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Robert McLister (born November 26, 1971) is a Canadian businessman and mortgage columnist. He is the founder of MortgageLogic.news and a mortgage columnist at the Financial Post.

Early life and education

McLister was born on November 26, 1971, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1992 before receiving a BBA in finance from the University of Michigan in 1996. While at the university, McLister was the business editor at Monroe Street Journal and the president of the Michigan Investment Club.

Career

McLister began his 11-year career as an equity trader at Electronic Trading Group in 1996. Then, in 2006, he launched the Canadian Mortgage Trends, where he was the editor until 2017. In 2007, he began as a mortgage planner at Mortgage Architects before launching a do-it-yourself online mortgage brokerage, intelliMortgage, in 2014. ^[1]

In 2010, he started RateSpy.com and served as its interest rate analyst until it and intelliMortgage were acquired by Kanetix, an Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan company, in 2019. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

In addition, McLister is the founder of the Canadian mortgage industry news site MortgageLogic.news and has served as its founding editor since 2022. In 2023, McLister launched his latest venture, FixedorVariable.ca, a flat-fee mortgage consulting service and also for mortgage renewals. ^[6]

McLister was listed in the Canadian Mortgage Professionals (CMP) 45 HOT LIST for 2018 and 2019. His company, Canadian Mortgage Trends, received The Firstline Mortgages Award for Best Internet Presence in 2010. ^[7]

Media Role

In 2012, McLister began his career in mass media as a mortgage columnist for Canada’s The Globe and Mail, departing in 2023. ^[8]  As of 2024, McLister is a mortgage columnist at the Financial Post and MortgageLogic.news. His articles have been published in the Maclean’s and National Post.

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