03/10/2023
Posthaste: Ouch — Variable-Rate Mortgages Have Cost Canadian Homeowners Big Money
Financial Post ~ September 21st, 2023
Remember when variable-rate mortgages were all the rage.
Canadians have traditionally tended toward a fixed-rate, but when the Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate to 0.25 per cent during the turmoil of the pandemic the popularity of the variable-rate soared.
Even as late as July, 2022, 57 per cent of mortgage quotes on comparison site RATESDOTCA were for variable-rate.
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CURRENT RATES
CURRENT RATES
15 Aug 2024
| Term | Our Rate | Bank Rate |
| 2 YEAR | 5.%19 | 7.35% |
| 3 YEAR | 4.59% | 7.14% |
| 4 YEAR | 4.69% | 6.99% |
| 5 YEAR | 4.49%* | 7.04% |
| 5 YEAR variable | 5.55%* | 7.20% |
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