Since Ali Najaf moved from Pakistan to Vancouver as a student in 2012, he has earned a degree, landed a job in human resources, and gotten married. Now the 30-year-old says he’s ready to purchase his first property in his adoptive homeland, but there’s a problem; as a practicing Muslim, Najaf cannot collect or pay interest, barring him from traditional mortgage products. 

Since Ali Najaf moved from Pakistan to Vancouver as a student in 2012, he has earned a degree, landed a job in human resources, and gotten married. Now the 30-year-old says he’s ready to purchase his first property in his adoptive homeland, but there’s a problem; as a practicing Muslim, Najaf cannot collect or pay interest, barring him from traditional mortgage products.  Mortgage Rates & Mortgage Broker News in Canada