I heard most Canadian mortgages are variable rate is that true?
And
R u guys crazy
You know they live even further north than Minnesota, right?
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I thought I read once that most Canadians live farther south than Duluth.
Duluth is farther north than the Canadian population centers bewtixt Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal.
Most? I dunno. If I had to guess, probably more so than fixed. And thatâd be because, yes, people are crazy.
I believe that with variable rate mortgages, they fix the payment and then float the amount that goes to interest/principle each month. âbelieveâ because Iâve never held a variable rate mortgage and canât imagine I ever would.
Some even live south of Michigan.
Canadian âfixedâ mortgages are only fixed for 5 years, so are a bit of a misnomer.
I was going to say⌠I donât remember a long fixed term even being an option.
Down here in 'Murica Iâm locked in for 30 years and laughing at whoever the fool was that gave me that option.
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yeah, 30 years fixed right now is a steal with inflation on the rise.
You can get fixed rate mortgages for at least 10 years, and IIRC Iâve seen them longer than that (could be wrong though).
Interesting. Apparently RBC has a 25 year fixed rate, of 8.75%.
8.75%?!
30-year fixed-rate mortgages at under 3.5% are insane.
ARMs make sense, at least from the banksâ perspective.
Did everyone forget, it was just the last year or two and Trump was pushing for negative interest rates., and getting some traction.
Yeah, not really sure what the lenders are thinking in this economic environment.
I remember mortgage rates of about 17%-20% back in the day.
:heynow:
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Imagine rates being that high and still being able to afford it on a single income household basis.
pitchforks
17%-20% on 100K houses wasnât so bad was it?
Housing prices wouldnât be anything close to where they are today. Jerome Powell would have the Federal Reserve intervene by purchasing houses directly.