Oakville Housing Market Outlook & An Oakville Mortgage Brokers PerspectiveBy Scott WestlakeNovember 28, 20190 comments#oakvillehousingmarket #housingupdate #twt #thewestlaketeam #luxuryrealestate #luxurymortgagebroker #mortgagebroker #dlc #scottwestlake #oakville "Re/Max is forecasting continuing balance conditions for the Oakville housing market in 2020." What we look at is a Mortgage Brokerage is whats driving demand. According to the statistics below, "move-up-buyers" are driving this demand. The reason this is ...Read more...
Invest in yourself, invest in relationships & There is NO Secret Sauce!By Scott WestlakeNovember 25, 20190 comments#MPCNationalconference #MPC #twt #DLC #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake #mortgagebroker #mortgagebrokerage #investinyourself #investinrelationships This past week a lot of mortgage brokers from across Canada took time to attend their National Mortgage Conference. The photo above was the start to my weekend at our Brokerages (DLC) Party - Brokers & Brews! After spending 3 days and nights with a lot of my peers and partners, ...Read more...
Renewal Rate Shock & How To Handle It!By Scott WestlakeNovember 7, 20190 comments#mortgagerenewal #mortgagenews #mortgagerate #oakvillemortgagebroker #twt #thewestlaketeam #dlc Canadian Mortgage Trends posted an article this last week discussing mortgage renewals and the diminishing rate shock at renewal. Basically forecasting that the spread from a current fixed mortgage rate to a renewal rate may only be 10bps compared to the last few years in which ...Read more...
Need an Appraisal - Tips for SuccessBy Scott WestlakeOctober 29, 20190 comments#appraisal #appraisaltips #realestatenews #luxurymortgagebroker #twt #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake #dlc Do you need to get a current value of your property? Then you are going to need an appraisal. Banks and other lending institutions want to know the “current” market value of your home before they consider loaning money on the property. An appraiser checks the general ...Read more...
What the election results mean for your mortgageBy Scott WestlakeOctober 24, 20190 comments#electionandmortgage #liberalmortgage #mortgagenews #twt #thewestlaketeam #dlc Some insights from one of our peers at DLC on what the Liberal win means to your mortgage. As always, feel free to reach out if we can help: scott@thewestlaketeam.com "What the liberal win means for your mortgage: 1. We will see the continuation of the First Time Home Buyers’ ...Read more...
September Data Confirm That Housing Is in Full ReboundBy Scott WestlakeOctober 16, 20190 comments#economicupdate #realestateupdate #drsherrycooper #dlc #twt #thewestlaketeam #mortgagenews Great article by our Chief Economic Officer Dr. Sherry Cooper: "Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show that national home sales rose for the seventh consecutive month. Activity rose another 0.6% month-over-month in September to 512,000 units ...Read more...
Why New Mortgage Agents should join TWT, DLC NationalBy Scott WestlakeOctober 8, 20190 comments#velocity #dlc #joinourbrokerage #whyjoinourteam #twt #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake #oakvillebrokerage For new mortgage agents the amount of information overload is overwhelming. There are hundreds of lenders they have access to, different rate sheets and distribution of the rates and terms, broker kits, underwriting policies that continually change, business development managers ...Read more...
Another Success Event with TWTBy Scott WestlakeOctober 7, 20190 comments#communityevents #twt #invidiatateam #thebradburngroup #scottwestlake #gregweaver #mortgagebroker #bestmortgagebroker #dlc #luxuryrealestate We had a terrific event this past Saturday October 5, handing out pumpkins, face painting and other activities for those in the community visiting Norton Park in Burlington. Check out a few of the pictures and let us know if you would like to be at any of our future events. ...Read more...
The Road To Home Ownership - your complete manual to home financingBy Scott WestlakeOctober 1, 20190 comments#buyermanual #buyingahome #twt #dlc #firsttimebuyer #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake #realestatenews We just finished our newest manual in digital format to share with our clients and referral sources. The manual includes everything you need to know about buying a home and what we consider from a financing perspective, "your complete manual to home financing." For a copy, just ...Read more...
What Does a Mortgage Broker Do?!By Scott WestlakeSeptember 27, 20190 comments#whatmortgagebrokersdo #mortgagebroker #oakvillebroker #twt #thewestlaketeteam #drcooper #dlc Dr. Sherry Cooper explains what Mortgage Brokers do, in particular our amazing team at DLC National, The Westlake Team. Read more...
TWT Makes Connecting Even Easier!By Scott WestlakeSeptember 26, 20190 comments#contactpage #freemortgageapp #calendly #contactform #TWT #DLC #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake TWT Recently connected with Calendly to make it easier for our customers and referral sources to book a call with any one of our professionals. Be in residential, commercial construction, private financing, joining our team or networking, we have set aside time to set up an ...Read more...
Why Should I use a Mortgage BrokerBy Scott WestlakeSeptember 26, 20190 comments#whyuseamortgagebroker #mortgagebroker #oakvillemortgage #gtamortgage #twt #dlc #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake Using a Mortgage Broker has multiple benefits. Mortgage Brokers has access to multiple lenders. For example, Meridian recently came out (September 2019) with a 5 year fixed mortgage for uninsurable mortgages at 2.49% and insurable mortgages at 2.39%. If ...Read more...
DLC readies to bulldoze competition and I love it and you should too!By Scott WestlakeSeptember 19, 20190 comments#DLC #TWT #scottwestlake #mortgagebroker #mortgagebrokerage #realestate #number1 Great Q&N with Gary Mauris explaining the strategic direction the organization is going in. When other mortgage agents, our clients and referral sources ask about the advantages of working with DLC as our brokerage, Gary sums it up pretty well! We are primed to continue ...Read more...
Why Use A Mortgage BrokerBy Scott WestlakeAugust 21, 20190 comments#whyusemortgagebroker #oakvillemortgagebroker #bestmortgagebroker #twt #dlc #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake Have you ever wondered why you should absolutely use a Mortgage Broker for your next purchase, refinance or renewal. Street Capital provides some great insight as to why they believe the marketplace should be using Mortgage Brokers! Examples include: - Streamline the ...Read more...
Commercial Mortgage Oakville & GTABy Scott WestlakeAugust 19, 20190 comments#commercialrealestate #commercialmortgage #commercialmortgageoakville #twt #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake #dlc A lot of our clients and referral sources don't know we finance commercial real estate. We have a team that has tremendous experience going back 30 + years and we have financed a lot of commercial real estate in Oakville, throughout the GTA and across Canada. We do a ...Read more...
Mortgage CalculatorBy Scott WestlakeAugust 15, 20190 comments#freemortgageapp #mortgagecalculator #gtamortgage #oakvillemortgagebroker #scottwestlake #twt #dlc #thewestlaketeam Why is everyone so excited?!? Easy - they have downloaded our free Mortgage App/ Mortgage Calculator and can be pre-qualified for a mortgage in less than 60 seances! Along with that, they can get our low rates, understand closing costs including land transfer tax and run mortgage ...Read more...