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Whether you are a first-time buyer or an experienced buyer with excellent credit, we can help.
Peter has access to the very best products and rates available across Canada.
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Our Interactive Mortgage Calculators will allow you to explore your Mortgage options to make the right home financing decision.
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APPLY HEREMy Mortgage Toolbox
Download our personalized mortgage app and get pre-qualified in under 60 seconds! Calculate your total cost of owning a home, estimate the minimum down payment you need, stress test your mortgage, and more!
LEARN MOREYour bank can only offer you what’s on its own shelf. As an independent mortgage broker, I shop your mortgage across Canada’s major banks, credit unions, trust companies and alternative lenders, so you see the full market before you sign anything, not just one lender’s best guess.
I’m Peter Carstensen, and I work with clients across Vancouver Island and beyond from my home base in the Cowichan Valley. You won’t be handed off to a call centre or a junior associate. I’ll be there from your first question to the day your mortgage funds, and I’ll still be there at renewal. My job is to find the right fit for your situation, explain your options in plain language, and make the process feel manageable.
Buying your first home, moving up, refinancing, renewing, buying acreage, self-employed, or carrying a file the bank said no to: I’ve seen it, and I’d like to help.
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My experience with Bayside Mortgage Solutions was awesome. They exceeded my expectations and I ended up with the best mortgage rate I have ever had!! Thanks Bayside Team, keep up the good work. I will recommend you to anyone I know who is looking for mortgages.
Launa
Peter took on this extremely complicated file, and never gave up until he got it done. Peter did what other lenders couldn’t do. Exceptional service.
Kipp M. (Realtor)
Peter has the big picture understanding of the money game and a healthy and refreshing detachment from the business of buying real estate, a personal commitment to provide excellent service which meant a hugely appreciated ability to translate financial options and practicalities and a skill to see possibilities that others missed. We felt taken care of and expertly guided from beginning to end.
Happy Clients in Duncan BC
Peter helped me with my financing on my first house when I lived in Calgary, Alberta. He was more than great help. His service was exceptional and made the process very easy. Then when I move to Red Deer and was porting my mortgage, the bank was making it difficult, Peter helped me out and identified the issue in minutes, which the bank had not identify in the weeks. He received no compensation for this, but went above and beyond to help me out. Unfortunately, when I moved to Vancouver Island Peter was not licenses here, so I went through a bank again and had similar issues. It will not happen again. I will be looking to Peter when my mortgage comes up for renewal. His patience, commitment and service is top notch!
Neil
I only spoke to Peter and genuinely appreciated his knowledge and frankness. He educated us on what would be our best course of action and explained that based on our situation it wasn’t in our best interest to leave our current mortgage provider. Rather than generating business for himself he put our financial well being ahead of his… I most definitely can’t say this of our bank. Thank you.
Lindsey