Q&A: How will Canada’s new mortgage rules affect your plans to buy a home? Ask us your questions

by Globe staff

Under the new mortgage rules, which take effect Dec. 15, the price cap for insured mortgages will be $1.5-million, up from $1-million.

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After years of slow home sales, Ottawa announced a change to the federal mortgage rules aimed to make buying a home more attainable for young Canadians.

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