COVER / 2012 Canadian Mortgage Awards
The ING Direct Award for Mortgage Brokerage of the Year (fewer than 25 employees) Kim Luxton and Daryn Young Mortgage Intelligence TMF: The Mortgage Firm, Regina, Sask.
“[Winning this award] is one of the ways we can tell we’ve been able to get to the same stage as brokers out of larger centres. It’s a refreshing change. I think being in Regina you know just about everybody in Saskatchewan so we get a lot of referrals and a lot of people that know us. I think in the smaller centres you have that advantage of closeness in business.”
The Home Trust Award for Mortgage Brokerage of the Year (25 employees or more) Anthony Contento and Martin Reid Mortgage Architects Sherwood Mortgage Group, Toronto, Ont.
“I’m certainly proud of our accomplishment – we definitely weren’t expecting it. For us, honesty plays a big part. There’s a lot of trust required to be a good brokerage. We have a brokerage that’s a family brokerage, built up from friends. We have been together for 15 years and the trust built up within our family has allowed us to excel and become a great brokerage.”
The D + H Award for National Broker Network of the Year Chris Pornaras and Gary Mauris Dominion Lending Centres, Vancouver, B.C.
“This is a great night for Dominion Lending. Everyone works incredibly hard and we saw the prize for that. I’m incredibly proud of the industry because I’m seeing the industry finally catch up as well and start to do a better job communicating directly with their messaging to the consumers.” 40 | mortgagebrokernews.ca