[ Trade war jitters send Canadian housing market into year-end slump, CREA reports ]
"The Canadian Real Estate Association expects national home sales to grow 5.1 per cent in 2026, marking a rebound from last year’s tariff-induced slowdown in the market."
[ Canada's luxury home market remains stable as prices hold up ]
"Engel & Völkers has released its 2025 Year-End Canadian Luxury Real Estate Market Report, and it shows Canada’s luxury markets are no longer moving in lockstep. Instead, the luxury market has become much more regionalized, with performance increasingly reflecting local fundamentals, including employment stability, housing supply, investor activity, pricing relative to incomes and lifestyle appeal."
[ Housing starts up 5.6% in 2025 from 2024 ]
"Nationally, the housing starts total for all areas in Canada in 2025 was 259,028, the fifth highest annual total on record and up 5.6% compared to 2024 (245,367). Actual 2025 housing starts in centres of 10,000 population and over were up 6%, with 241,171 units recorded, compared to 227,697 in 2024, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). These increases were driven by a second consecutive year of record rental housing starts which made up just over half of all housing starts in Canada’s urban centres."
[ Mortgage renewers take note: there's never been a better time to switch lenders ]
"Robert McLister: Record renewal volumes and weak home sales are keeping lenders hungry, discounts are historically strong, flexibility is more important than ever and the menu of mortgage options has never been larger."
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