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TD Economics has sharply downgraded its outlook for Canada’s housing market, no longer expecting growth in home sales or prices this year after a weak start to 2026.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales continued moving at a slow pace in February but activity started to pick up near the end of the month.

Economic uncertainty is spilling into 2026 and keeping plenty of would-be buyers out of the market

The Canadian Real Estate Association reports that January home sales dropped 16.2% year over year and 5.8% from December (seasonally adjusted), largely due to a major winter ... More

Canadian home sales dipped 2.7% month over month in December 2025. For the full year, MLS® transactions totalled 470,314 units, down 1.9% from 2024, reflecting a volatile ... More

Canada’s housing market headed into 2026 with more opportunity than urgency, as lower borrowing costs met wary buyers and uneven regional price trends.

he number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems declined 0.6% on a month-over-month basis in November 2025, still well above April levels but mostly unchanged ... More

The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems edged up 0.9% on a month-over-month basis in October 2025, marking six monthly gains in the last seven ... More

The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems declined by 1.7% on a month-over-month basis in September 2025, ending a string of gains that began in April. ... More

The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems edged up 1.1% on a month-over-month basis in August 2025. It was the best month of August for sales since 2021, ... More

The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems climbed 3.8% on a month-over-month basis in July 2025. Building on gains recorded over the previous three ... More

The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems rose 2.8% on a month-over-month basis in June 2025, building on the 3.5% gain recorded in May.

More than a quarter of Canadian renters considered buying before signing or renewing their current lease, according to a new Royal LePage survey, but most ultimately chose to ... More

While optimism is building in some parts of Canada for a rebound in the real estate market, condominium dwellers wanting to move up to a larger space face tough choices amid ... More

Renewing mortgages at higher rates and low affordability weigh on Canadian housing market prospects

Canadian home sales rose 3.6 per cent between April and May, marking their first gain since November, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association’s (CREA) latest ... More

The number of sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems was unchanged (-0.1%) between March and April 2025, marking a pause in the trend of declining activity since the ... More

Canadian home sales fell on a month-over-month basis once again in March 2025, as rising tariff turmoil and uncertainty is keeping home buyers on the sidelines.

Canadian home sales fell sharply from January to February, as home buyers remained on the sidelines in the first full month of the ongoing trade war with the United ... More

Canadian MLS® Systems posted a double-digit jump in new supply in January 2025 when compared to December 2024. At the same time, sales activity fell off at the end of the ... More

With much of the early fall surge of supply having now been picked over, home sales activity recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems dipped in December 2024.