Several big banks raising mortgage rates; five-year fixed goes to 5.54 per cent
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Several of Canada's big banks announced increases in their residential mortgage rates effective Tuesday.
Royal Bank (TSX:RY), TD Bank (TSX:TD) and Laurentian Bank (TSX:LB) all raised the posted rate for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage by 0.15 percentage points to 5.54 per cent.
Royal Bank raised its special offer rate for a five-year mortgage by 0.15 percentage points to 4.39 per cent, while TD and Laurentian raised their special offer rates for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage by 0.15 percentage points to 4.29 per cent.
Most other special and fixed rates at the banks were also going up between 0.10 and 0.15 percentage points.
Fixed rate mortgage rates are affected by the cost of borrowing in the bond market, where banks finance their home loan lending.
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