There is a new article in the National Post discussing whether home-owners should choose fixed or variable in todays economic environment.
Fixed or variable? Time to revisit
It is interesting to me that over much of the time I have been in this industry, there are always pushes by the banks and media towards fixed rate mortgages, as this article appears to be intended for. The article seems similar in that while they always admit that over the long term, variable rate come out well ahead of fixed rates, the next words out of their mouths are “but that was before, and this is now.” (more…)