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Ottawa Should Do More To Cool Toronto, Vancouver Real Estate Markets: OECD

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Jun, 2016 12:00 AM
    TORONTO — The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says Ottawa needs to introduce measures aimed at reducing some of the risk associated with soaring home prices and household debt levels in Toronto and Vancouver.
     
    The OECD says in a report issued today that the possibility of a housing market correction, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver, could threaten the country's financial stability.
     
    Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently increased the minimum down payment for homes over $500,000, a measure aimed specifically at cooling those two markets.
     
    As of February, borrowers must put down 10 per cent on the portion of a home over $500,000.
     
    Homes below that threshold still require only a five per cent down payment.
     
     
    But the OECD says more measures should be introduced to reduce some of the risk stemming from soaring house prices and high household debt levels.
     
    It says those measures should be targeted at Toronto and Vancouver, which together comprise a third of the country's real estate market.
     
    The OECD also called on the federal government to tighten mortgages rules in its last report in December.

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