* Housing liftoff: Real estate markets around the nation blasted off in April. It's going to make CREA's data release on Monday one to watch. Rumour is, the numbers are going to surprise a lot of people. If sales and prices surge as suspected, it'll

Industry bellwether DLC Group is the poster child for what happens when interest rates soar. Its funded volumes plunged 41% last quarter, compared to Q1 2022's record numbers. Its revenue dove 32% to $11.6 million.

Last May, mortgage fintech Pine.ca took in $27 million from investors who bet it would "disrupt" Canada's mortgage business. We were nosy about how that was coming along, so MLN caught up with Justin Herlick, Co-founder and CEO of Pine Canada Financial Corporation. He was