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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Protecting your clients' information
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Wednesday, 9 June 2010
The federal privacy commissioner’s report on unsecure mortgage broker practices for protecting client information has further exposed the industry to potential fraud crimes. “If I was a professional criminal, a mortgage broker would be my main target,” said Greg Viger, accredited mortgage professional with Dominion Lending Centres Financial Ltd. in Burnaby, B.C.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Reaction to Stoddart's security concerns
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Wednesday, 9 June 2010
River City Financial Services President David Armstrong weighs in on Stoddart's report and talks to us about what the audit did right and what the Privacy Commission can improve.
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Restricted access
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The CMHC recently tightened the reins on its self-employed borrower
program to avoid some of the problems the U.S. is facing. Kit Kadlec
checks in with brokers who see both the pros and cons of the changes
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The tax tips (and traps) you should know now
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Tuesday, 6 April 2010
As a mortgage professional, it's not your job to give tax advice, but there are a few mortgage scenarios where a little bit of tax knowledge can go a long way to helping your clients. TDMP's Sandy Aitken shows you how
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News interview: Home Trust president Martin Reid
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Monday, 22 March 2010
After serving as Home Trust's treasurer for more than two years, Martin Reid assumed his new role as the company's president in December. CMP caught up with Reid to talk about Home Trust's recent push in the B lending market and its plans for 2010.
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What we can learn from the crash
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Monday, 8 March 2010
Hindsight is 50/50, so what better time than the present to look back at what went wrong over the last two years in the mortgage industry? A group of industry experts recently gathered at the Mortgage Finance Summit to do just that.
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View from the U.S.: CMP's dispatch from the NAMB conference in Las Vegas
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Simon Parker attended the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) annual conference and expo in Las Vegas and took the opportunity to speak with the organization's leaders about the mortgage broker situation in the U.S.
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Bubble. What Bubble?
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Monday, 1 February 2010
An industry report questioned whether or not Canada was in the midst of a real estate bubble. Melissa Kim asked some of last year's CMP Top 50 brokers to weigh in on the possibility.
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Starting your own website
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Sunday, 10 January 2010
Today, not having a website would be the equivalent to not having your number in the phone book 10 years ago. If you don't have a site already, Jessi Johnson, a Vancouver-based, web-savvy broker, explains the easiest way to start and maintain one
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FYI: Mortgage acronyms from the U.S.
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Following Simon Parker's visit to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) conference in San Diego, we thought it timely to update Canadian mortgage professionals on some of the key acronyms in vogue south of the border
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Wanted: green mortgages
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Concern for the environment has led to an increasing number of environmentally friendly product choices, including homes. But green mortgage options remain scarce and the ones that are in place go unnoticed by most consumers. CMP explores why
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Flaherty extends $125-billion program: A broker and a lender weigh in
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009
At the end of September, the government announced it would extend its $125-billion mortgage fund program to buy mortgages from lenders. Melissa Kim finds out what this means for the industry
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Privacy matters
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Thursday, 5 November 2009
A report of privacy breaches at GTA mortgage brokerages - and an ongoing audit by the federal privacy commissioner - is a reminder that efforts to protect client information should not slip through the cracks
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Social media entourage
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Thursday, 22 October 2009
To some, the whole concept of social media is just another fad they can't wait to pass, whereas others harness this opportunity and turn it into business. Here, Jessi Johnson shows you how to effectively use it for the latter
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Where have all the B lenders gone?
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Friday, 9 October 2009
With Wells Fargo the latest non-prime lender to fall off the mortgage map, Erin Letson talks to remaining alternative lenders to see what they're offering the alt-A set of clients and how they're mitigating risk
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