Volunteers & staff met with MLAs & other officials to discuss the value mortgage brokers play in B.C.
Volunteers and staff held some 50 meetings with MLAs and other government officials in Victoria to discuss the value mortgage brokers play in the BC housing market as well as discuss ways to improve housing affordability for British Columbians.
BC Director, Hali Noble assumes the role of Vice Chair of the Mortgage Awards of Excellence. She will take on the role of Chair the following year.
Some 1,200+ mortgage professionals gathered in Montreal for the largest industry gathering of the year. Thank you to all those involved in helping to make an event of this magnitude a reality. See you next year!
Congratulations to this year's Hall of Fame inductees, Debbie McPherson and Bill Nugent.
Congratulations to this year's Industry Award Winners: Suzanne Fleur de Lys-Aujla (Michael Ellenzweig Outstanding Service Award); Ryan Spence (Founders Award); and First National Financial LP (Partners in Excellence Award).
We were pleased to participate in a national housing meeting with CHBA, CREA, Genworth, AIC and CCUA to discuss shared interests and common messaging to government.
We were pleased to participate in national housing discussions on common messaging to government.
A delegation of volunteers held meetings with MPs and Opposition Leader, Andrew Sheer to raise awareness of our industry and its economic impact as well as housing affordability, and rule changes to younger Canadians.
In our continued efforts to lobby government in support of assistance to first-time homebuyers and middle-class Canadians, we were pleased to have provided testimony at a 2019 pre-budget consultation process earlier this fall. President and CEO, Paul Taylor and Past Chair Mark Kerzner presented our collective recommendations for how the 2019 federal budget can ensure homeownership affordability and increase competition within the Canadian mortgage market.
We are engaged with Ontario’s new independent regulatory agency FSRA (Financial Services Regulatory Authority). They have posted a Notice and Request for Comment on assessments and fees which we will be reviewing and providing comment on behalf of the membership.
Following the Ministry of Finance consultation in the spring of this year, the B.C. government has announced their intention to update the structure of FICOM. Legislation to update the structure of FICOM to make it an independent Crown agency will be introduced in the spring of 2019.
