by Joe White | Sep 15, 2026 | Becoming a Mortgage Broker, Business, Mortgage Brokering, Mortgage Brokering in Ontario, Research
Everybody can see the licensing part. There’s a course, an exam, and a registration number at the end of it. What happens in the 90 days after that is far less visible and far less measured. So we asked 880 people who lived through it. 880 mortgage agents...
by Joe White | Jul 7, 2026 | Compliance, Mortgage Brokering, Mortgage Brokering in Ontario
FSRA recently published a Notice of Proposal that belongs on the required reading list for every mortgage agent in Ontario. Not because of the dollar figure, though $740,000 in proposed penalties gets attention. Because of the standard it applies. Two of the three...
by Hasan Moussawi | Jun 12, 2026 | Becoming a Life Insurance Agent, Becoming a Mortgage Broker, Marketing, Mortgage Brokering, Mortgage Brokering in Ontario
After reading this post, you will have a clearer picture of how Canadian copyright law applies to the content licensed mortgage and insurance professionals share on social media, including the assumptions that regularly get people into trouble with platforms and, in...
by Joe White | Jun 11, 2026 | Becoming a Mortgage Broker, Mortage Investments, Mortgage Brokering, Mortgage Brokering in Ontario
You’ve heard about “know your client.” But do you know your lender? By the end of this post, you will know why FSRA expects Ontario mortgage brokerages to verify a private lender’s source of funds, what the law actually requires, and what...
by Joe White | Jun 5, 2026 | Becoming a Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Brokering, Mortgage Brokering in Ontario
By the end of this post, you will know which factors actually determine whether a mortgage agent course prepares you for a licensed career, and which ones are simply marketing noise. Price and FSRA approval are the starting point. Everything after that is where the...
by Joe White | May 30, 2026 | Becoming a Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Brokering, Mortgage Brokering in Ontario
By the time most people apply for their first Ontario mortgage licence, they have heard both terms used almost interchangeably. They are not the same thing. After reading this, you will know exactly what separates a mortgage agent licence from a mortgage broker...