fix 3年 2.9%这个利率怎么样?和variable比呢??
A more interesting question to ask is what is the best variable mortgage rate. If variable is 2%, it will be an interesting decision making process.
In US, Fed hinted low rate till 2014. In Canada, the rate is maintained at 1% a few days ago. If US rate is being kept low, it is hard to image that Canada will be aggressive in raising interest rate, given current above-par CND exchange rate.
The 3-year fixed will expire in middle of 2015. Assume rate starts to go up in the middle of 2014, then ...
Of course, it is always difficult to predict interest rate trend. If the spread is large enough, then variable is also worth taking into consideration...
By the way, banks shall have like variable mortgage better as it costs less to hedge risk of interest rate. Therefore, the spread could be wide ...