Mortgage originators all feel how tough it is out there. But the latest stats put the challenge in perspective. "The entire mortgage originations pie has shrunk by 42%," says veteran broker Jim Tourloukis of Advent Mortgage Services, citing first-quarter Equifax data on new mortgage volumes. And not only

In the last two years, we don't know any mortgage marketer who's made more progress on Google than the financial comparison site, Wowa.ca. It's climbed the Google ranks and built a 7-figure revenue in just five years. And just last week, it set

The Competition Bureau announced Friday that it "has obtained a court order to advance a civil investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by Dominion Lending Centres Inc. (DLC)." "This includes examining certain practices that limit mortgage brokers' ability to use the technology solutions of their choice,"

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.