Impact Of Rate Changes On Mortgage Industry. When the policy rate decreases, variable-rate mortgage interest rates follow ...

Among key drivers of improved affordability was a drop in the benchmark mortgage rate for a five-year fixed term. It declined ...

China had already begun selling off some U.S. mortgage-backed securities last year, with the country’s holdings at the end of ...

The new "reciprocal" tariffs, effective at midnight, include a minimum 10% baseline tax on most trading partners, with proportionally higher levies on goods from countries that impose additional ...

Despite generational volatility in bond yields, only one leading mortgage rate budged this week. The lowest nationally ...

Pricing for fixed mortgage rates come from bonds – and bond yields have reacted to the latest tariff news by plunging to lows ...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing a new government-backed mortgage program to help more Canadians get into the housing ...

BMO’s prime rate was lowered to 4.95% on March 13, 2025, following the latest Bank of Canada rate announcement. BMO’s prime rate is the basis for its variable-rate lending products, like ...

Fixed mortgage rates are falling, but variable-rate pricing is shifting — here’s what Canadian homeowners need to know before ...

U.S. stocks took the brunt of the selloff after the announcement. Futures dropped more than 4 per cent, compared with a 1.7 ...

Earlier this month, the Bank of Canada announced its seventh consecutive interest rate cut since it began lowering rates in ...