{"id":90,"date":"2026-10-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:00:00","slug":"canadian-home-sales-slide-6-9-yearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/canadian-home-sales-slide-6-9-yearly\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Home Sales Slide 6.9% Yearly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mayank-verma\/canadian-home-sales-remotion-videos-361b\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>We\u2019re seeing some notable shifts in the Canadian real estate landscape: in mid-Q3, home sales dipped by about 1% month-over-month and nearly 7% year-over-year. The price index held steady compared to the previous month, but has slipped roughly 3% from last year. Interestingly, new property listings made a comeback, rising about 3% after several months of decline. The sales-to-new listings ratio also eased to around 49%, further below the long-term national average of 55%. Economists point to challenges like economic uncertainty, inflation risks, and higher mortgage rates\u2014driven by rising bond yields\u2014as major influences on buyer activity. At that point, markets were anticipating a 60% chance of a rate hike in early Q4, with expectations of over a percentage point of tightening by 2027. Navigating these market dynamics requires careful attention\u2014especially in areas like Surrey, Vancouver, and Burnaby, where I\u2019ve helped clients adapt to changing conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing some notable shifts in the Canadian real estate landscape: in mid-Q3, home sales dipped by about 1% month-over-month and nearly 7% year-over-year. The price index held steady compared to the previous month, but has slipped roughly 3% from last year. Interestingly, new property listings made a comeback, rising about 3% after several months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}