Market Media Monday - October 20, 2025

 A curated list of recent headlines relevant to real estate in Canada, with short excerpts. Click each headline link to read the full article on the source site.

[ Canadian Real Estate Sellers Flooded The Market With Record Inventory ]
"Canadian real estate sellers all had the same brilliant idea last month: list before inventory surges. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows September sales hit a multi-year high, but the volume remained tepid—especially in contrast to the record flood of new listings. Market balance is now the weakest since the ’90s real estate crash, helping push prices even lower."

[ September home sales up 5% as real estate association expects strong end to the year ]
"The Canadian Real Estate Association has upgraded its forecast for home sales in 2025, saying it now expects a softer decline this year as activity continues to rebound. It comes as September home sales rose 5.2 per cent from a year ago, marking the most activity for the month since 2021."

[ No recovery yet as housing sales in Canada decline in September ]
"However, this was the best month of September for sales since 2021, CREA senior economist Shaun Cathcart said. “While the trend of rising sales that began earlier this year took a breather in September, activity was still running at the highest level for that month since 2021, and that was true in July and August as well,” Cathcart said. Compared with August, home sales in Canada declined by 1.7 per cent, marking the first monthly decline since April."

[ GTHA condo market falls to 35-year low, report shows ]
"Once the country’s hottest real estate region, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area condo market hit a 35-year low this year, according to a new report by real estate research firm Urbanation."

[ Canada’s big banks diverge on 2026 rate forecasts as easing cycle nears its end ]
"For most of this year, the markets have been focused on how quickly interest rates might come down. But a quieter conversation is starting to take shape, one that’s less about how far rates will fall and more about when they might start rising again."