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Mortgage Rates in Victoria

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5-Year Variable
4.85%
5-Year Fixed
4.24%
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Lendwire Inc.
Lendwire Inc.
4.04% grey tooltip icon
$2,640.95 / month
4.24% grey tooltip icon
$2,695.56 / month
4.24% grey tooltip icon
$2,695.56 / month
Lendwire Inc
Lendwire Inc
4.04% grey tooltip icon
$2,640.95 / month
4.24% grey tooltip icon
$2,695.56 / month
4.24% grey tooltip icon
$2,695.56 / month
MMG Mortgages
MMG Mortgages
4.19% grey tooltip icon
$2,681.85 / month
4.39% grey tooltip icon
$2,736.87 / month
4.29% grey tooltip icon
$2,709.29 / month
Innovation Federal Credit Union
Innovation Federal Credit Union
4.57% grey tooltip icon
$2,786.86 / month
4.57% grey tooltip icon
$2,786.86 / month
4.57% grey tooltip icon
$2,786.86 / month
BMO
BMO
4.60% grey tooltip icon
$2,795.23 / month
4.79% grey tooltip icon
$2,848.54 / month
4.79% grey tooltip icon
$2,848.54 / month
Rocket Mortgage
Rocket Mortgage
4.74% grey tooltip icon
$2,834.47 / month
4.89% grey tooltip icon
$2,876.79 / month
4.74% grey tooltip icon
$2,834.47 / month
Nuborrow
Nuborrow
5.49% grey tooltip icon
$3,049.05 / month
5.49% grey tooltip icon
$3,049.05 / month
5.49% grey tooltip icon
$3,049.05 / month
True North Mortgage
True North Mortgage
2.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,363.66 / month
2.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,363.66 / month
2.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,363.66 / month
Sudbury Credit Union
Sudbury Credit Union
3.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,627.39 / month
3.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,627.39 / month
3.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,627.39 / month
First Foundation
First Foundation
3.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,627.39 / month
3.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,627.39 / month
3.99% grey tooltip icon
$2,627.39 / month
Prospera Credit Union
Prospera Credit Union
4% grey tooltip icon
$2,630.10 / month
4% grey tooltip icon
$2,630.10 / month
4% grey tooltip icon
$2,630.10 / month
ATB Financials
ATB Financials
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
Hypotheca
Hypotheca
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
Vancity Mortgages
Vancity Mortgages
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
City Wide Financial Corp
City Wide Financial Corp
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
4.09% grey tooltip icon
$2,654.55 / month
Centum Clinton Wilkins
Centum Clinton Wilkins
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
Nesto
Nesto
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
Centum Home Lenders Ltd.
Centum Home Lenders Ltd.
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
4.14% grey tooltip icon
$2,668.19 / month
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Written By Lubna Umar

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Today's Best Mortgage Rates in Victoria

Evaluate all of Victoria's best mortgage rates in one place. RATESDOTCA’s Rate Matrix lets you compare pricing for all key mortgage types and terms.

Rates are based on a home value of $500,000

Insured 80% LTV 65% LTV Uninsured Bank Rate
1-year fixed rate 5.04% 5.59% 5.59% 6.63%
6.29%
2-year fixed rate 4.64% 4.89% 4.64% 4.64%
5.59%
3-year fixed rate 4.19% 4.14% 4.14% 4.19%
4.89%
4-year fixed rate 4.39% 4.14% 4.14% 4.49%
4.74%
5-year fixed rate 3.99% 4.09% 4.09% 4.14%
4.59%
7-year fixed rate 4.94% 4.39% 4.39% 5.90%
5.50%
10-year fixed rate 5.19% 5.29% 5.29% 5.80%
7.14%
3-year variable rate 5.10% 5.20% 5.10% 5.10%
7.35%
5-year variable rate 4.80% 5.05% 4.80% 4.80%
5.15%
HELOC rate N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Stress test 5.25% 5.25% 5.25% 5.25% N/A

The Victoria mortgage market

Despite its relatively small size, Victoria, British Columbia is one of Canada’s highest-priced housing markets, alongside the Greater Toronto and Vancouver areas.

The city is British Columbia’s capital and ranks as the 15th largest city in Canada. Also known as “The Garden City,” Victoria is home to a disproportionately large retiree population thanks to its temperate climate. In fact, 6.4% of the population of Victoria and the surrounding area is at least 80 years of age. That makes for a larger-than-average pool of reverse mortgage customers.

