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COVID-19 Pandemonium: The Novel Corona Virus has infected Mortgage Rates

March 27, 2020 | Posted by: Kelleway Mortgage Architects

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Over the past few weeks, the Fixed Mortgage Rates have been falling as they do when the bond rates are dropping. This is the link to the Canadian 5-year bond rate chart. Find the 1-month view and see the drop from 1.3% to 0.35% earlier this month. Why is this important? The bond rate jumped on Friday up to 0.67 and today it is down to 0.59. What does this mean to YOU the mortgage borrower? We are in for volatility on both the fixed and variable mortgage rate markets.

For example, 5-year fixed rates price in about 2% above the bond rate. Fixed rates do not move daily however they will move when there are significant fluctuations in the bond yields on which the fixed rates are based.

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