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A real estate expert believes the new mortgage rules that went into effect Monday will hit Alberta's market the hardest.
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8 ^" H6 x7 p4 _3 ]3 N/ V: gThe changes are meant to make it tougher for buyers to qualify if they put less than 20 per cent down.& t5 M6 W" B$ [5 A; U* l: [
5 g. h h/ i5 U' p! JPrior to today, an Alberta family with a household income of $80,000 would likely have qualified for a $400,000 home but now they will be approved for a $320,000 home.- F& I4 [) F6 y. r# Q
; v- Z1 }0 W" K: a1 k T7 mFirst-time buyers, single-income earners take biggest hit with new mortgage rules$ ]2 e7 w1 g3 ]" H
CMHC to issue 1st 'red' warning on Canadian housing market e% ?9 O9 D! s" w2 N ]8 K2 t
Mortgage specialist Peter Kinch says under the new rules, affected buyers have about 20 percent less purchasing power which will put a downward pressure on the Canadian real estate market but he says the impact will be even greater in Alberta, where the slumping economy is already hurting house sales and prices.
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' g2 X7 \9 s, S"In a real estate market that's struggling to recover already, it could have a very negative impact on that market," Kinch said.
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Wait and see what happens; P/ w: C3 \& V0 O0 e! k
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Natalie Whitney and her young family say that's what they're banking on so they've just decided to put their house hunting on hold.* v: D. |. D: O+ P; Z
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"It could be advantageous for us to wait and just see what happens to the market in six months," she said.* K- t/ ^; ?5 b( {8 E. C& r
& p" M6 j/ ^; i3 d+ K( f8 JThe Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. issued its first ever "red" warning on Monday, referring to real estate affordability issues spreading beyond Vancouver and Toronto.& d+ l8 d2 f2 s8 B
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"These factors will be reflected in our forthcoming Housing Market Assessment on Oct. 26. They will cause us to issue our first "red" warning for the Canadian housing market as a whole," CEO Evan Siddall wrote in a Globe and Mail column.. Q( N8 m' c9 K" X9 s# x" S
# u5 K/ `( y& o/ i; mKinch says for buyers who can't wait, they'll either need to come up with a bigger down payment or lower their expectations about what they can afford. |
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