Promotion period
February 3, 2025–November 4, 2025.
Eligibility conditions for cashback:
- During the promotion period, you must obtain mortgage loan approval from National Bank for a closed 4-year term or more at a fixed rate or for a closed 5-year term at a variable rate ("mortgage loan").
- You must have mortgage loan insurance with a high loan-to-value ratio (required for purchases with a down payment of less than 20%) offered by CMHC, Sagen or Canada Guaranty.
- You must meet all eligibility requirements for mortgage loan insurance set out by the Government of Canada. It is your responsibility to ensure that all applicable conditions are met.
- The mortgage loan amortization period must be 30 years.
- You must be a first-time home buyer (see definition below). [i]
- The mortgage loan must be for a residential property with a purchase price of less than $1.5 million.
- The mortgage loan must be for an owner-occupied residential dwelling with 1 to 4 units.
- The mortgage loan amount must be $100,000 or more.
- You must have a personal chequing account with National Bank, from which the pre-authorized mortgage payments will be debited.
Up to $2,750 cashback
The cashback as part of the promotion is equivalent to 0.20% of the amount of the insured loan (including the insurer's premium). Therefore, the cashback amount varies according to the insured mortgage loan amount: For example:
- $200 cashback for insured mortgage loans of $100,000 ($100,000 x 0.20%)
- $600 cashback for insured mortgage loans of $300,000 ($300,000 x 0.20%)
- $800 cashback for insured mortgage loans of $400,000 ($400,000 x 0.20%)
- $1,000 in cashback for mortgage loans of $500,000 ($500,000 x 0.20%)
- $2,750 cashback for insured mortgage loans of no more than$1,375,000 ($1,375,000 x 0.20%)
If all conditions are met, the cashback will be granted within 2 days of the mortgage loan being disbursed. It will be deposited to the chequing account from which the mortgage payments are debited.
Other conditions
- Mortgage loans are subject to credit approval by National Bank.
- There is a limit of just one cashback per mortgage loan as part of this promotion, regardless of the number of co-borrowers.
- This promotion cannot be combined with any other benefit, discount or promotional offer, unless otherwise indicated. It can however be combined with the mortgage loan insurance promotion (disability, critical illness and life) and the “buying a property” promotion. This promotion can also be combined with the “opening a chequing account” promotion.
- This promotion is not retroactive.
- You must maintain your mortgage loan for the entire duration of the term. In the following cases, you must repay a portion of the cashback in proportion to the term that still remains: loan prepayment, renegotiation, refinancing, or mortgage loan transfer.
- This promotion may be modified or withdrawn without prior notice.