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Family Gifts: Boosting Down Payments for Young Homebuyers

Family Gifts: Boosting Down Payments for Young Homebuyers

Highlighting a growing trend among young homebuyers in Canada: relying on family gifts to enhance or provide their down payments. According to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), nearly a third of first-time buyers now receive financial aid from their parents, with the average gift amounting to over six figures.

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