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6Big 6 banks
Best rates for clean A-tier files. Salaried T4, 20%+ down, 700+ FICO. Slowest underwriting but most aggressive in promo windows.
Every lender on our panel — A through specialty — with the rate-shopping logic already built in. Most brokerages have direct access to 8–15 lenders. We have 52.
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6Best rates for clean A-tier files. Salaried T4, 20%+ down, 700+ FICO. Slowest underwriting but most aggressive in promo windows.
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8Broker-channel only — no retail branches. First National, MCAP, CMLS, RFA, Equitable. Smoother on self-employed and complex income.
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14Provincially-regulated, no federal stress test on switches. Member-owned. Patronage rebates. Province-specific.
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12Alt-A and Tier 2. Bruised credit, new-to-Canada, declared income, foreign income, inconsistent employment. ~150–250 bps over A-lender.
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91st and 2nd-position private capital. 6-24 month terms. Bridge, construction, ALT-B/C borrowers, equity take-out, post-bankruptcy.
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3Specific niches: cross-border (Canadian Snowbird), foreign-national (Brookfield), and cottage / second-home (Northwood Mortgage).
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