A savvy subset of mortgage professionals has been craftily cashing in on this strategy for some time. For those who haven't—but seek a leg up—the following approach will paint you as a customer's trusted partner in finance, as opposed to just another transactional salesperson.

🗞️Also below: • The Unemployment Illusion & Its Rate Effect • Mortgage Bytes Any mortgage pro will tell you, there's no shortage of options for borrowers who can't, or don't want to, qualify for a mortgage the old-fashioned way—i.e., using traditional bank guidelines and

A sharp-minded MLN reader asked two important questions yesterday that deserve a broader response: #1. "With U.S. consumers fueling the economy through credit—and not feeling the effects of the rate hikes due to long mortgage terms—couldn't that potentially push rate cuts out in the

If you're waiting for lower mortgage rates, here's a number to remember: 0.89. That's the correlation between Canadian and American inflation this millennium. At a time when U.S. GDP and payrolls are trouncing estimates, that number matters. Economic strength flows over the