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Private mortgage appraisal
and the approved panel.

A private mortgage appraisal is the document that moves a file fastest — or holds it up longest — because we lend against appraised value. This page is the approved appraiser panel for Ontario, BC and Alberta, what we expect a report to contain, and when a redirection letter is accepted.

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Approved panel

Appraisers we accept without a second look.

69 firms across Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, plus the appraisal management platforms we accept. A report from any firm below, addressed to Lendmax Inc., is accepted as ordered. Panel reviewed September 2026.

Ontario · 44 firms

Greater Toronto Area

Newmarket / York-Simcoe

Golden Horseshoe / Hamilton / Niagara

Kitchener / Waterloo / Guelph

Barrie / Cottage Country

Ottawa

British Columbia · 7 firms

Lower Mainland

Vancouver Island

Kelowna / Okanagan

Kamloops

Alberta · 18 firms

Calgary

Edmonton

Red Deer / Central Alberta

Lethbridge

Medicine Hat

Appraisal management platforms

Orders placed through these platforms are accepted when the assigned appraiser is on the panel or holds an AACI or CRA designation.

Not on the list?

Email deals@lendmaxcapital.ca with the firm, the appraiser's designation and the property city before you order, and the desk will confirm the same day. Outside the centres above — rural, acreage, small-town — an AACI-designated appraiser with local comparables is accepted on request.

What we need in the report

  • Full narrative or short-form report, dated within 90 days
  • Addressed to, or redirected to, Lendmax Capital
  • Interior inspection — exterior-only reports are reviewed case by case
  • Three comparables with adjustments shown
  • Estimated marketing time, and a note where it is unusual
  • Rental files: the market-rent schedule alongside the lease

What slows a report down

  • An appraisal older than the market it is describing
  • No appraisal redirection where the report was ordered for another lender
  • Comparables from a different market drawn in to support value
  • Condition issues photographed but not commented on
  • An appraiser outside the panel, unflagged before the order
An appraisal ordered for another lender can usually be used — send the appraisal redirection with it. The form is on the Forms page.

Not sure whether your appraiser is on the panel?

Ask before you order. It costs one email and can save a re-inspection.

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