{"id":81,"date":"2026-10-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-10-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:00:00","slug":"august-brings-more-affordable-options-for-canadian-homebuyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/august-brings-more-affordable-options-for-canadian-homebuyers\/","title":{"rendered":"August Brings More Affordable Options for Canadian Homebuyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a modest shift in the Canadian real estate landscape, with home sales dipping by 0.7%\u2014the first slowdown we&#039;ve seen since spring. While inflation concerns and talk of possible rate hikes weigh on the market, new listings actually rose by 3.3%. The sales-to-listings ratio remains balanced, suggesting a steady environment for both buyers and sellers. Prices held steady month-over-month, though they\u2019re still 3% lower than this time last year. Navigating market changes is always a part of the property lifecycle; with our decades of hands-on experience in Ontario construction and development, we\u2019re committed to guiding clients through each phase to ensure long-term asset strength and value.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/canadian-home-sales-slip-in-august\/589817\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a modest shift in the Canadian real estate landscape, with home sales dipping by 0.7%\u2014the first slowdown we&#039;ve seen since spring. While inflation concerns and talk of possible rate hikes weigh on the market, new listings actually rose by 3.3%. The sales-to-listings ratio remains balanced, suggesting a steady environment for both buyers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}