If you’re a first-time home buyer, odds are that you don’t have a 20-per-cent down payment. Without one, you typically need mortgage default insurance to buy a home.

The biggest provider of that insurance is government-owned Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC). Since the credit crisis four years ago, its mortgage role has been hotly debated.

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