9/5/2024 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Real estate experts say the Bank of Canada’s third consecutive interest rate cut is welcome news for variable-rate mortgage holders, but it could still be some time ... More

Interest rate cut welcome news for homeowners with variable-rate mortgages

  8/4/2024 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Bond yields plummeted late last week as economic instability prompted investors to seek the safety of bonds.

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Bond yields fall to 2-year lows, more rate cuts to follow

  8/1/2024 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Canadian lenders are cutting fixed mortgage rates following a drop in bond yields. But what’s behind these latest moves?

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Fixed mortgage rates are falling again. Here's why

  6/16/2024 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Interest rates may slowly start to be easing around the world, but they won’t be returning to pandemic levels and borrowers will need to adjust accordingly.

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Borrowers must adapt to 'new normal' of higher rates, says Macklem

  1/18/2024 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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This week’s rise in bond yields could cause some lenders to reverse recent fixed mortgage rate cuts, experts say.

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Rise in bond yields could send fixed mortgage rates higher, experts say

  12/21/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Several of Canada’s big banks and numerous other lenders are offering a practical gift for borrowers this holiday season: lower mortgage rates.

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Big banks and lenders slash mortgage rates in time for the holidays

  12/19/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The Bank of Canada could start cutting interest rates next year as long as core inflation comes down as predicted, BNN Television cited Governor Tiff Macklem as saying in an ... More

Bank of Canada could start cutting rates next year, says governor - BNN

  10/4/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Over the past two weeks, yields have risen by over 30 basis points, or 0.30%. Since bond yields typically lead fixed mortgage rate pricing, rates have been steadily on the ... More

Bond yields surge to new heights, mortgage rates expected to jump another 20 bps

  9/29/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Mortgage providers across the country have been busy raising rates over the past week, and it could continue next week with as bond yields continue to rise.

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Latest in mortgage news: Mortgage rates keep surging higher

  9/22/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Fixed mortgage rates could surge higher in the coming week after Government of Canada bond yields—which lead fixed mortgage rates—shot up to a 16-year-high.

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Fixed mortgage rates expected to surge as bond yields reach 16-year high

  8/23/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Despite interest rates potentially being at or near a peak, borrowers aren’t betting on rate cuts anytime soon.

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Fixed rates back as top mortgage product of choice: National Bank

  8/2/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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A prolonged period of heightened interest rates will be critical to Canada’s central bank reaching its inflation target, a former Bank of Canada Governor said.

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Expect interest rates to remain high until 2025: former BoC governor

  7/24/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The Bank of Canada (BoC) will not raise rates again and will start cutting a little later than previously anticipated, according to a survey of market participants released by ... More

Canadian market participants see rates staying at 5 per cent in 2023: BoC survey

  7/12/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 5%, with the Bank Rate at 5¼% and the deposit rate at 5%. The Bank is also continuing its policy ... More

Bank of Canada raises policy rate 25 basis points, continues quantitative tightening

  6/24/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Mortgage lenders, including most of the big banks, have continued to hike their fixed mortgage rates following the recent surge in Government of Canada bond yields, which are ... More

Another week, another rise in fixed mortgage rates. How high could they go?

  6/16/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Central banks seek sweet spot between fighting inflation and sparking recession

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Bank of Canada likely to hike again in July: TD

  6/7/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Variable-rate mortgage holders are in for “more pain” following the Bank of Canada’s half-expected decision to hike interest rates again.

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  5/24/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The central bank has kept the policy rate frozen at 4.5% in its two most recent meetings

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Further BoC hike may be necessary, says leading economist

  4/5/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Bond yields and central bank rates have never been lower, but not all the savings are filtering down.

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Interest rates are plunging - so why aren't mortgage rates?

  3/31/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Canada’s mortgage rates are creeping up even though the country’s central bank has slashed borrowing costs to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mortgage rates are rising in Canada despite virus-relief cuts

  3/4/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The Bank of Canada today lowered its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to 1 ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 ½ percent and the deposit ... More

Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to 1.25 percent

  1/29/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Fixed rate mortgages could go on sale as fears of spreading coronavirus push bond yields down

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Fixed rate mortgages could go on sale

  11/29/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Scotiabank now sees the Bank of Canada lowering its benchmark interest rate at the beginning of 2020 instead of at the central bank’s next meeting.

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Scotiabank pushes back its Bank of Canada rate cut forecast

  7/18/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Those renewing or about to renew their mortgages can breathe a sigh of relief: The era of higher interest rates appears to have been short-lived.

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The era of higher mortgage rates was short-lived

  6/11/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Canadian mortgage rates have already tumbled in recent months and more discounts could be on the way for homebuyers, a according to a new forecast.

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More mortgage rate cuts could be coming for Canadian homebuyers

  1/9/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The Bank of Canada left its trend-setting interest rate unchanged at 1.75% on Wednesday as the sharp decline in oil prices temporarily dims its economic outlook for the coming ... More

Bank of Canada announces interest rate decision

  12/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Just a few months ago economists were predicting that the Bank of Canada would take a bullish stance on interest rates following its talk of ‘normalization’ of the ... More

Just one interest rate rise in 2019: BCREA

  12/6/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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If you’re shopping for a mortgage and believe what the bond market is telling us, it implies your odds of success with a fixed rate may have just changed.

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The bond market is now sending a clear signal: Go with a variable-rate mortgage

  11/30/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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The Bank of Canada should hold pat on interest rates until the spring according to The C.D. Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council.

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No rate rise at least February suggests C.D. Howe Institute

  11/7/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Anabela Serra
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Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the eventual destination range for his key interest rate target — estimated by his team at between 2.5 and ... More

Landing zone for rising interest rates 'sufficiently uncertain': Poloz
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