Real Estate News - Canada

On this page you will find snippets of interesting articles on the Canadian Real Estate market. This includes housing sales, unemployment and interest rate trends, and policy measure by the Bank of Canada and government. Enjoy!

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Home Prices Lead G7 Declines and Canada’s Population Didn’t Shrink

<![CDATA[<p>Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Is The Fastest Falling In The G7, Remains Frothy Canadian real (inflation-adjusted) home prices fell 2.1% in Q4 2025, bringing the decline from their 2022 peak to 28.4%. The correction is the sharpest among G7 countries, after Canada led […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-home-prices-lead-g7-declines-and-canadas-population-didnt-shrink/">This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Home Prices Lead G7 Declines and Canada’s Population Didn’t Shrink</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Canadian Mortgage Arrears Hit Recession Levels, Reality Is Likely Worse

<![CDATA[<p>Even more households are falling behind on their supersized mortgage payments. Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) data shows the mortgage arrears rate climbed in May. Mortgages at least 90 days past due have more than doubled since 2022, pushing the rate just shy of a decade high. New mortgage originations are also failing to offset outflows, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-mortgage-arrears-hit-recession-levels-reality-is-likely-worse/">Canadian Mortgage Arrears Hit Recession Levels, Reality Is Likely Worse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Nova Scotia Home Prices Make Near-Record Jump Despite Falling Demand

<![CDATA[<p>Halifax real estate prices may have slipped last month, but the province went the other direction. Nova Scotia Association of Realtors (NSAR) data shows home prices surged in June, making the second-largest monthly jump on record. Fewer sales and more listings have pushed the province’s demand balance to its weakest June since at least 2019. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/nova-scotia-home-prices-make-near-record-jump-despite-falling-demand/">Nova Scotia Home Prices Make Near-Record Jump Despite Falling Demand</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Canada’s Real Estate Industry Is Slashing Sales & Price Forecasts Again

<![CDATA[<p>The real estate industry is lowering expectations as dreams of a recovery fade fast. This month, both the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and the CMHC revised their 2026 forecasts for existing-home sales and prices. Last year’s optimism over a market rebound is now meeting reality, with each organization having cut its 2026 forecasts a […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/canadas-real-estate-industry-is-slashing-sales-price-forecasts-again/">Canada’s Real Estate Industry Is Slashing Sales & Price Forecasts Again</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Canadian Population Underreported, Artificially Improving Job Data: CIBC

<![CDATA[<p>Canada’s population decline may just be a distant memory after the data is updated. In June, Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) population estimate contained a stark warning that its data will see an unusually large revision. CIBC economists expect the revision will be large enough to reverse the reported declines and expose a new problem—Canada’s job numbers […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-population-underreported-artificially-improving-job-data-cibc/">Canadian Population Underreported, Artificially Improving Job Data: CIBC</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Canadian Real Estate Is The Fastest Falling In The G7, Remains Frothy

<![CDATA[<p>Canadian real estate is falling faster than anywhere else in the G7, yet it remains one of the frothiest markets in the group. Bank for International Settlements (BIS) data shows real (inflation-adjusted) home prices dropped across all but two G7 countries in Q4 2025, the latest common quarter. Despite Canada’s sharp correction, it still lays […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-real-estate-is-the-fastest-falling-in-the-g7-remains-frothy/">Canadian Real Estate Is The Fastest Falling In The G7, Remains Frothy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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This Week’s Top Stories: Housing Bubble Puts Canadian-Born Wealth Behind, Toronto Prices Crash

<![CDATA[<p>Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian-Born Wealth Falls Behind Immigrants After Real Estate Bubble Immigrants in Canada are outperforming Canadian-born households on wealth. A new Statistics Canada (StatCan) study divided the two groups into wealth quartiles and found virtually no gap in the upper half, with established […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-housing-bubble-puts-canadian-born-wealth-behind-toronto-prices-crash/">This Week’s Top Stories: Housing Bubble Puts Canadian-Born Wealth Behind, Toronto Prices Crash</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Canada’s Housing “Downturn”: East Coast Prices Jump Up To $28k In A Month

<![CDATA[<p>If Canadian real estate is in a correction, it forgot to tell buyers in most provinces. CREA data shows the price of a typical home fell nationally in June, even as most of its 9 provincial benchmarks climbed to new highs. In Atlantic Canada, two provinces even made 5-digit jumps over 30 days. You know? […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/canadas-housing-downturn-east-coast-prices-jump-up-to-28k-in-a-month/">Canada’s Housing “Downturn”: East Coast Prices Jump Up To $28k In A Month</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Canadian-Born Wealth Falls Behind Immigrants After Real Estate Bubble

<![CDATA[<p>Being Canadian-born isn’t the wealth advantage many assume, according to a new study. Statistics Canada (StatCan) researchers compared Canadian-born households with established immigrants who had lived in the country for at least 10 years. They found the immigrant group came out ahead across every wealth quartile, though the gap narrowed at the top. The difference […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-born-wealth-falls-behind-immigrants-after-real-estate-bubble/">Canadian-Born Wealth Falls Behind Immigrants After Real Estate Bubble</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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Toronto New Home Prices Crash More Than 10% Over 30 Days

<![CDATA[<p>Did the bottom just fall out for the Greater Toronto real estate market? BILD GTA and Altus Group data shows new home sales across the region in June were double last year’s volume, but remain the second-weakest for the month on record. That almost seems like an insignificant detail in contrast to single-family homes plunging […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://betterdwelling.com/toronto-new-home-prices-crash-more-than-10-over-30-days/">Toronto New Home Prices Crash More Than 10% Over 30 Days</a> appeared first on <a href="https://betterdwelling.com">Better Dwelling</a>.</p> ]]>

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