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China Vanke Co. made a rare response to Moody’s downgrade last week, citing support from financial institutions and its biggest shareholder.
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May 14, 2019
Bloomberg News
,Canadian homeowners set to renew their mortgages this year can rest a little easier about having to pay higher rates.
Rates to renew a five-year mortgage aren’t much higher than they were when the mortgages were taken out, according to National Bank research. That means “no payment shock” for the 17.4 per cent of mortgages renewing in 2019, Matthieu Arseneau, deputy chief economist at the Montreal-based bank, said by phone.
Financial conditions have eased since January to the point where the renewal rate for five-year mortgages is barely above the current 3 per cent “effective,” or average, rate for all mortgages coming due this year, he said. Back in January, Arseneau estimated there would be a 70- to 90-basis-point payment shock for mortgage renewals.
A drop in government bond yields and lower funding costs for financial institutions have led to a decline in rates to about 3.1 per cent for insured mortgages and 3.2 per cent for uninsured, Arseneau said. The lower rates along with a stellar jobs market means “we can expect a rebound in consumption,” after a weak reading in the fourth quarter, he said.
National Bank’s estimates jive with those from Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, who said in a speech this month mortgage payments didn’t rise for most borrowers who recently renewed a five-year, fixed rate mortgage, in spite of interest rate increases from the central bank and tougher eligibility criteria for home loans.
It remains to be seen whether consumers will face a payment shock in 2020 and 2021. Arseneau estimates 24.1 per cent and 26.8 per cent of mortgages in those years will face renewal, with effective rates of 2.8 per cent and 2.6 per cent, respectively.
--With assistance from Erik Hertzberg.