34 - Blog - The Westlake Team

The Road To Home Ownership - your complete manual to home financing

By 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...

Reverse Mortgages Explained...

By Scott WestlakeSeptember 27, 20190 comments

#reversemortgage #retirement #mortgageplannig #wehaveamortgageforthat #thewestlaketeam #twt

Great article from our friends at Home Equity Bank on the differences between a reverse mortgage in Canada and USA. We have a couple specialists on our team and wed be happy to support any inquiries on if a reserve mortgage is suitable for your family. Full article credit ...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 Broker

By 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...

The Westlake Team Joins Oakville Chamber of Commerce

By Scott WestlakeSeptember 25, 20190 comments

#oakvillechamberofcommerce #oakvillechamber #thewestlaketeam #twt #mortgagenews #mortgageadvise #oakvillemortgagebroker

The Westlake Team is very happy to become a member of The Oakville Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is the voice of the Oakville business community: Advocacy, government relations, discount and saving programs and networking opportunities. The Oakville Chamber was established ...Read more...

5 Mistakes First Time Home Buyers Should Avoid

By Scott WestlakeSeptember 25, 20190 comments

#homebuyermistakes #preapproval #oakvillemortgagebroker #homebuying #gtamortgage #twt #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake

A great article written by one of my peers from DLC on mistakes home buyers should try to avoid. (Credit and link at bottom of article). The biggest thing about buying a home is being prepared, asking questions and having a knowledgeable professional help address them. ...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...

First Time Home Buyer Incentive Explained

By Scott WestlakeSeptember 13, 20190 comments

#firstimehomebuyerincentive #firstimehomebuyer #FTHM #TWT #thewestlaketeam #mortgagebroker #realestate

Now that the First Time Home Buyer Inventive program is being explained we want to share a few simple illustrations to help our clients and referral sources with the fast facts. You can download our marketing material as a quick reference guide or email scott@thewestlaketeam.com for ...Read more...

Canada's First Time Home Buyer Incentive Program for First Time Home Buyers

By Scott WestlakeAugust 30, 20190 comments

#fisttimebuyerincentive #nationalhousingstrategy #firsttimehomebuyerincentiveprogram #preapproval #mortgage #bestbrokeroakville #gtamortgage #twt #scottwestlake

We have been inundated with questions on the New, First Time Home Buyer Incentive Program. Please see details below along for links to relevant information. As always our brokerage and team will be leading the way with new initiatives and helping make home ownership ...Read more...

Why Use A Mortgage Broker

By 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 & GTA

By 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 Calculator

By 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...

The Mortgage Approval Process

By Scott WestlakeAugust 15, 20190 comments

#mortgageapprovalcanada #mortgageprocess #twt #thewestlaketeam

Connect with our team so that one of our dedicated Licensed Mortgage Professionals can be apart of your journey to getting a mortgage in Canada! scott@thewestlaketeam.comRead more...

Construction Mortgage Oakville

By Scott WestlakeAugust 14, 20190 comments

#constructionfinancing #oakvillebroker #gtabuild #muskokabuild #constructionmortgage #twt #thewestlaketeam #scottwestlake

Construction financing is probably our teams favourite lending solution and mortgage products to place and one our team handles very well! Although we are based out of Oakville and do a lot of construction financing and construction mortgages in Oakville we do a lot of construction ...Read more...