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honest and transparent in the quest for your dream home unrealistic expectations, we tell them so’, Van Splunteren explains.
GET INFORMED BEFOREHAND A common trap people fall into, according to Van Splunteren, is falling for online mortgage providers and the proliferation of calculation models. ‘You can’t always trust information you find online when it comes to your options. You can easily fill in some figures and the models will do the maths for you. People assume they’ve got more to spend than they actually do
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and don’t come to us until after they’ve already found a house, which then turns
From their humble beginnings on Parnassusweg to a full-fledged office on Strawinskylaan
out to be out of reach. That’s a recipe
– after twenty years De Hypotheker has become an establishment in Zuidas. Mortgage
for disappointment.’ And that’s why Van
man Thomas van Splunteren knows this special slice of Amsterdam inside out by now –
Splunteren recommends, ‘Come to us
whereas the ever-changing housing market is another story altogether. Van Splunteren:
first. We go that extra step and look not
‘After all these years, it’s still completely unpredictable. We’ve witnessed so much. And
only at your mortgage costs, but also your
that’s precisely why sound mortgage advice is so essential.’
insurance policies, levies and municipal taxes. After that the fun part begins: finding
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Van Splunteren’s job involves giving
When the whole country went into
mortgage advice to people who are
intelligent lockdown this past March,
shopping for a house. De Hypotheker
Van Splunteren saw his work schedule
offers a variety of options, from basic
empty overnight. ‘It scared people all
online recommendations to extensive
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right. Uncertainty about contracts and a
guidance, where customers are
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potential crisis seem to have prompted
supported in their house hunt and
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reticence. Oddly enough, it took only two
completing all the paperwork and
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weeks for business to bounce back again.
arrangements from start to finish. ‘We
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And, incredibly, it got even busier than
have two aims: to take the work out of
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before. On top of that the housing stock
people’s hands while continueing to be
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also grew, which is a good combination.’
honest and transparent. If clients have
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your dream home.’
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