Floating-rate mortgages last year reduced many borrowers' payment burden as the Bank of England dropped its base rate to 0.5% and lenders adjusted their standard variable rates downward in response.

去年英格兰银行将基准利率下调到0.5%，贷方也随之降低了可变利率，于是浮动利率按揭使得很多借方的还款压力得到了舒缓。

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And even though variable mortgage rates are low (just 1.75%, according to the Bank of Canada), borrowers must meet the creditworthiness standards required for a five-year, fixed-rate mortgage.

尽管可变按揭利率的浮动很小(据加拿大央行规定，只有1.75%)，贷款者必须符合贷款资格标准才能获得五年固定利率按揭的资格。

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CBA’s standard variable home loan interest rate will be increased by 45 basis points, or 0.45 percentage point, to 7.81 percent on Nov. 5, the Sydney-based bank said today.

今天一家悉尼银行说，澳联邦的标准多元房贷利率将上调45个基点，或0.45%，在11月5号达到7.81%。

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"The bank will estimate its costs based on its fixed costs, variable costs, the cost of their employees, the rent and so on and so forth.

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According to its 2011 annual report, Ameresco finances some of its landfill gas projects with variable rate bank loans.

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These hedges effectively convert these variable rate bank loans into fixed rate loans, better matching the interest expense from the loans to the income from the landfill gas projects they finance.

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According to its website, ANZ Bank's variable interest rates range between 5.7% per annum and 6.4%.

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