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Changes to policy unlikely to rescue housing market

There seems little chance of Canada’s banking regulator greatly easing the severity of the mortgage stress tests introduced last year, but the government is considering helping first-time buyers in its 2019 budget. That would support the broader market, but be less beneficial for Toronto or Vancouver.

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