Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's latest threat to intervene in the housing market appears ill-timed. Although the recent pick-up in existing home sales points to some acceleration in house price inflation over the coming few months, there is a danger that the Federal government could overreact to this temporary sales spurt by tightening mortgage rules further and therefore making any subsequent housing correction even worse.
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