Munich, Germany, Dec 12, 2007 - (Hugin via ABN Newswire) - (Munich, 12 December 2007). Today comdirect bank and Interhyp concluded a cooperation agreement for an open architecture solution in residential mortgages. The agreement provides comdirect customers with direct access to an extensive online mortgage offer, products of over 50 banks and interest rates substantially lower than those of traditional banking institutions. A special team of mortgage consultants at comdirect bank will offer customised and independent advisory services. The cooperation is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2008.
Interhyp will make an online mortgage center available to comdirect bank; the offer will be an integral part of comdirect's website. The technical applications will be managed by the Interhyp's B2B subsidiary Prohyp. Real estate buyers and customers with refinancing needs can obtain the information they need at www.comdirect.de, calculate various financing alternatives and request their personal mortgage offer. Individual customer service will be provided by a team of mortgage specialists at comdirect bank or through its offline advisory subsidiary, comdirect privat finance.
"We are very pleased that comdirect bank has opted for Interhyp as its mortgage partner and can thus offer its approximately 980,000 customers tailor-made mortgage solutions at best rates", said Robert Haselsteiner, founder and Co-CEO of Interhyp AG.
About Interhyp With EUR 4.4 billion in new residential mortgage volume in 2006, Interhyp is Germany's leading independent residential mortgage distributor. Interhyp combines the power of the Internet with high quality mortgage advice. More than 200 mortgage consultants can choose among the products of more than 50 mortgage lenders to provide borrowers with rates that are on average 0.5% below those of traditional branch-based retail banks. In addition to its direct channel, Interhyp offers face to face advice in its offices in Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Mannheim, Munich, Nuremburg, Stuttgart and Wiesbaden. Interhyp AG shares are listed at Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SDAX) with the code IYP and the ISIN: DE 00005121701.
Press contact Christian Kraus, SVP Corporate Communications, Telephone +49 89 20 30 7 13 01 E-Mail: christian.kraus@interhyp.de
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