Housing market remains "resilient"

The Canadian Real Estate Association has released its latest numbers, showing that existing home sales rose in November. The association cites low mortgage rates as the major factor in the increase in sales.

It’s certainly true, five year mortgage rates are the lowest I’ve seen (and I’ve been brokering nearly five years). When I started five years ago, the five year fixed rate was approximately 6%. Let’s compare the difference five years can make!

$250,000 mortgage over a 30 year amortization @ 6.00% = $1,487.06/month
$250,000 mortgage over a 30 year amortization @ 3.39% = $1,104.04/month

That’s a whopping $383.02/month in savings! Not only have house prices come down substantially from 2006-2007 so have rates creating what may turn out to be the perfect time to purchase your first home!

If you’d like to play around and calculate some mortgage payments yourself, please go to my calculator: http://www.youredmontonmortgage.com/index.php/mortgage_calculators

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Article: Househunting.ca “Existing home sales rise in November”