On Wednesday, October 25th, the Bank of Canada made their latest scheduled rate announcement, that they were holding the overnight rate at 5%. This translates to a hold in the Prime lending rate with lenders, which is currently at 7.20% For anyone with a variable rate mortgage, line of credit or credit card date this […]
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Mortgage Rate Update June 2023
Mortgage Rate Update for June 2023 – The Bank of Canada ended its four-month rate increase pause on Wednesday, raising the overnight lending rate by 25 basis points (bp), or .25% to a 20-year high of 4.75%. In fact, you would have to go back to 2000 to experience rates that high! This brought an […]