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转贴 Mortgage rates jump again
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/05/29/mortgages.html: J: m$ i: T4 O- o! s
% o9 D J ?+ JLast Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 4:28 PM ET
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Mortgage rates went up Tuesday for the second time in two weeks as the Bank of Canada sent a strong signal that borrowed money is about to get more expensive.% G* J' L( E: o- j* g6 h& r
; C. F2 }: v3 W/ s4 T' `RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust, BMO Bank of Montreal and CIBC have all raised mortgage rates by up to three-tenths of a percentage point, effective Wednesday., t* @ J$ Q0 |% c
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The posted rate for a five-year closed mortgage is now 7.14 per cent. The banks had boosted the rate for the five-year term to 6.84 per cent less than two weeks ago.( n' p( j) l4 V* i" U4 r* c f* m
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Other banks are expected to follow with rate hikes of their own.
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e; Q1 f: M" G7 y( w1 H2 {Yields in the bond market, where mortgage financing is determined, jumped Tuesday after the Bank of Canada delivered a strong hint that it may boost interest rates soon — and perhaps more than once this year — to fight inflation.2 f2 F0 M0 l0 A1 @: o
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The yield on the benchmark two-year Government of Canada bond jumped more than a tenth of a percentage point to 4.57 per cent. It was just 4.18 per cent at the start of May. o, v+ D4 N+ z* m; i4 n( w
# F" {, ]3 k6 D, d- d9 @- I7 ?! LThe posted rate for a five-year closed mortgage is now lower than those for two-year, three-year or four-year mortgages. That type of inversion is unusual, as banks usually charge more for locking in rates for longer terms. |
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