Buying a home or refinancing in Ottawa can feel overwhelming. From comparing rates to understanding options, the process can be stressful and confusing. Ottawa’s mortgage brokers simplify it, guiding clients with clarity, insight, and personalized strategies tailored to their goals.
Brokers do more than find the best rate, they act as trusted advisors. By assessing each client’s unique situation, they identify financing solutions that match current needs and long-term plans. Whether it’s a first home, a refinance, or an investment property, brokers provide step-by-step guidance, explaining trade-offs and ensuring borrowers feel confident in every decision.
The value is in the details. Brokers handle timelines, documentation, and lender communications, saving clients time and stress. They anticipate potential challenges, help clients qualify for the right mortgages, and offer strategies that banks often overlook. This proactive approach ensures financing aligns with individual circumstances while minimizing risks and maximizing opportunities.
Here’s a look at some of the mortgage professionals shaping Ottawa’s market today, each offering trusted guidance and tailored solutions for homebuyers, refinancers, and investors:
More Than A Rate Co. is led by Alex Zaslavsky, a mortgage agent with BRX Mortgage focused on creating personalized mortgage strategies built around clients, not just rates. Based in Ottawa and serving all of Ontario, he works with each borrower to understand unique needs and help them feel confident in their mortgage decisions, whether they’re buying a first home, renewing, or refinancing. With more than 25 years of underwriting expertise and access to nearly 60 trusted lenders, they prioritize clarity, speed, loyalty, and deep industry insight.
Website: www.morethanarate.ca
Phone: 343-303-6040
Rating: 5 ⭐️
Russell Rines, MBA, CFP, is a licensed mortgage agent with BRX Mortgage who helps borrowers banks often overlook. He works with banks, credit unions, alternative, and private lenders to secure financing for home purchases, refinancing, renewals, and investment properties, catering especially to self-employed, commission-based, or rebuilding credit clients. Russell focuses on straightforward guidance, clear communication, and closing financing plans that truly fit each individual’s situation.
Website: russell-rines
Phone: 416-909-0466
Rating: 5 ⭐️
Jesse Stone is a licensed Mortgage Agent Level 2 with BRX Mortgage Inc., offering tailored mortgage services to clients across Ontario. He helps with pre-approvals, home purchase financing, refinancing and renewals, investment property loans, self-employed and bruised credit programs, reverse mortgages, renovation financing, and more. Jesse focuses on educating clients, providing transparent guidance, and supporting long-term mortgage decisions that align with their financial goals.
Website: stonemortgages.ca
Phone: 289-686-9988
Rating: 5 ⭐️
True Wealth Advisors is led by Certified Financial Planning Professional® and Mortgage Broker Seun Adeyemi. The firm combines mortgage services with broader financial planning, investment, insurance, and tax strategies to support clients’ long-term financial and real estate goals. Seun helps aspiring and current real estate investors, homeowners, and professionals navigate real estate financing with confidence, using a comprehensive approach that integrates mortgage solutions with wealth and cash-flow planning.
Website: realty.truewealthadvisors.ca
Phone: 647-277-4888
Rating: 5 ⭐️
Amela Abdovic brings over 20 years of banking experience to mortgage brokerage, using insider knowledge to guide first-time buyers, entrepreneurs, and clients in complex financial situations toward financing solutions that align with their long-term goals. Her services include home purchases, strategic refinances, renewals, self-employed mortgage solutions, equity take-outs, and debt consolidation. Amela emphasizes clarity, confidence, and care throughout the mortgage process, helping clients make informed decisions and move forward with greater certainty and less stress.
Website: mortgagesbyamela.ca
Phone: 416-648-6755
Rating: 5 ⭐️
From first-time buyers to experienced homeowners, Ottawa’s mortgage brokers make financing understandable, accessible, and personalized. With clear explanations, responsive support, and practical strategies, they transform what can be a stressful process into a positive, empowering experience.
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