If you though you will not see another increase in mortgage rates,,,,think again. Royal Bank is increasing more mortgage rates and once they do others will follow. When will the banks start thinking of themselves and start thinking of everyone else?
This article is quite good and you should read it and keep it in your mind:
Globe and Mail Update Published on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 12:59PM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 1:19PM EDT
Royal Bank of Canada (RY-T59.39-0.18-0.30%) , the country’s largest bank, has raised mortgage rates again.
The move, which will result in a 0.25 percentage point increase in the cost of a number of fixed-rate mortgage products that the bank offers, is likely to spark another round of rate hikes among the country’s mortgage lenders.
RBC kicked off one series of hikes a little more than two weeks ago, and most experts said that was the start of a steady rise in mortgage rates.
At that time the cost of a five-year closed rate mortgage from RBC and many of its competitors rose by 0.60 percentage points to 5.85 per cent.
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Tuesday’s increase will raise the rate for a five-year mortgage from RBC further, to 6.10 per cent, effective Wednesday.
Royal Bank’s Canadian mortgage portfolio amounted to about $148.5-billion in the latest quarter.
The banks say they are raising rates because their cost of funds is increasing.
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