TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 12/03/13 — It may be the off season for the housing market, but shoppers have good reason to turn their attention from the malls to their local real estate offerings; the cost of borrowing will remain historically cheap for the month of December. Despite the most implemented to cool demand, fixed rates will see slight discounting this month; bond yields remain low amid slow but stable economic improvement, both in Canada and internationally. However, such gains are still below growth benchmarks, leading to no change in the Bank of Canada-s rate stance, and as a result, variable borrowing costs.
Fixed Mortgage Rates: Down: Government of Canada bond yields continue to see slight downward pressure, as investors remain confident that national benchmark rates will remain low. Market fluctuation as a result of has also subsided, as the Fed appears to have deferred any changes to quantitative easing until the new year. As well, new government-imposed risk fees to the CMHC are not anticipated to have adverse effects on the availability of mortgage insurance in the near future. As a result, fixed mortgage rates will see slight discounting this month.
Variable Mortgage Rates: Unchanged: An increase to the Bank of Canada benchmark rate is not anticipated prior to late 2014, as sufficient slack remains in economic output to allow the rate to remain at its current one per cent.
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