THE COLLECTIVE MORTGAGE GROUP AT A GLANCE
YEAR FOUNDED February 2020
LOCATION Surrey, BC
NUMBER OF BROKERS 10 primary brokers (some with teams of their own)
“Our agents are all very experienced, and they also have exceptional character, which is by far the most important thing to us” trust each other, who can rely on each other, it’s been a different run. We started in 2020 and have had only one team trip, so we haven’t been able to experience the same journey that we would have outside the pandemic,” Buemann says. Providing a supportive environment for brokers to have open conversations and share in the mortgage process helped move the The Collective Mortgage Group team forward during the pandemic. And this same approach
is propelling the brokerage forward into 2022. “We’re focusing on efficiency and the relationships we provide,” Buemann says. With the worst of the pandemic hopefully in the past, current factors impacting the mortgage sector remain on Buemann’s radar. When asked about the recent rate increases by the Bank of Canada and other inflationary pressures, she says cautiously: “I think the media is probably overpricing the rate increases. There are so many safety measures
ANNUAL VOLUME Just under $700 million
KEY INSIGHT THAT IMPACTS THE BUSINESS ‘Love always wins’
in place that I don’t foresee rates quickly becoming unaffordable. “Ultimately, the only thing we know to be true is that everything will change,” Buemann adds. “So we have to acknowledge that we need to be as fluid and open as possible.”
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