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Some fun to end the week….Burlington’s Mayor, Cam Jackson, wants the city to be included in the next version of Canadian Monopoly…. as it stands, Burlington is not in the top 65 cities and the Mayor doesn’t agree… I think I support his position… read more in the Toronto Star . If you want to vote, go to http://www.monopolyvote.ca and have your say….
Last year, variable rate mortgages were Prime plus 0.60%… a far cry from the Prime minus 0.90% that we saw 2 years ago. Today, one of our Lenders has just come out with a special promotion of Prime less 0.30%….wow! Prime is 2.25% less 0.30% gives us a rate of 1.95%…. gotta love it.
Here’s a little more good news…. Real estate prices are expected to remain strong in the first half of 2010 according to an article in the Canadian Press.
Did you know….. a 0.25% rate difference on a $250,000 mortgage adds up to a $3,100 savings over a typical 5 year term? Factor in that your principal residence mortgage is not tax deductible and add in a 40% tax bracket and you are talking around a $5,000 difference…
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The good news for today is that the Bank of Canada announced they won’t raise interest rates to cool the housing market, according to an article in the Globe and Mail, Jan 11th.
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