RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Wholesale and Retail trade jobs I have 2 children with mortgages one in the Toronto market. I advised them both to take 5 year fixed. they both renew in around 2 -3 years. Rates will probably be somewhere close to their last renewal rate within 1 or 2%. The ones in trouble are the ones that chose floartng rate unfixed mortgages.and are mortgaged to the max. Pretty well the same thing as buying stocks uo to your margin limit and hoping for the best. It doesn't always work out good.