Mortgage broker in Calgary, Alberta

Calgary is my biggest market and one of the biggest parts of my life. Of the hundreds of mortgages I have arranged in my career, at least half are in Calgary: downtown condos, inner-city townhomes and infills, family homes in the established neighbourhoods, and new builds out on the growing edges. Whatever kind of Calgary purchase or renewal you are looking at, there is a good chance I have done that exact deal many times, comparing 50+ lenders to find the right fit instead of taking one bank’s word for it.

The big city down the road

For a kid growing up in Crossfield, Calgary is the big city just down the highway, the place you drive into the moment you get your licence at sixteen and taste a little freedom. I ended up living there for about six years. I did my Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary, living first in a condo a couple of blocks from campus and then in a house just east of it, right by McMahon Stadium where the Stampeders play. To pay for school I worked construction, including helping build part of the Foothills Hospital, and put in my time at a large masonry company. Calgary is where my wife and I met and fell in love, and it is where our boys were born. I have a lifetime of Saddledome memories, including New Year’s Eve games against the Montreal Canadiens. And the 2004 Stanley Cup run, with the whole city wearing red and the Red Mile going wild, is what really cemented my love for the Flames. I will miss that old barn, but I am looking forward to the new arena too.

What I have financed in Calgary

Everything, and that range is exactly what makes Calgary the core of my experience. Condos in the core, townhomes, established inner-city homes, and new construction in the far southeast and beyond. Calgary is a city where entrepreneurship flourishes and there is opportunity for everybody, and I see that in the files on my desk: first-time buyers, move-up families, self-employed owners whose income does not fit a tidy box, and newcomers building a life here. Prices have climbed significantly in the last couple of years, but Calgarians are ambitious and find ways to make things happen. My job is to line up the lender and the structure that makes your way work.

The Calgary we love

My family is in the city all the time. We bike around the Glenmore Reservoir with our kids, and the pump track halfway around is where they learned to love riding. We have spent countless days in Bowness Park, up on Nose Hill, along the river pathways, and riding and hiking through Fish Creek. We love the diversity: our favourite Moroccan spot Casbah, the Brazilian churrascos that bring us back to our roots, Ten Foot Henry, Boogie’s Burgers, the best burger in the city at Class Clown, and Made by Marcus for my special treat. Kensington’s pubs and shops, the little discoveries everywhere. I think Calgary is one of the most beautiful, cleanest, most natural cities in the world, and it does not get enough credit for it. It is a great place to watch people raise families, mine included.

Buying or renewing in Calgary

Every conversation starts the same way: free, and with no obligation. I look at your numbers, explain your options in plain language, and let you decide. Let’s find the right mortgage for your corner of Calgary.