 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
转贴 Mortgage rates jump again
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/05/29/mortgages.html
e* N0 J9 T( \$ h6 G, m' c" Q5 o4 a8 G M" Z; S
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 4:28 PM ET
+ i, U6 s2 d1 A6 t! b: I) r* YCBC News) k7 f K& {: l1 ^
% C' r+ b/ T. P1 ?7 ^# m+ e+ gMortgage 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.# f- s# L9 ^& M3 @* h
9 _) y: g* @6 W6 }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.
, V6 o0 b# X& @9 Y2 Y% [0 l' E2 A M& |3 h
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.% J% L8 W5 \# M" M* O8 L
& P( E2 P8 g& h- L4 I1 bOther banks are expected to follow with rate hikes of their own.
; i, z8 W3 @0 C' m3 X; N3 z" X9 W8 `7 \) H
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.
+ d) ]8 W7 j* U0 X& h, G1 ], S A7 Y E$ v s; {
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.
2 K$ Z# f, Z" K( X0 J7 m
" U( ]2 M! p) |7 U' \0 y& UThe 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. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2007-5-29 18:38
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2007-5-29 18:56
涨利息是相抑制过度投资，特别中小投资者。对阿省的经济影响不大，对其房产影响甚微，有可能只是季节调整。对其他经济不太好的地区房价会有影响，可能拉底全国房价。