Dinah Caporusso
Licensed Mortgage Broker
Dinah keeps purchase, renewal, and refinance planning grounded in real numbers and clear trade-offs.
Dinah Caporusso · Mortgage Broker
If you are comparing a Brentwood high-rise, a Metrotown strata home, or a move-up condo elsewhere in Burnaby, we help you compare lenders, read the building story, and map the payment before the search gets noisy.
Local mortgage authority
Mortgage guidance and office details answer different questions. Start with the page that matches what you need today.
Your mortgage plan
Share the goal, timeline, and questions you already have. A licensed broker reviews the details before following up.
We’ll review your request and reply with the best next step for your situation.
Social proof
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Burnaby is a tower-and-strata market first. The lender, the building documents, the parking cost, and the monthly plan all need to line up before the offer gets serious.
Brentwood and Metrotown towers can look simple on paper, but the strata docs, parking costs, amenity fees, and building rules often change the real file.
Some borrowers are buying a tower condo, some are balancing strata costs, and some need a cleaner refinance or renewal. We build around the goal first.
If you are selling a condo first or timing a Burnaby move-up from Brentwood or Metrotown, the sequence matters as much as the rate.

Burnaby context
Burnaby decisions often hinge on the tower height, the strata fees, and whether the next step is another high-rise or a move-up home.
Choose the path that matches the tower, strata building, or move-up step in front of you, then move straight into the right planning lane.
Burnaby files often need more than rate shopping. High-rise fees, strata docs, parking, and move-up timing all change the lending conversation.
Reserve funds, strata fees, bylaws, parking, and building documents can all affect the lender fit and the monthly number. It is worth reviewing those details before the file is rushed.
In Burnaby, condo fees, insurance, parking, closing costs, and tower living costs can change what feels comfortable after possession.
If you are selling first, buying first, or trying to line both up at once, the sequence matters. The mortgage should support the move from one Burnaby building to the next rather than complicate it.
A better mortgage is not always the one with the lowest starting payment. Sometimes the better move is better flexibility, stronger prepayment room, or a cleaner term structure.
Rules about rentals, pets, age restrictions, building condition, and parking can change both the budget and the lender path. Check the details early.

Live pricing
Compare purchase, renewal, refinance, and cash-flow scenarios without leaving the page, then open the calculators that clarify the real decision.
Go deeper into the service path that fits your tower purchase, renewal, refinance, or move-up plan.
Buy with a real budget, clean cash-to-close planning, and lender fit that matches the property and timeline.
You should know who you’re working with before you share a single document, and you should be able to reach the broker team in the way that suits you best.
Licensed Mortgage Broker
Dinah keeps purchase, renewal, and refinance planning grounded in real numbers and clear trade-offs.
Licensed Mortgage Broker
Jessica is known for fast follow-through, clean communication, and mortgage advice that stays practical under deadline pressure.
Mortgage Broker
Mack helps buyers and homeowners stay organized through the file while keeping the lender strategy aligned with the bigger goal.
Nearest advisory studio
Use the nearest Surrey Advisory Studio when you want to work through a Burnaby tower, strata, or move-up file in person or virtually.
Not sure who to choose? Tell us what you are planning and we will connect you with the right person for the file.
Because a tower condo in Brentwood or a move-up home near Deer Lake does not ask the same lender question. A broker helps compare who is comfortable with the building, the fees, the budget, and the timing before you commit.
Yes. Reserve funds, depreciation reports, insurance, parking, storage, age restrictions, and rental bylaws can all change which lenders stay interested and what the real monthly cost feels like.
It can. Separate parking titles, storage lockers, and higher strata fees sometimes change the value story, the monthly number, or the lender fit. It is worth checking before you assume the approval transfers cleanly from one unit to the next.
Model legal fees, appraisal when needed, strata move-in costs, adjustments, property transfer tax where it applies, and enough cash left over after completion so the move still feels manageable.
Yes. A renewal is the cleanest moment to compare staying, switching, or restructuring, especially if the mortgage no longer fits your payment goals or your building has changed since you first bought.
Usually, yes. Selling a condo and stepping into a townhouse or detached home can create tighter cash and timing decisions than borrowers expect, so the bridge between the two properties should be mapped early.
Let’s build the right Burnaby mortgage plan
Start with the short secure form, a free call, or a virtual appointment with the Pragmatic team. We’ll review your goal, explain the numbers clearly, and recommend the next step that fits your budget, property, and timeline.

Reviewed broker guidance
Reviewed by Dinah Caporusso, Mortgage Broker, for Pragmatic Mortgage Lending. Provincial licensing context is checked against BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA); rate availability, approval, and conditions still depend on live lender policy, property details, documentation, and borrower profile.
Nearby cities we serve
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