Jonalyn Cueto

Jonalyn Cueto

Canadian Mortgage Professional

Jonalyn Cueto

freelance news writer

11 years experience294,284 Total views on Canadian Mortgage Professional in 2025

Jonalyn's specialty topics

mortgage trends housing market affordability housing finance

Jonalyn Cueto is a contributor for Key Media. Her coverage spans business, finance, pension fund, private markets, M&A activity, retirement, and employee benefits.

Jonalyn has over six years of writing experience and more than a decade in the journalism industry. Her early writing career focused on current events and lifestyle topics, collaborating with various local and international media outlets primarily as a freelancer.

She has also worked as a book editor and technical editor, editing dissertations, essays, and textbooks—experience that sharpened her attention to structure, clarity, and accuracy in complex material.

Her combined newsroom and editorial experience shapes her approach to financial and business journalism.

She holds a bachelor's degree in mass communications, majoring in journalism, and a master's degree in business administration, majoring in marketing management.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Drawing on both journalism and business training, I focus on producing reporting that is accurate, balanced, and accessible, helping readers understand the forces shaping markets, industries, and the broader economy”

Also published by

Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Wealth Professional Canada · Insurance Business · Canadian Occupational Safety · The Educator

Featured content from Jonalyn

Condo plan's discount premise faces market doubts How homeowners can avoid a 'huge' mortgage renewal shock Young Canadians feel high pressure to buy property

Previous experience

  • Synchrogenix Philippines — technical editor
  • Bookbright Media — freelance technical editor
  • Isentia Manila — broadcast writer
  • Christian Post — freelance news writer
  • Rex Publishing — editor/proofreader

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications, major in Journalism
  • Master's degree in Business Administration, major in Marketing Management

Read the latest stories by Jonalyn

Canadian homebuyers cite affordability, not uncertainty, as chief barrier

55% of non-owners have no plans to buy despite easing rates

Canadian homebuyers cite affordability, not uncertainty, as chief barrier

How a potential policy change could shake up the commercial real estate sector

Proposed property charge would need mortgage-holder sign-off before it's levied

How a potential policy change could shake up the commercial real estate sector

Condo plan's discount premise faces market doubts

$1-million-plus pricing complicates the affordability goal

Condo plan's discount premise faces market doubts

Condo appraisal gaps test Calgary broker deals

Prices down 14%+ in North East heighten shortfall risk at funding

Condo appraisal gaps test Calgary broker deals

Think tank urges Ottawa to end housing crisis by 2035

A revived rental investment incentive is among the recommendations

Think tank urges Ottawa to end housing crisis by 2035

Canadian insolvencies hit 17-year high

Younger borrowers show improving repayment trends

Canadian insolvencies hit 17-year high

Rate-hike bets face challenge from new analysis

Which country faces the greater inflation threat, Canada or the US?

Rate-hike bets face challenge from new analysis

OSFI flags nonbank lending risk, warns of potential destabilizing on other lenders

Regulator highlights rising concerns in annual report

OSFI flags nonbank lending risk, warns of potential destabilizing on other lenders

After clinching majority, Liberals reveal date of pivotal economic statement

Government prepares a spring update that could have big implications for the housing and mortgage outlook

After clinching majority, Liberals reveal date of pivotal economic statement

Fixed vs variable mortgages: How are Canadians choosing as economic uncertainty soars?

Whipsawing bond yields and an unclear path ahead for the Bank of Canada have complicated the picture for Canadian borrowers

Fixed vs variable mortgages: How are Canadians choosing as economic uncertainty soars?