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Jun 26

Housing Markets and Policy: Steady as She Goes, or Headed for a Fall?

Toronto ON, Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP Lecture Hall, C.D. Howe Institute, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300
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Sponsored by:

Canada Guaranty
Genworth Canada
Genworth Canada
Home Trust
Home Trust
Home Trust
The C.D. Howe Institute was pleased to host an off-the-record conference on housing policy. The recent housing market upheaval in the US and abroad, and concerns over housing and credit market developments in Canada, has brought change to the housing market's financial structure. Amid shifting market forces, we have seen important changes in Canada, particularly in federal legislation and regulation. The Institute's conference convened senior-level industry representatives, policymakers and leading experts to evaluate housing market and housing finance changes, and to recommend future policy choices.
 
Please see below for an overview or click here for the full agenda. Speakers and sessions included:
 
1. Housing Market Trends and Drivers: State of Play
  • Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC
  • Jason Mercer, Senior Manager, Market Analysis, Toronto Real Estate Board
  • Bob Dugan, Chief Economist, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  • Phil Soper, President, Royal LePage
 
2. From the Ground Up: Housing Construction and Transaction Costs
  • David Amborski, Director, Centre for Urban Research and Land Development, Ryerson University
  • Brian Johnston, Chief Operating Officer, Mattamy Homes
  • Roberto Rossini, Deputy City Manager & Chief Financial Officer, City of Toronto
 
3. Keynote Luncheon speech by Mark Zelmer, Deputy Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
 
4. Housing Finance
  • David Power, Vice President, Corporate Treasury, Royal Bank of Canada
  • Edward Pinto, Resident Fellow and Co-Director, American Enterprise Institute's International Center on Housing Risk
  • James Wu, Chief, Financial Institutions Analysis, Finance Canada
 
5. Mortgages, Mortgage Insurance and the Role of Market Participants
  • Andy Charles, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Guaranty
  • Brian Hurley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Genworth Canada
  • Thorsten Koeppl, Associate Professor, RBC Fellow, Economics Department, Queen's University

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