Young couples remain shut out of the housing market in major cities, and a rate hike makes it harder
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Median-income couples under 35 fall short of qualifying for a home at the benchmark price in almost every major city, an iPolitics analysis finds.
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Excerpt from iPolitics
Median-income couples under 35 fall short of qualifying for a home at the benchmark price in almost every major city, an iPolitics analysis finds. Couples in their late 30s and early 40s mostly can, except in Toronto and Vancouver, and this week’s rate hike only makes it harder.
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