{"id":75,"date":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","slug":"state-of-the-housing-market-in-canada-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/state-of-the-housing-market-in-canada-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Housing Market in Canada 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Drawing on over 20 years in consulting and a master&#039;s in business, I keep a close watch on the evolving landscape of the Canadian housing market. Heading into 2026, we&#039;re seeing a stable environment, but affordability continues to challenge many\u2014particularly in regions like Greater Vancouver. One-third of mortgage holders will soon be up for renewal, and 67% are understandably uneasy about the possibility of higher rates. It&#039;s also notable that nearly half of these homeowners have less than a 15% buffer on their mortgage payments, meaning even a modest increase could cause significant financial strain. Newcomers and recent buyers are feeling this pressure most acutely. Careful, data-driven analysis is more important than ever to navigate these complexities.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nesto.ca\/home-buying\/state-of-the-housing-market-in-canada\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing on over 20 years in consulting and a master&#039;s in business, I keep a close watch on the evolving landscape of the Canadian housing market. Heading into 2026, we&#039;re seeing a stable environment, but affordability continues to challenge many\u2014particularly in regions like Greater Vancouver. One-third of mortgage holders will soon be up for renewal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":76,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","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\/75","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=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}