{"id":108,"date":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","slug":"canadas-homebuilding-pace-falls-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/15\/canadas-homebuilding-pace-falls-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Homebuilding Pace Falls Further"},"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\/shahin-shahlaee\/canada-homebuilding-pace-remotion-videos-36fa\" 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>Drawing on over two decades in consulting and a master\u2019s degree in business, I keep a close eye on the shifts in Canada\u2019s housing market\u2014especially trends that impact the Greater Vancouver area. The latest data shows Canada\u2019s six-month housing start trend dropped about 1% to 244,000 units, with actual starts in larger centres down 2% to 17,700. Year-to-date, we\u2019re at 149,500 starts, which is roughly 4% lower than the same stretch in 2025. While construction activity remains higher than in recent years, the national housing agency\u2019s economists are signaling a likely continued slowdown. Ongoing geopolitical challenges and the US-Canada trade dispute are driving up construction material costs, further straining builders. Looking forward, the agency expects new-home construction to keep declining through 2028, particularly in the condo segment, where high developer costs, tepid demand, and surplus inventory are all at play. For those navigating these complexities, a careful, data-driven approach is required.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing on over two decades in consulting and a master\u2019s degree in business, I keep a close eye on the shifts in Canada\u2019s housing market\u2014especially trends that impact the Greater Vancouver area. The latest data shows Canada\u2019s six-month housing start trend dropped about 1% to 244,000 units, with actual starts in larger centres down 2% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}