As
tougher mortgage rules slow housing market, critics call for a reversal
Garry
Marr | Financial Post Nov 26, 2012
The
real estate industry has ramped up its attack on rules making it harder to
borrow but its challenges face one big obstacle — mortgage restrictions are
working exactly the way the federal government wants them to.
In
the past week the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals
weighed in with complaints that Ottawa’s restrictions were killing consumer
confidence and even raised the stakes further by suggesting the entire Canadian
economy was at stake.