshj4zexxz7od\u002F6hcdVohqAe8RB7CioKwj6I\u002Fc05149cd4ba6e37c17b357a7efe79c9a\u002Faoife-1.jpg?w=961\">\n            \u003C\u002Fsource>\u003C\u002Fsource>\u003C\u002Fpicture>\n          \n\u003Ch2 id=\"h-at-which-point-did-you-engage-hypofriend\">\u003Cb>At which point did you engage Hypofriend?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>We used the Hypofriend \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhypofriend.de\u002Fen\u002Fcriteria\u002Fstart\">\u003Cu>affordability calculator\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fa> to work out what we could afford when we started to flirt with the idea that maybe it made sense for us to try to buy a place. We didn’t understand anything about requirements or the process in Germany before this, so at the very start, this helped us to work out what we could feasibly afford.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, we had a conference call with one of the brokers (Michael), who explained everything to us and advised us on what would make sense for our particular case. After that, we knew our budget and started to look more seriously for properties. Eventually, we found a place we loved and, at that point, contacted Michael again, who took over and sorted everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"h-why-did-you-not-work-with-your-normal-bank-to-get-a-mortgage\">\u003Cb>Why did you not work with your normal bank to get a mortgage?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>We felt really daunted by the prospect of navigating the process of getting a mortgage through German — both the language and our lack of understanding of how mortgages and home buying work in Germany, hence the having an expert to advise us in English and advocate for us was really important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We also did not want to end up ripped off and paying off a bad loan for the rest of our lives, so we felt it was a good move to involve someone to make sure we were getting the best possible deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhypofriend.de\u002Fen\u002Fgerman-mortgage-calculator\">Discover your own mortgage 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