{"id":169385,"date":"2020-10-20T11:22:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T09:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=95231"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T09:22:34","slug":"making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sure Your Home Buying story is a Love Story and not a Horror Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg, 20 October 2020<\/strong> \u2013 It was a dark and stormy summers night. While curled up on the couch the couple swooned over the dream home they found online. They swiped right, and put in an offer, but a dark spectre hung over them. Diligently they filled out reams of documents to secure their future, they slept fitfully that night as with trepidation they awaited the news.<\/p>\n<p>When the ding of the email lit up their phones in the morning mist, they were petrified to look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=95232\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-95232 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-95232 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story.png\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"189\"><\/noscript>Declined!<\/p>\n<p>Their dream home in Ballito was not to be. Why not? They could not get their home loan approved. Could this nightmare of a horror story have been prevented??<\/p>\n<p>Shopping Online is Sexy.<\/p>\n<p>Come on now. No one sits in their home office scrolling through home loan websites dreaming about the down payment on their new home. However due to Covid -19 lockdowns combined with the ability to look up properties in local areas online through a variety of sources, many people daydream about their next home by scrolling through photos online. And occasionally swiping right!<\/p>\n<p>When you find and fall in love with the home you just found online, what is the next step? You may call the agent and ask for a showing. You tour the home; you fall further in love and you make an offer.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t always lead to the happily ever after ending you were anticipating.<\/p>\n<p>Applying for a Home Loan Should Be Easier and Sexier!<\/p>\n<p>The idea of missing out on your dream home is the stuff nightmares are made of. Why has the industry not made applying for a home loan sexier along with the window-shopping process of scrolling through home photos online?<\/p>\n<p>When you discover your ideal home but struggle to get approved for a bond, what should you be doing instead? This is why getting pre-qualified is a crucial step in the process. You will know your budget and where you stand with before you fall in love with a home in the Ballito area.<\/p>\n<p>After discovering your dream home and then finding out you cannot get the bond is not the ideal scenario. Instead you should be getting pre-qualified so you know your budget and what you can afford before you fall in love\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing an application journey<\/p>\n<p>WeApply, South Africa\u2019s premier fully-digital home loan provider, has created a platform that gives customers an easier, sleeker, less complicated and user-friendly alternative to traditional home loan applications.<\/p>\n<p>By harnessing the power of technology to facilitate faster more efficient lending decisions, WeApply delivers an improved overall user experience. The specialist home loan team at WeApply stand shoulder-to-shoulder with clients in support throughout their application process.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t risk turning your homebuying dream into a financial nightmare. Contact the team at WeApply to learn more about how \u201cYou can Do You, and WeApply!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_95233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=95233\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"wp-image-95233 size-full lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-1.jpg 625w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-2.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-3.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-4.jpg 500w\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-95233 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-1.jpg 625w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-2.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-3.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story-4.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Bruyns , CEO WeApply Home Loans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong> Making Sure Your Home Buying story is a Love Story and not a Horror Story<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info on Making Sure Your Home Buying story is a Love Story and not a Horror Story here:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/weapply.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/weapply.co.za<\/a><br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFriedTomatoCo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFriedTomatoCo\/<\/a><br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFriedTomatoCo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFriedTomatoCo\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/save-with-myprs-monthly-flat-fee\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/making-sure-your-home-buying-story-is-a-love-story-and-not-a-horror-story\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg, 20 October 2020 \u2013 It was a dark and stormy summers night. 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