CMLS Financial 5-year variable mortgage rate.
Today’s best 5-year variable in our network is 3.60%. We access CMLS Financial’s broker-channel pricing — typically 15-30 bps below posted — and compare it across 50+ lenders.
CMLS Financial’s best 5-year variable rate today is approximately 3.60% through the broker channel — about $2,826/month on a $700,000 home with 20% down over 25 years. A 5-year variable is the term for borrowers who expect rates flat-to-lower and want the cheapest exit. The branch rate is rarely CMLS Financial’s best — the broker channel typically runs 15-30 bps lower.
The 5-year variable with CMLS Financial
Who it suits. Borrowers comfortable with some payment movement in exchange for a usually-lower starting rate and a far cheaper break cost. It suits people who might move, refinance, or sell within the term, and those who believe the Bank of Canada's next moves are cuts rather than hikes.
What drives the rate. A 5-year variable moves with your lender's prime rate, which tracks the Bank of Canada's overnight policy rate. When the Bank cuts, your rate (and often your payment) falls within weeks; when it hikes, it rises. The variable-versus-fixed gap — the 'spread' — widens and narrows with the market's rate outlook.
Breaking it early. The break penalty is only three months' interest — typically a fraction of a fixed mortgage's IRD — which is the single biggest reason mobile or uncertain borrowers choose variable.
How CMLS Financial prices the broker channel
One of Canada's largest independent mortgage finance companies. Active in both residential and commercial, with strong CMHC MLI Select multifamily expertise.
CMLS Financial runs two 5-year variable rate sheets: the posted/branch rate and a wholesale broker-channel rate a licensed brokerage accesses, usually 15-30 bps lower because the broker handles origination. You can’t reach it by walking into a branch. On a $700,000 mortgage, 20 bps is roughly $1,400 a year.
- CMHC MLI Select multifamily
- Commercial mortgages
- Residential A-lending
- Fair-IRD
A worked example
On a $700,000 home with 20% down, the mortgage is $560,000. At CMLS Financial’s best 5-year variable rate of 3.60% over a 25-year amortization, the payment is about $2,826/month. Walk into a branch at the posted rate (~15-30 bps higher) and you’d pay $50-100 more a month for the identical mortgage — which is exactly what the broker channel saves. Model your numbers in the CMLS Financial calculator.
Whatever your situation with CMLS Financial
We submit to CMLS Financial's broker desk and 50+ other lenders on one application — whichever prices your file lowest wins.
First-time buyers
5% down with FHSA + RRSP HBP optimization — CMLS Financial or whichever lender prices you lowest.
Refinancing
Unlock equity for renovations, debt consolidation or investing.
Renewing
Don't auto-renew with CMLS Financial — most clients beat the first offer by 30-60 bps.
Self-employed
Business-for-self files priced right across A-lender, alt-A and private.
Bruised credit
B-lender and private paths now, with a mapped exit back to A-pricing.
Breaking a CMLS mortgage
Estimate the CMLS Financial posted-rate IRD penalty before you switch.
6 reasons to get CMLS Financial's 5-year variable through a broker
Why the branch rate is rarely CMLS Financial's best 5-year variable — and how the broker channel changes the math.
Access the broker channel
CMLS Financial's broker-channel 5-year variable rate is typically 15-30 bps below the branch rate — and you can only reach it through a licensed brokerage like ours.
CMLS Financial and 50+ others compete
We submit your file to CMLS Financial's broker desk and the rest of the network on one application, so you get CMLS Financial's best and the market's best side by side.
No bureau pull to start
We can shop your CMLS 5-year variable rate without a hard credit check, so comparing costs you nothing.
We handle the paperwork
From application to CMLS Financial's underwriting to funding, we manage the file end-to-end.
Switch or renew without overpaying
At maturity we benchmark CMLS Financial's renewal/switch offer against the whole market so you never auto-renew high.
Best-rate guarantee
We'll beat any comparable Big-6 5-year variable offer or pay you $500 — and our advice is free, paid by the funding lender.
Why shop CMLS Financial through us
- Direct access to CMLS Financial's broker desk — plus 50+ other lenders on one application.
- Broker-channel pricing 15-30 bps below CMLS Financial's posted rate.
- One application, every lender — CMLS Financial's best and the market's best, then you choose.
- FSRA-licensed advice, no bureau pull to start, best-rate guarantee or $500.