How rising rates can affect your mortgage
The one-two-punch of supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine has pushed inflation in Canada to its highest level in 30 years and spurred the Bank of Canada to move toward a tighter monetary policy. On June 1, the Bank announced a second consecutive .5% increase to its policy rate (the third increase in 2022) and signalled its intention to continue increasing rates in the short term.
For homeowners with variable-rate mortgages, the effects of these policy rate hikes will have an immediate impact as lenders increase their prime lending rate in response. Depending on the terms of your variable-rate mortgage, you may see an increase in your payment or find that a higher portion of your fixed payment is going toward interest rather than principal.
