The finance department's surprise announcement earlier today to tighten the screw further on mortgage insurance rules starting in early July is prudent action in our view, given the elevated risks around high household debt and an increasingly overheated housing market. These long-term measures, though, run the risk of bringing about an even sharper slowdown in housing activity and fall in house prices over the short-term.
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