Taylor Wimpey Sees UK Home Sales Dip Persist into First Quarter
Taylor Wimpey Plc is failing to see lower mortgage rates translate into higher levels of home sales and is maintaining its forecast for fewer deals in 2024.
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Taylor Wimpey Plc is failing to see lower mortgage rates translate into higher levels of home sales and is maintaining its forecast for fewer deals in 2024.
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Dec 14, 2016
The Canadian Press
,Canadian mortgage brokers say it's unlikely for the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hike to cause any significant boost in mortgage rates north of the border.
Steve Pipkey of Vancouver-based online brokerage Spin Mortgage says the bond market has already priced in the increase.
The U.S. central bank announced Wednesday that it's boosting its key interest rate by a quarter point to a range of 0.5 to 0.75 per cent, thanks to strong signs of economic growth and expectations that inflation will climb higher.
Interest rate hikes signal that the U.S. central bank is feeling optimistic about the economy and tends to cause bond yields on both sides of the border to move higher said Rob McLister, the founder of RateSpy.com.
Canadian five-year and 10-year yields did move slightly higher following the announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
However, it's unlikely that the move in bond yields will be strong enough to cause a significant boost in five-year fixed mortgage rates, experts say.