Given the higher-than-average home values in the city, lenders and brokers compete aggressively for mortgages due to the proportionately larger commissions.

All that competition means Victoria mortgage shoppers have access to lower-than-average rates.

Quick mortgage stats for victoria

Victoria’s key mortgage and housing metrics. *

Victoria Population (2020): 92,000
Average Home Price (June 2020): $716,800
Minimum Down Payment (Uninsured): $143,360
Minimum Uninsured Mortgage
Payment:
$2,086

* Data as of October 2020. Assumes 1.89% (the lowest nationally available 5-year fixed uninsured mortgage rate), down payments as stated and 30-year amortization.

Year Victoria
5-year Fixed
Canada
5-year Fixed
Victoria
Variable
Canada
Variable
2016 2.35% 2.51% 2.25% 2.25%
2017 2.89% 2.84% 2.29% 2.24%
2018 3.45% 3.50% 2.85% 2.76%
2019 2.67% 2.66% 2.82% 2.80%
2020* 1.77% 1.74% 1.67% 1.67%
Victoria mortgage rate trends graph
Victoria 5-year fixed rate
1.77%
Canada 5-year fixed rate
1.74%
Victoria variable
1.67%
Canada variable
1.67%

Victoria mortgage rate forecast

As mentioned above, Victoria is one of the more competitive markets in the country by virtue of its higher average home prices.

Many brokers and lenders service the city and surrounding region and compete for their share of the market, which in turn drives down mortgage rates.

In addition to the competitiveness of the local market, mortgage rates across the country fell to historic lows throughout much of 2020.

Despite some economic headwinds brought on by the pandemic, such as an elevated unemployment rate, housing demand held up over the course of the year in Victoria, in part due to rock-bottom mortgage rates and tight supply.

Rates are expected to remain low through 2022, and potentially through 2023, according to some forecasters.

That’s good news for Victoria homebuyers, as those historically low interest rates are helping to make homeownership in the high-priced city slightly more within reach to homebuyers.

Victoria credit unions

Although often overlooked by many mortgage shoppers, Victoria credit unions can also offer competitive rate options. They’re not always known to have market-leading mortgage rates, but from time to time they promote rate specials that beat out all of the other competition.

Credit unions can be especially useful for those who can’t easily qualify at some of the other mortgage lenders, including those with higher debt ratios, more unique properties and harder-to-prove income. Some Victoria credit unions even offer 35-year amortizations, whereas 30 years is the maximum available from most lenders, including all top banks.

What drives Victoria's mortgage outlook?

Victoria home prices are influenced by many of the same national and international factors that affect Canada’s other housing markets.

This includes capital restrictions in countries like China and Iran, global GDP and, in 2020, the pandemic.

Victoria home prices managed to weather the COVID storm reasonably well, despite a sharp drop in sales in the spring caused by the nationwide lockdown and other social distancing restrictions.

Yet, thanks to pent-up demand and limited supply, Victoria home prices remained stable and resumed growth mode by the summer, which in turn drove mortgage growth.

Despite the surprising strength of the Victoria housing market through the fall of 2020, the outlook into 2021 remains murky.

Like most other regions, housing and mortgage demand are expected to remain weak into 2021 before starting to recover by late 2021 or 2022.

Comparing the best Victoria rates vs. banks

There’s barely been a better time to compare Victoria mortgage rates. In a low- and falling-rate environment (as of October 2020), mortgage shoppers do well to arm themselves with basic knowledge of current market rates, which can change by the day.

Mortgage rate comparison websites, such as RATESDOTCA, put hundreds of mortgage providers at your fingertips, along with current rates that are updated multiple times daily.

Comparison websites are especially useful in empowering rate shoppers to find mortgage providers other than the big banks. Some of these lenders are highly reputable and extremely competitive, but they’d never be found by average borrowers who don’t use such a site.

Consumers who compare rates online are also likely to learn that they probably won’t get the lowest mortgage rates by dealing with their home bank.

The difference between a big-bank mortgage rate and one from another financial institution can be a quarter of a percentage point or more, which translates into thousands of dollars of interest over the term of the mortgage.

The best mortgage rates in Victoria are typically available during the busy spring homebuying season. That’s when many lenders, including the Big 6 banks, roll out an array of mortgage promotions.

Lubna Umar

Lubna Umar is an SEO Content Manager at RATESDOTCA. She has produced a wide variety of content, including academic essays, pieces of fiction and financial literacy guides. In her free time, she can be found exploring the café culture in Toronto or any other major city.

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