by Dustan Woodhouse | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every year, since always it seems, there are headlines warning us about interest rates. Interest rates about to rise. ‘Prepare For Interest Rate Shock’, being one of my local favourites, as the Bank Of Canada proceed to cut rates 0.25% the very next day. The main...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 12, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 2
An excerpt from Volume 2 of Be the Better Broker. Every interaction you have with an underwriter, a BDM, a team lead, a lender VP and so on during the processing of a file—even just in a casual conversation at a trade show—is you either building or burning bridges....
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 30, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 2
An excerpt from Chapter 29, Volume 2 of Be the Better Broker. During one of the first business-planning meetings I ever attended at my original brokerage, one of the Brokers stood up and made a comment that has stuck with me to this day. “If you’re just starting out...
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 1, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 1
How many times a day does a Mortgage Broker hear, “So, what’s your best rate?” Clients are thinking in those simple A to B terms. Brokers need to be thinking A to Z. As a Broker, you must offer clients samples of the knowledge you posses in order to...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Apr 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Short Version Will the qualifying rate change the government is proposing fix runaway housing prices? No. Will it slow down the multiple offers and condition free craziness? No. Will it create a smokescreen of ‘doing something’? Perhaps. Long Version The proposed...
