Toronto Mortgage Rate Watch

SPECIAL: 5 year fixed 3.99% 5 Year Fixed: 4.34% 5 Year Variable 2.15% 3 Year Variable 2.15% 3 Year Fixed 3.60%

Bond Yield For Thursday July 30th, 2009

Canadian 5 yr bond yields -0.03bps to 2.65- Four weeks ago it was 2.45%. The spread, based on 5 yr rate of 4.39%,  is at 1.74%.

Pressure on fixed 5 year: Down.
Financial Post – Markets
Lenders typically like to keep a spread of 1.80% to 2.00% between their fixed five year rates and the current 5 year [...]