Down Payment for a Toronto Home Might Take 25 Years to Save: New Bank Report

Down Payment for a Toronto Home Might Take 25 Years to Save: New Bank Report
A construction worker shingles the roof of a new home in a housing development in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Marnie Cathcart
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A Toronto family who wants to buy a house in that city would need to save for 25 years to be able to afford a 10 percent down payment, according to a new report on housing affordability.
The Housing Affordability Monitor, issued June 1 by the National Bank of Canada, said that while housing affordability in the country improved for the first time in nearly four years, the change was small in comparison to the skyrocketing prices seen during COVID-19.