BMO Bank of Montreal announced today it is changing its residential mortgage rates, effective December 9, 2006. The new rates are:
| 
 Fixed Rates: 
 | 
 To: 
 | 
 Change: 
 | 
| 
 6 month open 
 | 
 8.15% 
 | 
 -0.05% 
 | 
| 
 6 month convertible 
 | 
 6.35% 
 | 
 -0.05% 
 | 
| 
 1 year open 
 | 
 8.45% 
 | 
 -0.10% 
 | 
| 
 1 year closed 
 | 
 6.30% 
 | 
 -0.10% 
 | 
| 
 2 year 
 | 
 6.40% 
 | 
 -0.10% 
 | 
| 
 3 year 
 | 
 6.40% 
 | 
 -0.10% 
 | 
| 
 4 year 
 | 
 6.40% 
 | 
 -0.10% 
 | 
| 
 5 year 
 | 
 6.45% 
 | 
 -0.05% 
 | 
| 
 6 year 
 | 
 6.55% 
 | 
 0.00% 
 | 
| 
 7 year 
 | 
 6.85% 
 | 
 -0.05% 
 | 
| 
 10 year 
 | 
 7.20% 
 | 
 -0.05% 
 | 
| 
 18 year open 
 | 
 8.75% 
 | 
 0.00% 
 | 
(The interest on fixed-rate mortgages compounds semi-annually, not in advance.)
The Five-Year Protected Variable Rate ceiling changes to 6.45%.
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