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Marketing for mortgage brokers

Mortgage broker marketing for deals that fund.

For mortgage brokers and agents in Canada and loan officers in the US: Google, Facebook and Instagram ads, a text to every lead in minutes, a Monday report from your CRM. From Chennai, on North American hours.
Where your borrowers come from

The ads that bring borrowers to your brokerage

Marketing for mortgage brokers starts where borrowers start: Google Ads when they search “mortgage broker near me” or “renewal rates”, Facebook and Instagram before the renewal letter arrives, and your Google Business Profile when a realtor gives them your name. Every lead gets a text in minutes (WhatsApp for borrowers who use it) and lands in your CRM.

Borrowers searching for a broker now

Google Ads

  • Search ads
  • Call ads
  • Lead forms in the ad

Ads on searches like “mortgage broker Mississauga”, “mortgage renewal rates” and “self-employed mortgage”, split by city and borrower type, with a call button. Finance ads can’t target age or postal code (Google policy), so the search words do the targeting.

Reaches
Move-up buyersRenewing homeownersSelf-employed & newcomers
We judge it by
Cost per funded deal by campaign, from your CRM
How we run Google Ads
mortgage broker mississauga AllMapsImagesNews Sponsored YYour brokerageyourbrokerage.ca › renewals Mortgage Broker in Mississauga · Renewals & First Homes Licensed Ontario brokerage, licence no. on every ad. Renewals, first homes and self-employed files, compared across lenders. RenewalsFirst homeSelf-employedBook a callCall

Homeowners and buyers, before they search

Facebook & Instagram ads

  • Lead form ads
  • Click-to-message ads
  • Reels ads
  • Funded deals sent back

Lead forms that ask purchase, renewal or refinance, the timeline and the city, so you call ready borrowers. They run in Meta’s financial products ad category: no lookalikes, no age or postal-code targeting, so the Reel itself has to find its audience.

Reaches
Renewing homeownersFirst-time buyersMove-up buyers
We judge it by
Cost per funded deal by ad set, from your CRM
How we run Facebook & Instagram ads
YYour brokerageSponsored Renewing this year? Get a second opinion on your bank’s offer before you sign. Mortgage renewalCompare before you sign Renewal review with a licensed brokerLearn more Your mortgage Purchase, renewal or refinance?When does your term end?CityPhone number Submit

Borrowers checking your name first

Google Business Profile

  • Profile for every city you serve
  • Review ask at every closing
  • Calls and messages tracked

A realtor or a past client gives them your name, and many search it before they call. We keep your profile current for every city you serve, ask for a review at every closing, and track each call and message to the file it became.

Reaches
First-time buyersSelf-employed & newcomersRenewing homeowners
We judge it by
Funded deals from Maps by call and message, traced to the file
How we run Google Business Profile
mortgage broker near me Your brokerage Mortgage broker · Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto WebsiteDirectionsSaveCall Hours: Open · Closes 8 pmService area: Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto
Sound familiar?

Why good files go to another broker

Bought leads that never answer.

The same lead went to four other brokers. By your call she’s stopped picking up, and the money’s spent with nothing funded.

Called back at five. Too late.

A couple asked for a pre-approval at lunch. You were with a client. By five they’d signed with whoever answered first.

Waiting on realtors and renewals.

Two realtors send most of your deals. When they go quiet, your pipeline goes quiet until past clients come up for renewal.

Targeting strategy

Who we target, and how we reach them

We start from the mortgage, not the ad platform. A move-up family’s bridge loan and a first-time buyer’s pre-approval come from different people searching different words. On finance ads, Google and Meta block age, gender and postal-code targeting, so the search, the message and the place do the work. Every funded deal shows the ads who to find next.

A bigger mortgage, often bridge financing

Move-up buyers

Families selling a condo or townhouse to buy a detached home, with two closing dates to line up.

What they seeBuy before you sell: bridge financing and porting explained, then a call.

How we find them
  • Searches like “bridge financing Ontario”
  • Searches like “port my mortgage”
  • Your past-client list, where Meta allows
  • Your cities, at a 25 km radius
Where

A renewal or refinance

Renewing homeowners

Homeowners whose five-year term ends soon, many facing a higher payment, unsure their bank’s offer is fair.

What they seeWhat the renewal letter doesn’t say, and a second opinion before signing.

How we find them
  • Searches like “mortgage renewal rates”
  • Your past clients’ renewal dates
  • Viewers of your renewal video
  • Your cities, at a 25 km radius
Where

A pre-approval for a first home

First-time buyers

Couples renting in the city, saving a down payment, who want the process explained before the rate.

What they seeHow much you can borrow, the down payment, closing costs, then a pre-approval.

How we find them
  • Searches like “first time home buyer mortgage”
  • “How much can I borrow” searches
  • Reels on buying a first home
  • Your cities, at a 25 km radius
Where

A mortgage the bank declined

Self-employed & newcomers

Business owners, contractors and people new to Canada whose income doesn’t fit a bank’s checklist.

What they seeLenders who read your whole income, and the documents to bring.

