{"id":55,"date":"2026-08-19T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:00:00","slug":"2026-home-price-forecast-cools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"2026 Home-Price Forecast Cools"},"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\/why-home-prices-forecast-2026-signals-a-new-era-for-buyers-remotion-videos-8ae9\"\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>Existing-home price growth in Global was projected at ~1% through year-end, down from ~2% earlier, signaling a cooler market and easing pricing-out fears.<br \/>\nMonthly mortgage payments were projected to dip ~2% yearly as values rose more slowly, offering buyers tighter budgeting room and potentially drawing sidelined demand back.<br \/>\nRents were expected to edge down ~1% as new rental supply expanded, giving tenants more options and pushing landlords toward sharper pricing or lease terms.<br \/>\nExisting-home sales growth was revised to ~4% from ~9%, reflecting how mortgage rates above ~6% constrained purchasing power and kept overall activity modest.<br \/>\nFor Global buyers, the setup favored preparation: monitor rate swings, assess affordability carefully, and act when financing and personal readiness align best.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Existing-home price growth in Global was projected at ~1% through year-end, down from ~2% earlier, signaling a cooler market and easing pricing-out fears. Monthly mortgage payments were projected to dip ~2% yearly as values rose more slowly, offering buyers tighter budgeting room and potentially drawing sidelined demand back. Rents were expected to edge down ~1% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","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\/55","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=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}