Not exact matches
POSTED RATE METHOD (used by major
banks and some credit unions) With this method, the
Bank of Canada 5 year posted rate is used to
calculate the
penalty for Jane and John.
By March 5 2013 it will go a step further by requiring
banks to provide: annual information to help consumers
calculate their
penalty, written
penalty statements upon request with clear calculation explanations, and access to exact prepayment
penalty quotes by phone.
The sad truth is
banks can be very greedy when it comes to
calculating the interest
penalty on a mortgage you're trying to renew early.
By March of next year, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada will have gone one step further, requiring
banks to provide annual information to help consumers
calculate their
penalty, written
penalty statements upon request and access to exact prepayment
penalty quotes via telephone.
PS in your next article you might want to mention the
Bank's posted rates are an arbitrary, fictitious number, that is only used in
calculating the mortgage cancelation
penalties.
i only wish more borrowers would take the time to understand why
penalties charged by the
banks is unethical... There are several other major lenders that DO N'T
calculate penalties with the same inflated formula....
(as an aside, if this was 1998, your
penalty would cost $ 8,340 because the
Bank only used the Posted Rated when
calculating the
penalty.)
some
Banks still had an IRD
penalty clause in their standard charge terms but the formula for
calculating this was very different from today.
This is in part because the interest rate differential (IRD)
penalty with the major
banks is
calculated in such a way the
penalty is more than double the true IRD.
Not all
banks may
calculate their
penalties the same, so we estimate that six months will simply be half of the total for the year, or $ 63/2 = $ 31.50.
No longer was it necessary to call a
bank, listen to a customer service representative fumble over how
penalties are
calculated, be interrogated about why you wanted a
penalty quote and endure a sales pitch about staying with that lender.
This
penalty is
calculated using the interest method detailed in the Ally
Bank Deposit Agreement (PDF).
Some
banks still had an IRD
penalty clause in their standard charge terms, but the formula for
calculating this was very different from today.