BMO Bank of Montreal announced today it is changing its residential mortgage rates, effective August 18, 2006. The new rates are:
Fixed Rates:
|
To:
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Change:
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6 month open
|
8.20%
|
-0.20%
|
6 month convertible
|
6.40%
|
-0.20%
|
1 year open
|
8.55%
|
-0.20%
|
1 year closed
|
6.40%
|
-0.20%
|
2 year
|
6.45%
|
-0.20%
|
3 year
|
6.60%
|
-0.15%
|
4 year
|
6.75%
|
-0.10%
|
5 year
|
6.85%
|
-0.10%
|
6 year
|
6.95%
|
-0.10%
|
7 year
|
7.35%
|
-0.10%
|
10 year
|
7.60%
|
-0.10%
|
18 year open
|
8.85%
|
-0.10%
|
(The interest on fixed-rate mortgages compounds semi-annually, not in advance.)
The Five-Year Protected Variable Rate ceiling is decreasing to 6.85%.
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