How we find them
  • Searches like “self-employed mortgage”
  • Searches like “new to Canada mortgage”
  • Ads in the languages they search
Where

Every funded deal sharpens the ads. Funded deals from your CRM go back to Google and Meta, which then show your ads to more people like the borrowers who funded.

What we’d run

What we’d run for your brokerage

Reach the leads you already pay for.

Before buying more leads, we fix the first ten minutes: a text (or WhatsApp) asking purchase, renewal or refinance, a call slot they pick, a document checklist, and CRM stages so you call the borrowers most likely to fund first.

  • A reply in minutes, day or night
  • Only to borrowers who opted in (CASL in Canada, TCPA in the US)
  • Document checklist by text
  • Lead stages through to funded
How we fix slow replies

How more of your leads become funded deals

Speed, then follow-through. Every lead who opted in gets a text in minutes with three questions and a call slot. You take the call and the application; we keep the CRM stages from lead to funded, and send each funded deal back to Meta and Google through conversion tracking, so the ads look for borrowers who fund.

Ad, lead, reply, call, application, funded. Then Google and Meta look for more borrowers who fund.
  1. The ad brings a lead

    A form, a call or a message, from Google, Facebook, Instagram or your Google Business Profile, with consent to text.

  2. A reply within minutes

    Purchase, renewal or refinance? When? Which city? Then a call slot. A bought lead may hear from other brokers within the hour, so the first useful reply wins. A Harvard Business Review study (2011) found firms that replied within an hour nearly seven times likelier to qualify the lead.

  3. The call and the application

    You take the call. The document checklist goes out by text or WhatsApp, with a reminder if it stalls.

  4. The deal funds

    You mark it funded in the CRM. That funded deal is what we count.

  5. The deal goes back to the ads

    We send applications and funded deals to Meta and Google (Conversions API, offline conversion import), so the ads find more borrowers like these, within the ad-category rules.

What we report every Monday

The number we report: cost per funded deal

Cost per funded deal is your ad spend divided by the deals marked funded in your CRM, by campaign; US loan officers call it cost per funded loan. A deal takes weeks to fund, so every Monday we also report leads reached and applications started.

The number

Cost per funded deal

What your ads cost for each mortgage that funds.

Ad spendDeals funded in your CRM

Every Monday · from your CRM

Read from

  • Your CRM. Velocity, Finmo, Filogix Expert or Salesforce in Canada; Encompass, Jungo or Total Expert in the US: who answered, applied and funded.
  • Google Ads. Spend by campaign, city and borrower type.
  • Meta. Spend by campaign and ad set, across Facebook and Instagram.
  • GA4. Form, call and text events: the early signal.
Ad spend ÷ funded deals, week by week, by campaign.
  • Why not cost per lead?

    A shared lead looks cheap until you count how few of them fund.

Let’s bring you deals that fund.

Finding the right leads was always a challenge for our mortgage business. With targeted campaigns and WhatsApp automation, we started receiving better enquiries and converting more prospects into sales. We also achieved a 4.6-star Google rating. Very happy with the results!

4.6Google rating

Anton DharmaseelanMortgage Broker, Canada What we did WebsiteLead generationWhatsAppSEO
Lead sellers, referrals or your own ads

Is mortgage lead generation worth paying for?

As a top-up, sometimes. A rate site or lead seller may sell the same borrower to several brokers, so you race strangers to the phone. Keep your referrals. Mortgage lead generation through your own ads brings leads only you get, in your CRM, judged on the deals that fund.

  • Bought leads

    Who gets the lead
    Often you and other brokers
    What you pay
    A price per lead
  • Realtors and past clients

    Who gets the lead
    You, when they think of you
    What you pay
    Time, and relationships to keep
  • Your own ads

    Who gets the lead
    Only you, in your CRM
    What you pay
    Ad spend plus our fee
Licence rules and ad policy

What mortgage ads must show, and can’t target

In Ontario, your brokerage’s authorized name and licence number go on every ad and your website (O. Reg. 188/08, s. 6). In the US, most states want your NMLS ID on ads, and quoting a payment or rate triggers the APR terms (Regulation Z). Marketing texts need the borrower’s consent in both countries.

What a mortgage ad must carry, or can’t do, in each market we serve, with the rule it comes from
What it means for your adsSource
OntarioThe brokerage’s authorized name and licence number, clearly shown on ads, the website and emails. In January 2025 FSRA proposed the same for team-name ads.O. Reg. 188/08, s. 6; FSRA advertising guidance
Other provincesEach province has its own regulator and ad rules, such as BCFSA in British Columbia; we build to yours.Your provincial regulator
United StatesYour company’s NMLS ID on ads and the website (in many states the loan officer’s too). State a payment, down payment or finance charge and the ad must give the repayment terms and the APR.State licensing rules (SAFE Act, NMLS); Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.24; Regulation N, 12 CFR 1014
Texts and emailCanada: consent before any marketing text or email; implied consent from a past deal generally lapses after two years. US: automated marketing texts need prior express written consent that names your company.CASL (CRTC guidance); TCPA, 47 CFR 64.1200
Meta (Canada, US)Special ad category: no lookalikes, no gender choice, ages 18 to 65+, a 25 km (15 mile) minimum radius, no postal codes.Meta for Developers
Google (Canada, US)Consumer-finance ads: no age, gender, parental status, marital status or ZIP targeting. Financial-services verification announced for early 2027.Google Ads policy; Google Ads blog, 20 October 2026
First 90 days

Your first 90 days, week by week.

