{"id":64,"date":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","slug":"calgary-edmonton-home-building-slowdown-brings-unique-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Calgary, Edmonton Home Building Slowdown Brings Unique Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Alberta&#039;s homebuilding has slowed, with 22,000 homes started in the first half of the year, down 21% from last year, yet demand remains strong due to ongoing population growth from immigration and migration. The province is on track for 47,000 new homes in 2026, with a potential decline to 35,000 in 2027. Builders seek stability amid fluctuating growth, noting affordability remains key, especially for townhouses under $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/business\/local-business\/calgary-edmonton-housing-starts-slip-maybe-good-thing\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta&#039;s homebuilding has slowed, with 22,000 homes started in the first half of the year, down 21% from last year, yet demand remains strong due to ongoing population growth from immigration and migration. The province is on track for 47,000 new homes in 2026, with a potential decline to 35,000 in 2027. Builders seek stability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","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\/64","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=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}