Alternative lender announces latest milestone

CEO says lender plays a valuable role in addressing a major gap in the mortgage market

Alternative lender announces latest milestone

Neighbourhood Holdings announced earlier this week that it has recently crossed $300 million in assets under management.

Taylor Little, CEO of Neighbourhood, said that this demonstrates the lender’s value in filling a major gap in the mortgage market.

“Product innovation is a top priority of ours as we strive to design structures that address the quickly changing credit needs of Canadians,” Little said. “We think this will be a key differentiator as Neighbourhood continues its march toward achieving its goal of becoming Canada’s top alternative lender.”

The lender has funded nearly $900 million in alternative mortgages since it began operations in 2015.

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Little said that in addition to this pace of growth, Neighbourhood is seeing record loan performance. The executive credited this robustness to the company’s interest-only offerings “aimed at increasing borrower stability.”

“As we grow, we will continue to be laser-focused on our founding principles of being transparent, data-driven, agile, and obsessed with the customer experience,” Little said. “We want everyone’s interaction with Neighbourhood to be a good one.”