Liezel Once

Liezel Once

Mortgage Professional America

Liezel Once

Mortgage Journalist

10 years experience146,586 Total views on Mortgage Professional America in 2025

Liezel's specialty topics

Housing and mortgage market analysis Broker industry news Financial services

Liezel Once is a journalist with Mortgage Professional America and Canadian Mortgage Professional, covering key issues and trends across the North American mortgage and financial services industry.

She brings to her reporting a solid foundation in broadcast journalism, having worked as a news writer and reporter across radio, television, and digital platforms. Her coverage has spanned high-stakes beats including national security, economic affairs, and disaster response.

Liezel has also contributed to business, technology, and future-of-work coverage for a global BPO marketplace, further deepening her expertise in industry-focused journalism.

Outside the newsroom, Liezel feeds her curiosity through travel, and language learning — she is currently studying Korean and has a particular passion for concert trips that take her to new destinations.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I approach every mortgage story the way I approached broadcast journalism — lead with what matters, cut what doesn't, and never make the reader work for the point. In a sector as technical as North American mortgage and financial services, clarity isn't a courtesy; it's the job. My PR background taught me how institutions want to be heard, but my journalism instincts keep me focused on what brokers and lenders actually need to know.”

Also published by

Outsource Accelerator · Insurance Business Canada · Canadian Mortgage Professional

Featured content from Liezel

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Previous experience

  • Key Media — Mortgage Journalist
  • Outsource Accelerator — News and PR Associate
  • DZRH News — News anchor/reporter/producer/writer/researcher

Education

  • B.A. in Broadcast Communication, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Read the latest stories by Liezel

Half of new grads move home as Gen Z redraws the path to ownership

Two new surveys reveal what cost of living is doing to Gen Z's route to homeownership

Half of new grads move home as Gen Z redraws the path to ownership

Here's how much the US housing market shifted last quarter

Incomes are outpacing home prices, but rising mortgage rates are straining first-time buyers

Here's how much the US housing market shifted last quarter

Fed's Paulson keeps an open mind on rates as core inflation stays elevated

Paulson backs the July hold but warns persistently elevated inflation could force the Fed's hand

Fed's Paulson keeps an open mind on rates as core inflation stays elevated

Better names Daniel Lewis interim CEO as Garg exits founder role

Better pivots to a partner-led model as new leadership targets $45M in cost reductions

Better names Daniel Lewis interim CEO as Garg exits founder role

Williams signals Fed ready to hike if inflation doesn't ease

NY Fed president expects price pressures to cool, but the central bank will act if they don't

Williams signals Fed ready to hike if inflation doesn't ease

Data centers are pricing home builders off America's land

AI infrastructure deals are locking home builders out of key residential land markets

Data centers are pricing home builders off America's land

US housing market cools as price cuts close in on last year

Median list prices slid for a ninth straight month as pending sales stretched their growth streak to eight months

US housing market cools as price cuts close in on last year

Treasury yields slide as Iran tensions ease — for now

A geopolitical shift moves bond markets and could offer brief relief to mortgage borrowers

Treasury yields slide as Iran tensions ease — for now

US homes lose their global appeal as spending plunges 19%

International home buying hits a near-17-year low as spending falls $11 billion year over year

US homes lose their global appeal as spending plunges 19%

Fed divided: three dissents signal a rate hike may be next

Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan warn holding rates is no longer a viable inflation strategy

Fed divided: three dissents signal a rate hike may be next