What's in a Title?

What is a Mortgage Professional?

A mortgage professional is a sub-broker. Since the name sub-broker doesn't sound so great, other names used by a sub-brokers are mortgage professional, consultant, agent, specialist and the list grows. We must pass an education program as well as an exam. We also must be licensed in our province.

We are governed by FICOM The Financial Institutions Commission which is a regulatory agency of the provincial Ministry of Finance.
FICOM is responsible for administering nine statutes that regulate the pension, financial services and real estate sectors in British Columbia. The primary focus of this regulation is to ensure that:

• Institutions and pension plans in these sectors remain solvent;
• Market conduct requirements for these sectors are respected;
• Unsuitable individuals do not participate in financial service markets; and
• Through the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation (CUDIC), insure credit union deposits and non-equity shares.

To keep this explanation simple:  A mortgage broker is the company we work for. A mortgage broker over sees the sub-brokers. A mortgage broker in Canada has an overwhelming amount of paperwork, that is why there is more sub brokers then brokers.

Bank representatives are neither mortgage brokers or sub-brokers. They are trained by their bank that they work for.  They could not broker a mortgage as brokering means more than one.  They only sell what their Bank has. They are not unbiased.

A title can be complex to the public as well to the industry that we belong to.   

Angela Kroemer, AMP

Mortgage Professional

TMG The Mortgage Group Canada Inc.

TMG Sharie Marie Mortgage Team

Local: 1.250.650.4182

TFP: 1.888.679.0190

Fax: 1.888.679.0192

akroemer@mortgagegroup.com

www.KROEMERmortgages.com