  1. Weeks 1–2Audit

    We look at your leads and deals.

    Leads and deals audit0 of 4 checks
    • Ads, forms and search terms
    • How fast leads get a reply
    • CRM stages, lead to funded
    • Licence or NMLS ID on every ad
  2. Weeks 3–4Build

    We set up the follow-up.

    Build0 of 4 live
    • Page per borrower type
    • Text replies to opted-in leads
    • Application and funded stages
    • Funded deals sent to Meta and Google
  3. Month 2Launch

    We go live, then learn.

    Launch0 of 3 steps
    • Your approval on every ad
    • Google and Meta live, right ad category
    • First applications in the CRM
  4. Month 3Scale

    We scale what funds.

    Weekly routine0 of 3 jobs
    • Budget to the ads that fund
    • Creative and page tests
    • Monday report from your CRM
FAQ

Questions about mortgage broker marketing

Leads and funded deals

For a broker, it’s the ads plus the follow-up: Google Ads for borrowers searching now, Facebook and Instagram ads for renewals and first homes, your Google Business Profile, a page for each borrower type, a text reply in minutes to every lead who opted in, and a CRM that follows every lead to a funded deal. Each part is judged on deals that fund, not clicks.

Yes. The reply, the three questions, the call slot and the document checklist go out automatically by text (or WhatsApp, if the borrower prefers), only to leads who gave consent on the form; you or your assistant take the call and the application. We set up the CRM stages and reminders so you call the borrowers most likely to fund first, and flag files that stall.

They do different jobs. Google Ads catches people already searching “mortgage broker Brampton” or “renewal rates”: higher intent, smaller volume. Facebook and Instagram ads reach homeowners and buyers before they search, which matters at renewal time. Both run under finance-ad rules that block age and postal-code targeting. Run them together and compare them on the deals that fund.

Leads usually start in the first week a campaign is live, and calls and applications follow within days when the reply is fast. Funded deals run on the lender’s clock: a purchase funds at closing, which can be weeks or months away. We don’t promise a date; every Monday we report leads reached, applications and deals funded.

Rules and targeting

On Meta, mortgage ads run in a special ad category in both countries: no lookalike audiences, no gender choice, ages fixed at 18 to 65+, at least a 25 km radius and no postal codes (Meta for Developers). Google bars age, gender, parental, marital and ZIP targeting on consumer-finance ads, and adds financial-services verification in early 2027.

Your brokerage’s authorized name and licence number, clearly and prominently, on every ad, your website and your emails (O. Reg. 188/08; FSRA). Agents show the brokerage’s licence number; their own is optional. In January 2025 FSRA proposed that team-name ads carry them too. Other provinces have their own regulator, such as BCFSA.

Yes, though our mortgage case so far is Canadian. In the US, an ad that states a payment, down payment, number of payments or finance charge must also give the repayment terms and the APR (Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.24), and misleading mortgage ads are barred (Regulation N). We write ads without those terms unless your compliance team signs off the full disclosure.

From your own ads and your past clients. Google Ads on searches like “FHA loan” or “VA loan” in your city reach first-time buyers; Facebook and Instagram reach homeowners when rates drop and a refi makes sense; past clients get a refi text, with their consent. Every ad carries your NMLS ID, and we report cost per funded loan from Encompass, Jungo or your CRM.

Fit, cost and renewals

Yes. Anton Dharmaseelan’s mortgage business in the Greater Toronto Area is a client: we rebuilt his site, ran his lead campaigns, set up an instant WhatsApp reply to every enquiry and did his local SEO. In his words, he started “receiving better enquiries and converting more prospects into sales”, with a 4.6-star Google rating. We have no US loan-officer case yet.

Two parts, on separate lines. Your ad budget goes from your own Google and Meta accounts straight to the platforms; our management fee depends on how many cities and borrower types you target, how many ads and videos you need, and whether the CRM, text replies and tracking need building. We price it on a free call, once we’ve seen your current leads.

Keep the realtors: they send borrowers who are ready to buy. But referrals rise and fall with the realtor’s own business, and a slow spring for them is a slow spring for you. Your own ads and Google Business Profile add a source you control. That steady third source, next to referrals and renewals, is what a mortgage marketing agency should build.

Start with your own book: many past clients renew straight with their bank because its letter arrives first. Their renewal dates go into your CRM, with a text or email, sent with consent, months before the term ends. Renewal ads reach homeowners you haven’t met. The Bank of Canada expects five-year fixed borrowers renewing in 2026 to pay about 20% more; 2022’s terms follow in 2027.

Because the work is a system, not a desk in your office: ads, pages, replies and the CRM. Our team is in Chennai and works North American hours for calls and reviews; text replies to opted-in leads run automatically day or night, and you take every borrower call yourself. Anton Dharmaseelan, a broker in the Greater Toronto Area, works with us this way.

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