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5 Steps for New Brokers

Guest PostFebruary 17, 2017

By Dustan Woodhouse, Special to CMT New business cards in hand, you sit down at your new desk in the brokerage office. Day one. What now? Your first t... Read More...

Guest PostsMortgage Tips & Advice6 min read

Up Your Digital Game

Robert McListerDecember 6, 2016

“There is not digital strategy, only strategy in a digital world.” Andrew Lo, COO at Kanetix Ltd., shared that maxim at last week’s MPC National Conferen... Read More...

Mortgage Tips & Advice2 min read

Clock Ticking on 80% LTV Vancouver Refis?

Robert McListerSeptember 7, 2016

If you live in Vancouver and were thinking of refinancing to 80% loan-to-value, you might want to accelerate those plans. Perhaps you've seen this tipsy litt... Read More...

Mortgage Tips & Advice2 min read

Mortgage Marketing: Starting on a Shoestring Budget

Guest PostJune 4, 2016

By Jackson Middleton, Special to CMT If you're just getting started as a mortgage broker, I hope I'm not the first to tell you that this is one tough... Read More...

Guest PostsMortgage Tips & Advice6 min read

Appraisals – Who do they Belong to?

Steve HueblMay 17, 2016

A mortgage broker’s job comes with its share of uncomfortable moments. Telling a client that you can't provide them with the appraisal they just paid for is one... Read More...

Mortgage Tips & Advice3 min read

More on Benchmark Changes

Robert McListerAugust 3, 2015

Our recent story on changeovers in the benchmark 5-year bond sparked some good questions about how and when the benchmark changes. As noted in that previous sto... Read More...

Bank of CanadaMortgage Tips & Advice2 min read

Collateral Pitfalls Disclosed

Robert McListerSeptember 4, 2014

Banks are improving their disclosures on the drawbacks of collateral charge mortgages. Effective January 31, 2015, the Department of Finance says banks wil... Read More...

Mortgage RegulationsMortgage Tips & Advice0 min read

A DIY Leveraged Investing Option

Robert McListerJuly 27, 2014

Almost three years after Fraser Smith passed on, the financial technique he popularized (the Smith Manoeuvre) is still actively used. One of the most common que... Read More...

Mortgage Tips & Advice0 min read

Sustainably Unsustainable

Robert McListerMay 23, 2014

"I think this is the real thing. This is the end of extremely low interest rates. They're simply unsustainable." – Economist Benjamin Tal, August 2013 Benny Ta... Read More...

Mortgage Rate TrendsMortgage Tips & Advice0 min read

Pre-Approval Considerations

Robert McListerApril 22, 2014

Pre-approvals are a funny animal. Home buyers sometimes rely on them too much and lenders sometimes offer them only reluctantly (due to their cost and tendency ... Read More...

Globe and Mail ColumnsMortgage Tips & Advice0 min read