The Bank of Canada has already raised interest rates three times since July, but the benchmark rate is still three -
quarters of a percentage point below the 2 - per - cent inflation target.
That means you can find a deal that's at least
a quarter of a percentage point below the national average of 15 - year home loans — 2.97 %, according to our latest survey of major lenders.
Not exact matches
The pork shortage, along with the bad weather that afflicted the eastern half
of the U.S. this winter, lowered Chipotle's comparable sales growth by about 2
percentage points to 10.4 % in the first
quarter,
below the 11.8 % analysts were projecting.
During the fourth
quarter of 2013, the rate
of seniors housing's annual asking rent growth was unchanged at 1.6 %, and was 0.5
percentage points below its pace one year earlier during the fourth
quarter of 2012.
Current construction as a share
of existing inventory for seniors housing preliminary was unchanged from the prior
quarter at 6.1 % and was 0.5
percentage point below its recent high
of 6.6 % in the third
quarter of 2016.
Current construction as a share
of existing inventory for seniors housing was 3.1 %, which is 0.1
percentage points below that
of the previous
quarter.
Private pay rents for the sector grew 2.8 % year - over-year this
quarter, which is 0.1
percentage points below the pace
of the prior
quarter.
During the third
quarter of 2013, seniors housing's annual asking rent growth slowed to 1.5 %, and was 0.7
percentage points below its pace one year earlier during the third
quarter of 2012.
Current new construction as a share
of existing inventory for seniors housing was 2.9 %, which is 0.3
percentage points below the previous
quarter.
As
of the fourth
quarter of 2016, occupancy was 2.7
percentage points above its cyclical low
of 86.9 % during the first
quarter of 2010 and 0.7
percentage point below its most recent high
of 90.3 % in the fourth
quarter of 2014.
This placed occupancy 1.4
percentage points above its cyclical low
of 86.9 % reached during the first
quarter of 2010 and 1.9
percentage point below its most recent high
of 90.2 % in the fourth
quarter of 2014.
Preliminary data on construction as a share
of existing inventory for seniors housing remained the same as in the third
quarter at 6.6 % and was 0.4
percentage point below its recent high
of 7.0 % in the third
quarter of 2016.
Current construction as a share
of existing inventory for seniors housing preliminary slowed 0.3
percentage point from the prior
quarter to 5.8 % and was 0.8
percentage point below its recent high
of 6.6 % in the third
quarter of 2016.
Preliminary data on construction as a share
of existing inventory for seniors housing was 6.7 % in the first
quarter of 2018 and was 0.3
percentage point below its recent high
of 7.0 % in the third
quarter of 2016.
As Figure 1
below illustrates, the
percentage of all loans past due fell by 84 basis
points over the past four
quarters.
As
of the second
quarter of 2017, occupancy was 1.9
percentage points above its cyclical low
of 86.9 % during the first
quarter of 2010 and 1.4
percentage point below its most recent high
of 90.2 % in the fourth
quarter of 2014.