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转贴 Mortgage rates jump again
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/05/29/mortgages.html
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Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 4:28 PM ET
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/ {# z0 i; d) t8 RMortgage 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./ r4 e1 f, n# k/ I
$ [. K, _7 @4 w0 y7 [; W8 W, ?- }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.7 K) \) c! T! \8 h3 L4 }+ [7 w
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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.
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: P5 V' y" w& y5 p3 `& j4 DOther banks are expected to follow with rate hikes of their own.
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4 I! {2 M, @4 O$ }5 F: p. rYields 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.
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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. 5 h& y3 A; R9 P" p% m4 V5 _/ K
4 e o a) U' t% jThe 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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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。: g# S6 j" q# Q. i