With home values getting slammed and mortgage volumes falling off a cliff, there's probably a better time to raise money as a mortgage company. That hasn't stopped Canadian mortgage broker and technology provider, Pineapple. The company has filed to raise over $17 million in a U.

Why do some online mortgage brokers attract so much capital? Take Pine.ca for example. It raised $27 million this year, promising to "disrupt" our mortgage space. I spoke with co-founder Justin Herlick to try and figure out what would justify that valuation for a mortgage broker. Here&