The First-Time Home Buyer Incentive promised in the 2019 Federal Budget will go live on September 2, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. announced June 17. The launch will land just a few weeks before the October federal election.
The program will offer first-time Canadian home buyers an interest-free, payment-free loan, from a fund run by CMHC, matching the buyer’s down payment. This is up to five per cent of the purchase price on a resale home, or 10 per cent on a new-build or presale home.