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Bank’s latest hike puts further pressure on housing

The Bank of Canada’s 50bp rate hike this week means that variable mortgage rates are now more than 400bp higher than the start of the year. This raises the risk that some will be forced to sell their homes, although there was little evidence of widespread selling in the November local real estate data.

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