{"id":13,"date":"2026-09-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/shahins-ca\/2026\/09\/09\/canadas-affordability-streak-hits-10-quarters\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:00:00","slug":"canadas-affordability-streak-hits-10-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/canadas-affordability-streak-hits-10-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Affordability Streak Hits 10 Quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/shahin-shahlaee\/home-prices-affordability-remotion-videos-fcf4\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>After a full decade of challenging affordability in Canada\u2019s housing market, we&#039;re now seeing the focus shift from mortgage rates\u2014which are expected to remain steady or even rise in the coming year\u2014to the interplay between home prices and household incomes. As someone who\u2019s spent over 20 years consulting on market trends, and with a master\u2019s in business, I\u2019ve learned that understanding these drivers is crucial for making informed decisions, especially in complex markets like Greater Vancouver. Economists are pointing to slower population growth as a factor that could help ease demand and, in turn, contain prices. At the same time, improvements in the labour market are supporting household incomes, which is a positive sign. Still, unless we see a sustained moderation in home prices, any gains in affordability may be limited. Every conversation I\u2019m having with clients right now is highly specific to their local market\u2014what\u2019s happening in Vancouver or Toronto can look very different from what buyers and sellers are experiencing in Calgary or Edmonton. Careful, tailored analysis remains essential in navigating these shifting conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a full decade of challenging affordability in Canada\u2019s housing market, we&#039;re now seeing the focus shift from mortgage rates\u2014which are expected to remain steady or even rise in the coming year\u2014to the interplay between home prices and household incomes. As someone who\u2019s spent over 20 years consulting on market trends, and with a master\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","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\/13","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=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}