{"id":6,"date":"2026-07-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:00:00","slug":"canada-housing-sentiment-centers-on-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Canada Housing Sentiment Centers on Costs"},"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-homes-overpriced-remotion-videos\"\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 Canada survey found ~88% see homes as overpriced, while ~69% say today&#039;s market is unfair to first-time buyers right now.<br \/>\nAmong non-homeowners, ~55% reported no plan to buy within 12 mo; only ~6% planned a first-home purchase, keeping near-term demand focused on affordability.<br \/>\nFor would-be buyers staying renters or with family, cost dominated: ~23% cited living costs, ~18% down payments, ~17% other priorities, ahead of mortgage rates.<br \/>\nBroader economic worries ranked lower: ~11% cited recession fears, ~8% job security, and ~6% trade tensions with the US as purchase barriers.<br \/>\nHomeowners also flagged planning lessons: &gt;4 in 10 reported regret, led by maintenance demands and non-mortgage costs exceeding expectations in ownership today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Canada survey found ~88% see homes as overpriced, while ~69% say today&#039;s market is unfair to first-time buyers right now. Among non-homeowners, ~55% reported no plan to buy within 12 mo; only ~6% planned a first-home purchase, keeping near-term demand focused on affordability. For would-be buyers staying renters or with family, cost dominated: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","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\/6","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=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}