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Variable Rate Mortgages

Become mortgage-free faster with a flexible variable rate mortgage. The interest rate of a variable rate mortgage fluctuates with Bank of Montreal prime rate.

3-Year Open Variable Rate Mortgage

5-Year Closed Variable Rate Mortgage

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Choose this Mortgage if you... Choose this Mortgage if you...
  • want maximum flexibility
  • are thinking of selling your home
  • wish to prepay more than 20% of your mortgage amount
  • believe rates will decline
  • want flexibility to lock into a fixed rate at any time
  • want to take advantage of declining rates
Features: Features:
  • Lets you prepay in full or in part at any time with no prepayment charge
  • Lets you change to another term at any time, without charge
  • Payments are generally fixed for the term
  • The amortization period is the number of years required to repay the mortgage (both principal and interest). The amortization period may vary with fluctuations in Bank of Montreal's Prime Rate: it may be longer than you selected if interest rates have risen since the start of the term, or shorter if interest rates have fallen since the start of the term
  • At any time, you can renew without penalty to a fixed rate closed term provided the new term is longer than the remaining length of your current term
  • 20 + 20 prepayment  feature
  • Payments are generally fixed for the term
  • The amortization period is the number of years required to repay the mortgage (both principal and interest). The amortization period may vary with fluctuations in Bank of Montreal's Prime Rate: it may be longer than you selected if interest rates have risen since the start of the term, or shorter if interest rates have fallen since the start of the term

To compare mortgage options, use the Compare and Consider Chart

* New term must mature on or after the third anniversary of the current term


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