{"id":541820,"date":"2026-07-15T00:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/541820\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:24:11","slug":"whats-happening-with-the-housing-market-ask-our-real-estate-reporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/541820\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s happening with the housing market? Ask our real estate reporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/AUXCZIZKSJAFBEM7YBOCWD72TU.JPG?auth=a2bac0c461a77fe7df659c521146cf395221ec852dcf6be882fb17f09229e50c&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Economic uncertainty has led to a stagnant Canadian housing market and buyers hesitant to make any moves.Jennifer Gauthier\/The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n<p>The Q&amp;A will happen in the comment section of this article on Thursday, July 16 at 1 p.m. ET. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/article-real-estate-canada-reader-questions\/#comments\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/article-real-estate-canada-reader-questions\/#comments\">Click here to head there and leave a question<\/a>. If you\u2019re an app user, click on the comments icon on the top right of your screen.You can also submit a question for our real estate team by sending an e-mail to audience@globeandmail.com, or fill out the submission box at the bottom of this article.To read our responses, bookmark this page and tune back in Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">We\u2019re just passing the peak time for home sales in Canada. At least, when it\u2019s usually supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Economic uncertainty brought on by trade spats with the U.S. and the war in Iran has led to a stagnant housing market in the country and buyers hesitant to make any moves lest prices drop further or interest-rate hikes lie ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">But will this be the case for long? Toronto\u2019s housing market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-toronto-home-sales-rise-for-fourth-straight-month-in-june\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-toronto-home-sales-rise-for-fourth-straight-month-in-june\/\">showed signs of rebounding<\/a> in June, with home sales up for the fourth straight month and prices increasing for the first time in more than a year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/article-iran-war-housing-market-bond-yields\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/article-iran-war-housing-market-bond-yields\/\">Other signs aren\u2019t as promising<\/a>, meanwhile, making it hard for owners, buyers and sellers to know how to weather the storm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">On Thursday, July 16 at 1 p.m. ET, real estate reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/rachelle-younglai\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/rachelle-younglai\/\">Rachelle Younglai<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/carolyn-ireland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/carolyn-ireland\/\">Carolyn Ireland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/shane-dingman\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/shane-dingman\/\">Shane Dingman<\/a> and mortgage reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/salmaan-farooqui\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/salmaan-farooqui\/\">Salmaan Farooqui<\/a> will be answering reader questions about the state of the housing market, the most interesting real estate pockets in Canada and what\u2019s happening with the preconstruction condo market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Submit your questions in the box below or by sending an email to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/article-real-estate-canada-reader-questions\/mailto:audience@globeandmail.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/article-real-estate-canada-reader-questions\/mailto:audience@globeandmail.com\">audience@globeandmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   What&#8217;s going on with the housing market?<\/p>\n<p> On Thursday, July 16 at 1 p.m. ET, real estate reporters Rachelle Younglai, Carolyn Ireland and Shane Dingman and mortgage reporter Salmaan Farooqui will be answering your questions about this confusing time in the market. Send us your questions in the box below or at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/article-real-estate-canada-reader-questions\/mailto:audience@globeandmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">audience@globeandmail.com<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Economic uncertainty has led to a stagnant Canadian housing market and buyers hesitant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28436,246642,697,694,695,696,114,184,85,46,14093],"class_list":["post-541820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-ac-community","tag-ac-qa","tag-appwebview","tag-aud-growth","tag-aud-headline","tag-aud-url","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-noastack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}