{"id":44,"date":"2026-08-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:00:00","slug":"canada-buy-now-or-wait-on-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Canada: Buy Now or Wait on Housing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/anne-marie-richardson\/canadians-housing-dilemma-remotion-videos-b23d\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A recent poll found 64% of Canadians said timing a home purchase perfectly is impossible, while 73% said economic uncertainty makes acting harder.<br \/>\nAmong Canadians planning to buy within the next 2 yr, 45% said now is the right time, versus 27% of Canadians overall.<br \/>\nSome purchasing power returned as borrowing costs eased, but mortgage rates remained well above earlier ultra-low levels, helping explain why caution still dominated decisions.<br \/>\nTo make ownership work, 69% expected to delay major purchases, 62% planned smaller vacations, and 60% said spending and saving habits need reworking.<br \/>\nEven with caution, 53% of prospective buyers saw only a small window to capture lower prices before they rise again, yet 40% felt informed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll found 64% of Canadians said timing a home purchase perfectly is impossible, while 73% said economic uncertainty makes acting harder. Among Canadians planning to buy within the next 2 yr, 45% said now is the right time, versus 27% of Canadians overall. Some purchasing power returned as borrowing costs eased, but mortgage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}