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Big Holes Found in Broker Compliance

Robert McLister Dec 04, 2025 12:04 AM ET

Ontario's mortgage broker regulator recently released a new supervision plan for consumer protection. Before doing so, it (FSRA) discovered several problems with the brokered mortgages it audited. Among them: * 100% of private mortgage files "lacked documented suitability assessments and exit strategies." 💡For the uninitiated, private mortgage

Why Some Rentals Print Cash: Data Clues From Altus

Robert McLister Dec 02, 2025 11:59 PM ET

Got investor clients? Here’s some intelligence you can share that adds value—and, with luck, dollars to their net worth. Earlier this year, real estate advisory firm Altus examined what drives ROI in single-family rental investing. Some of the findings were unintuitive, leading us to probe further by chatting

Under the Monoline Hood With CMLS's Andrew Gilmour - Part II

Robert McLister Nov 28, 2025 6:43 PM ET

💡If you didn't see part I, check it out here. In MLN's grand finale with Andrew Gilmour, SVP of Residential at CMLS, he dives into: * A powerful new product that CMLS is working on * Instant rate holds * The potential evolution of extended rate holds * Non-federally regulated

Canada’s GDP: Stunning On the Surface. Hollow in the Centre

Robert McLister Nov 28, 2025 10:41 AM ET

Here's a crushing of economists' forecasts that we don't see every day. GDP just humbled the consensus -0.5% estimate, landing at 2.6% annualized in the third quarter. Regrettably, it appears to be a classic statistical headfake.

Get Tax Docs in a Flash from VerifyCRA

Robert McLister Nov 26, 2025 4:01 PM ET

Here's a useful tip for pretty much any mortgage originator. Newton and Fastkey Technologies have just launched a service you can use to fetch official CRA documents for your mortgage customers. They've dubbed it VerifyCRA. The company says the tool "eliminates fraud, ensures document authenticity,

Big Holes Found in Broker Compliance

Why Some Rentals Print Cash: Data Clues From Altus

Under the Monoline Hood With CMLS's Andrew Gilmour - Part II

Canada’s GDP: Stunning On the Surface. Hollow in the Centre

Get Tax Docs in a Flash from VerifyCRA

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