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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
Term Our Rate Bank Rate
2 YEAR 4.19% 7.35%
3 YEAR 3.79% 7.14%
4 YEAR 4.49% 6.99%
5 YEAR 3.89%* 6.79%
5 YEAR variable 4.05%* 5.20%
15 Apr 2025


*Special conditions apply. Interest rates are provided for information purposes only and are subject to change without notice.

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