{"id":334527,"date":"2025-12-09T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/334527\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:28:08","slug":"canadas-housing-market-braces-for-a-slow-rebound-as-2026-ushers-in-a-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/334527\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s housing market braces for a slow rebound as 2026 ushers in a reset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthprofessional.ca\/news\/industry-news\/rents-slide-in-key-markets-putting-pressure-on-real-estate-investors-returns\/391037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rents slide in key markets putting pressure on real estate investors&#8217; returns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolid market fundamentals \u2013 including lower interest rates, increased supply, and reduced competition \u2013 have created a more favourable environment for consumers,\u201d says Phil Soper, president and CEO of Royal LePage, adding that buyers in high-priced regions have a \u201crare window to act on their home ownership plans at reduced prices,\u201d though any bounce back in values will likely be small.<\/p>\n<p>However, Toronto and Vancouver are expected to move in the opposite direction with Royal LePage predicting home values in the GTA will fall 4.5% in 2026, while Greater Vancouver prices are expected to decline 3.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal is set for a 5% increase and Quebec City is once again projected to lead all major regions with a striking 12% jump in overall prices. Regina is also poised for a 4% rise amid persistent supply tightness. Meanwhile, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg and Ottawa aren\u2019t expected to see more than 2% growth.<\/p>\n<p>Soper says the second half of 2025 showed encouraging signs that consumer uncertainty is easing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READ: Rents slide in key markets putting pressure on real estate investors&#8217; returns \u201cSolid market fundamentals \u2013 including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,86503,11185,44,147116],"class_list":["post-334527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-housing-market","tag-home-prices","tag-news","tag-royal-lepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}