2025: A Year in Review | #58 | Mortgage Broker Podcast

In this episode, Dean, Deryk, & Jason recap a record-breaking 2025 for A Better Way Mortgage Group with $4B+ in mortgages funded, an over $1.3B increase year-over-year, which helped 1900 more families, including a 300% increase in MPP sales. They also look forward to 2026, and how they plan to continue scaling "without the chaos".
 
Dean, Deryk, & Jason discuss:
 
→ The industry's mindset shifts from 2024 to 2025, highlighting the increase in positivity, particularly among their Agents & Brokers.

→ The biggest factors in the 2025 market including interest rates, mortgage renewals, & the rise in alternative lending.
 
→ How ABW was able to achieve a record year, highlighted by strategic hiring of staff, the growth of internal Agents & Brokers, and also recruiting external top-producing Agents, Brokers, & Bankers.

→ The consistent investment in training & education, including creating a compliance department, lender presentations & speed dating, and newsletters like their Tuesday Mortgage Memo.

→ Investing millions in continued systems & infrastructure improvements, including AI & the ABW internet, to ensure a stable environment for scaling & continued growth.

→ Building networking opportunities for their team by hosting business & flagship events, and connecting deeper with lenders by creating the preferred lender program.

→ The impact of the podcast and becoming a leading voice in Canada's mortgage industry, the value of deeps dives with industry pros for the audience, and where they want to take it in 2026.

→ The community events & charity initiatives they support, and why it's important to them to give back.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:31 A Different Type of Episode
1:57 2025 Mindset Shift - Increasing Industry Positivity
6:05 Biggest Impacts in the 2025 Market
11:36 ABWs Record Year - Internal & External Growth
17:16 Investing in Training & Education
23:21 The Impact of the Podcast & It's Continued Growth
30:37 Charity Initiatives & Community Events
34:00 Flagship Events & the Preferred Lender Program
41:11 Systems & Infrastructure Improvements
43:52 Wrap-Up
45:52 Outro
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