Our Team

Cal Morstad

Founding Director and JV Partner

Cal Morstad is the Founding Director and JV partner with Alta West Mortgage Capital Corporation. He is responsible for raising investment funding, managing investors and directing special projects. Cal has been involved in the mortgage investment business and founded Alta West in 1991. He currently holds Director positions for Fidelis MIC (1991), Fortress MIC (1998), AWM...

Chuck McKitrick

Chief Executive Officer

Chuck McKitrick is a JV partner with Alta West Mortgage Capital Corporation. He is the Chief Executive Officer for Alta West and manages business development and growth, as well as investors, and MIC funds. Prior to joining Alta West, Chuck was the owner/operator of multi-million dollar health care clinics in Calgary and after a major acquisition of his company he assumed a senior...

Dave McKitrick

Chief Operating Officer

Dave McKitrick is a JV Partner for Alta West Mortgage Capital Corporation (Alta West). He is the Chief Operating Officer for Alta West and is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company. Dave is also the vice president and director for AWM Diversified MIC and the president of First Place MIC which are also under management by Alta West.

Recent Posts

Secondary credit card user a nobody I read an article recently about a woman who was married for 22 years, she and her husband had joint credit cards and were responsible payers. The marriage dissolved and the woman...

Alberta MLS sales to top country... Alberta’s economy continues to outpace the rest of country; Alberta will lead the country in 2012 in annual growth for home sales, according to the Canadian Real Estate Asso

TSX flat on lower commodity prices... There is a much happening in Canada and the world today! Osama bin Laden is dead, there is an election happening and your taxes are due! The markets opened up to the news that...

Higher loonie suggests rates won’t... The Bank of Canada is not likely to increase interest rates any time soon. The loonie increased yesterday to 1.0523 against the greenback.

Alberta retail sector bounces back There is positive news from Statistics Canada latest release, retail sales in Alberta are up! In February consumers were out spending their disposable incomes on retail goods....

Good time to buy With the Bank of Canada holding interest rates steady, it’s a good time to buy a home. There is no indication from the Bank that rates will rise before July. So, people...

Calgary house prices to hit peak...

No rate hikes imminent, BoC signals On Tuesday April 12, 2011, The Bank of Canada made it clear that interest rates will remain unchanged, at 1%. There is no indication from the bank when the key rate will increase...

Calgary retail sales forecast to... Retail sales are expected to boom in the coming years. Calgary has a very healthy economy, spurred largely by the oil and gas sector. Calgarian’s consumer confidence...

Discounts Expected in Spring... The U.S. housing market is continuing to experience declines, both in resale homes and in new homes. Data on the U.S.housing industry is expected on Wednesday Mar 23 and it doesn...