However, the CEO of one of the country’s private-sector mortgage insurance companies cautioned that such a move will only impact first-time buyers, a sector already suffering the most from the recent changes.
“Regulatory changes over the last few years have made the first-time home buyer a very modest player in the overall Canadian housing market,” Canada Guaranty CEO Andrew Charles told The Globe and Mail in an interview.
He added that a down payment hike will have a “negligible impact” on hotspots like Vancouver and Toronto, but will instead introduce further pain to struggling markets like Calgary and Edmonton.
Instead, federal officials should give a grace period for the effects of already-enacted changes to manifest before introducing more restrictions.
“Step one is understand the impact of the changes that are in place already and understand what the overall impact of those changes will be,” Charles said.
If the CMHC insists on further measures, it should focus on making private lenders—rather than the consumers—assure more housing risk, the CEO suggested.
“CMHC has a long and rich history of supporting first-time home buyer markets in Canada going back decades,” Charles stated. “If the current management is uncomfortable supporting the first-time home buyer … then perhaps the private sector should take on more of that responsibility.”
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