Carousell and Nook Band Together to Help Filipinos Buy Their Own Home

MAKATI, Philippines (September 2, 2022) — Carousell users can now get free assistance from Nook with their home loan application. Carousell, the leading recommerce platform that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, has added a full Home Solutions program to its website, enabling home buyers to do all things online — including paperwork processing, property appraisal, virtual tour creation, and home loan processing through Nook.

Nook is the Philippines' original mortgage broker. Its vision is to help Filipinos around the world get the home of their dreams by matching them to the right bank that fits their needs.

A partnership built around the home buyer

"Our partnership with Carousell allows us to continue in our mission of helping 1,000,000 Filipino families to buy their own home. Carousell's Home Solutions is the perfect way to even simplify the home buying process for our clients. Nook's process has always been about the client. We want them to have the easiest and best possible experience on our website. This is why our core technology only requires 3 minutes to get a client pre-qualified. It has always been about making home loans simple."

— Chris Elder, CEO and Founder, Nook

"At Carousell, we have always grown with our users and their needs, and have continually strived to build an ecosystem of support with like-minded partners. As one of the leading classifieds platforms for property, we are excited to partner with Nook to make home-buying more convenient and reliable, and inspire more buyers to find the home of their dreams on Carousell."

— Djon Nacario, General Manager, Carousell Philippines

More than free loan assistance

Aside from the free assistance that Nook provides to the users of Carousell, buyers also enjoy other perks — such as discounts and vouchers from some of Nook's retail partners, and cashback when their home loan is approved and released by one of Nook's partner banks.

Through Home Solutions, the entire home-buying journey lives in one place: buyers can search for a property, arrange an appraisal, view a virtual tour, and have their housing loan handled for them — without the usual back-and-forth between banks and developers. To find out more about Carousell's Home Solutions program, visit carousell.app.link/homesolutions.

About Nook

Nook is the Philippines' original and award-winning mortgage brokerage firm, accredited by major banking institutions and founded in 2020. Nook has partnered with some of the biggest banks in the country — including BDO, BPI, UnionBank, Security Bank, RCBC, China Bank and AUB — to accommodate all types of clients across varying income levels and employment types. A dedicated Nook loan consultant handles your entire home loan application end to end, so you never deal with a bank directly, and it's 100% free for the borrower — the bank pays Nook a commission once your loan is released. Nook was Awarded Best Mortgage Broker Philippines by the Pan Finance Business Awards.

About Carousell

Carousell is the leading recommerce group in Greater Southeast Asia, on a mission to inspire the world to start selling and to make secondhand the first choice. Founded in August 2012 in Singapore, Carousell Group has a leading presence in eight markets under the brands Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, Mudah.my, OneKyat, Ox Street and Refash, serving tens of millions of monthly active users. In the Philippines, OLX joins Carousell to bring consumers a diverse range of products.