five-year fixed

Nouvelles hypothécaires.

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Cette grille de taux vous offre les taux les plus récents, les meilleurs taux hypothécaires au Canada:

1 à 4 plex

2.60%: 5 years Variable/ 5 ans Variable

3.69%: 5 ans Fixe,120 jours / 5 years,120 days

3.50% : HELOC/Marge de crédit hyp

6Plex et plus  -$750,000

3.56 % : 5 years Fixed Closed/CMHC/5 ans Fixe Fermé/SCHL

6Plex et plus $750,000 et plus

3.21% : 5 years Fixed Closed CMHC/ 5 ans Fixe Fermé/SCHL

Commercial $1.5 M et plus

4.5% : 5 years Fixed Closed/ 5 ans Fixe Fermé

Non resident/ Non résident

Up to 65% / Jusqu’a 65%

Canadian mortgage rates on the rise

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croissanceSome of Canada’s major banks are starting to raise mortgage rates. RBC, Scotia Bank and TD have all increased some of their mortgage rates in the last month and RBC announced a second hike last week.

Everyone breathe.

For RBC, the four-year closed-rate mortgage is moving up 10 basis points to 3.39 per cent, five-year increase by 20 basis points to 3.6 per cernt, the seven-year by 20 basis points to 3.99 per cent, the 10-year is moving up by 30 basis points to 4.29 per cent.

When mortgage rates increase, homeowners, or those ready to buy, are often fearful, with reason.

However, it’s not all bad. Hopefully, we can get a little bit of perspective on the recent rise in Canadian mortgage rates.

These are still really good rates

In November 2008, the monthly average mortgage rate for a conventional five-year mortgage in Canada was 7 per cent. Since the 2008 crash, we’ve been a bit spoiled with artificially low mortgage rates. A five-year closed rate of 3.69 per cent is still low, historically speaking.

Rising mortgage rates are a double-edged sword

Rising mortgage rates are a signal of a stabilizing economy in North America, which we’ve all been rooting for since 2008. A stabilizing economy means increases in employment, incomes and hopefully stock markets. These are good things that should help families offset the effect of mortgage hikes.

These are very small hikes

The largest increase announced is 30 basis points on the RBC 10-year closed mortgage. That’s three tenths of a percent. We aren’t talking full percentage swings over night. Small rises in mortgage rates can be a signal of upward trends, but at least they give home owners time to speak with their mortgage specialist and lock down a rate that allows them to sleep at night.

Most mortgage rates are set by banks

Mortgage rates are set by each individual bank, based on supply and demand. Banks who have not yet raised rates may hold off on a rate increase to see how their competitor’s decisions plays out.

How to survive a mortgage rate hike

  1. Purchase a home you can afford, even when rates rise. The bigger your mortgage, the more effected you are.
  2. Aim to have a 20 per cent down payment to ensure that you’re not over leveraged.
  3. Start paying down consumer debt to free up additional cash flow for your household.
  4. Sit down with a mortgage specialist and ask for a rate hold, which you can always cancel if you need to or lock in a historically low rate.

SOURCE : http://globalnews.ca/

Taux directeur sans modification.

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BANKOFCANADA

Le gouverneur sortant Mark Carney n’a apporté aucune modification au taux directeur lors de la dernière annonce de la Banque du Canada. La Banque a affirmé que la « croissance canadienne au premier trimestre a été plus forte que prévu, que les dépenses de consommation devraient progresser à une cadence modérée, que les investissements des entreprises devraient croître solidement et que l’inflation devrait demeurer faible ». La Banque a également fait remarquer que « la croissance de l’ensemble des crédits aux ménages ralentit ».

Comme elle l’a annoncé auparavant, la Banque a indiqué que nos faibles taux historiques « demeureront probablement appropriés pendant un certain temps » en raison de la faiblesse continue de l’économie, mais a laissé entendre que toute modification des taux future serait probablement une augmentation modeste.

