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Sarah Niedoba, Livabl

The dream of owning a home in many of Canada's largest cities has become increasingly out of reach for the average would-be buyer. And according to a new survey, the majority of Canadians think the government should be doing more to help.

Up to 71 percent of Canadians believe that the federal government should be doing more to curb runaway home values, according to a new survey conducted by real estate website Zoocasa.

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The new rules have worked. So let's get rid of the new rules.

That, in essence, is the argument coming from a growing number of real estate industry insiders who are calling on federal regulators to repeal the mortgage "stress test" partly credited with cooling Canada's housing market this year.

The stress test "had a very targeted outcome," said Brad Carr, CEO of Toronto-based Mattamy Homes, in an interview with Bloomberg. "It's been achieved so it's kind of overkill now."

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