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Balancing business and life: New Year’s resolutions for mortgage brokers

January 2, 2025 No Comments

A new year is upon us, and for many in the brokering world that means new goals, new targets and new resolutions to improve ourselves and our businesses.

Fed minutes spark market turmoil: Making sense of it and why Canadian mortgage rates are likely to rise

December 18, 2024 3 Comments

I thought it would be really hard to top Monday’s chaotic events in Parliament, but it looks like I was wrong. Today at 2 p.m.,

Pros and cons of the new federal secondary suite programs

October 28, 2024 5 Comments

Comparing two federal programs to help Canadians build rental suites: a $40,000 loan or a mortgage refinance option

Weeks of cuts give way to mortgage rate hikes as U.S. job numbers soar

October 7, 2024 No Comments

While everyone has been enjoying some amazing fall weather, the temperature isn’t the only thing heating up.

Forget the comparisons: success in brokering comes in many forms

October 2, 2024 5 Comments

I am tired of being told I am doing it wrong.

Bracing for impact: What the current market volatility means for mortgage brokers and borrowers

August 5, 2024 No Comments

It’s amazing what a couple of days can do to the human psyche.

Opinion: How to bridge the housing affordability gap for a generation without a home

August 21, 2023 1 Comment

Over the next few days, the new federal cabinet will gather in P.E.I. for their summer retreat.

Mortgage rate pricing: Canada vs. the U.S.

August 3, 2022 No Comments

Sometimes you just don’t know how good or bad you have it. Take the mortgage business, for example.

Mortgage stress test impacting qualification amounts

How the mortgage stress test is impacting qualification amounts

June 20, 2022 No Comments

As of June 2022, we are currently seeing unnatural discrepancies in the size of mortgage loans borrowers will qualify for, and it’s all because of

Market Warns of Bank of Canada Policy Error

March 17, 2022 No Comments

Canada’s economy has a bad weed growing in it. It’s called inflation, and our central bank hasn’t pulled it fast enough.

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