Le taux préférentiel de la plupart des prêteurs devrait demeurer à 3 %, taux en vigueur depuis septembre 2010, soit près de trois ans.

La prochaine décision concernant les taux sera prise par la Banque le 17 juillet.

Les gens qui cherchent à acheter ou à refinancer en verrouillant leur taux devraient profiter des taux fixes qui sont encore à un faible niveau historique !

 

Durées Taux Courants Nos Taux
6 MOIS 4.00% 3.95%
1 AN 3.00% 2.65%
2 ANS 3.04% 2.69%
3 ANS 3.55% 2.65%
4 ANS 4.54% 2.89%
5 ANS 5.14% 2.89%
7 ANS 6.35% 3.49%
10 ANS 6.75% 3.69%

Avertissement – les taux sont sujets à changement. Sur approbation du crédit, sauf erreurs et omissions.

Source : intelligence_hypo

TIGHTER MORTGAGE RULES (TD Economics)

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TIGHTER MORTGAGE RULES TO COOL DEBT GROWTH, BUT HIGHER RATES ULTIMATELY REQUIRED

• The Department of Finance recently implemented tighter mortgage insurance rules to help take some of steam out of the Canadian housing market and to curb households from taking on too much debt during a continued low interest rate environment.
• Analysis shows that past regulatory tightening led to a significant permanent drop in housing demand. However, while home prices took an immediate hit following the rule changes, they bounced back within two to three quarters and continued to grow faster than underlying economic fundamentals. The dampening effect on household credit growth was more notable and sustained.
• The changes implemented on July 9th may have more of a bite as they will hit a larger segment of the housing market and lead to a larger deterioration in affordability than past rule changes, particularly for first time homebuyers. Overall we expect the new rules to shave 5 percentage points off sales and 3 percentage points off prices over the rest of 2012 and early 2013 and reduce about 1 percentage point off credit growth.


• However, new guidelines will only go part of the way in unwinding the imbalances developed in the Canadian housing market. As long as interest rates remain at their current low levels, households still have a strong incentive to borrow and the overvaluation in the housing market will persist. Ultimately, interest rate increases by the Bank of Canada are needed to ensure sustainable growth in the Canadian housing market.

 

 

Source : http://www.td.com/document/PDF/economics/special/dp0912_mortgage_rules.pdf

L’achat d’une première habitation : REER et RAP / First-time Home Buyer : RRSP and HBP

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Régime d’accession à la propriété (RAP)

reerpigLe Régime d’accession à la propriété (RAP) est un programme qui vous permet de retirer des fonds de vos régimes enregistrés d’épargne-retraite (REER) pour acheter ou construire une habitation admissible pour vous-même ou pour une personne handicapée qui vous est liée. Vous pouvez retirer jusqu’à 25 000 $ dans une année civile.

Vos cotisations REER doivent demeurer au compte REER au moins 90 jours avant de les retirer pour participer au RAP, ou les cotisations pourraient ne pas être déductibles pour aucune année.

Généralement, vous avez 15 ans pour rembourser les montants retirés de vos REER. Vous devez rembourser chaque année un montant dans vos REER, jusqu’à ce que le solde du RAP soit nul. Si vous ne remboursez pas le montant prévu pour une année, vous devrez l’inclure dans vos revenus de cette année-là.

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Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP)

Calculator & coins with arrowThe Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP) is a program that allows you to withdraw funds from your registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to buy or build a qualifying home for yourself or for a related person with a disability. You can withdraw up to $25,000 in a calendar year.

Your RRSP contributions must remain in the RRSP for at least 90 days before you can withdraw them under the HBP, or they may not be deductible for any year.

Generally, you have to repay all withdrawals to your RRSPs within a period of no more than 15 years. You will have to repay an amount to your RRSPs each year until your HBP balance is zero. If you do not repay the amount due for a year, it will have to be included in your income for that year.

Source : http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca