Mortgage rates are on the upswing in Canada, with both Royal Bank and TD Canada Trust raising rates they charge on certain fixed mortgages, including the benchmark five-year mortgage.
Five-year closed mortgages jump 60 percentage points to 5.85 per cent effective Tuesday, the banks said in separate statement Monday.
Four-year term closed mortgages rise by 0.40 percentage points to 5.34 per cent,
Royal's three-year product rises by 0.20 percentage points to 4.35 per cent, while at Canada Trust it gains 40 percentage points to 4.70 per cent.