Fergal McAlinden

Canadian Mortgage Professional

Fergal McAlinden

Managing Editor, North America and UK Mortgage

10 years experience739,434 Total views on Canadian Mortgage Professional in 2025

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Fergal's specialty topics

Housing and mortgage market analysis Mortgage and borrowing trends Central bank policy Lender and rate updates

Fergal McAlinden is managing editor at Canadian Mortgage Professional, Mortgage Professional America, and Mortgage Introducer, where he leads coverage of the Canadian, US, and UK mortgage and housing markets. With more than a decade of professional journalism experience, Fergal has reported on interest rate cycles, regulatory shifts, market trends, and housing affordability challenges across North America and the United Kingdom.

Since joining the company in 2021, he has interviewed hundreds of senior industry figures — including lenders, brokers, economists, and policymakers — and his work has been cited as a trusted source of insight across the mortgage sector. Prior to his current role, Fergal worked as a reporter for a B2B trade publication in Toronto. He is a graduate of the University of Oxford and holds a First-Class Honours degree in Journalism.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“In an unpredictable economy and interest rate environment, the most important thing to me about covering the housing and mortgage markets is keeping a close focus on what the main stakeholders need to know: What's in store for interest rates, how consumer sentiment is impacting the housing outlook, and what the main factors are that could impact the market looking ahead.”