Interest Rate Hold Could Add Heat to Real Estate Markets: Mortgage Experts

Interest Rate Hold Could Add Heat to Real Estate Markets: Mortgage Experts
A real estate sold sign is shown in a Toronto west end neighbourhood on May 16, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy
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Mortgage experts expect the Bank of Canada’s decision to hold its key interest rate to add heat to the country’s real estate markets.
The second consecutive hold since rates started climbing in March 2022, which leaves the overnight rate at 4.5 percent, will likely give buyers and sellers more confidence to make a purchase soon, experts said Wednesday.