{"id":8,"date":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/realtorbhanu-ca\/2026\/09\/05\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:00:00","slug":"falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling home prices drive record 10th straight quarter of affordability gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Housing affordability has now improved for a record 10th consecutive quarter\u2014something we haven\u2019t seen in years. Even with mortgage rates on the rise, the recent dip in home prices means that, as of now, payments are at 51.1% of the median income. In my experience working across Toronto and the GTA, I see how these numbers impact real buyers and sellers every day. Vancouver continues to be the least affordable market, but here in Ontario, the path forward still depends on income growth and steady home prices. As someone who\u2019s helped hundreds of families navigate these changing tides, I know how important it is to stay informed and make the right move at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQSXBuMUZ5dkZid19qUF9CUGVaUFBCTDQ5NkxTdVpLemc0MVlPelNQZElFeVFDQzdIY25FXzdtRkFkTlRnMjhuODlWX1VEVUQxRkhrWkRTUmFPa0NkZi1ZWEVrRUtzeVdvRWlLdFZ1VVRVMGE0VlBQcFpHUWJIU3hrZkE4WV9mQWlxQXFkOU1WMWp0ZTE5MUctejl3TGktUTBGbXBRTHRDcjBsTmJ2dzM2eTJENXNVVG9mWkFUc3dIM08xczA?oc=5&#038;hl=en-US&#038;gl=US&#038;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing affordability has now improved for a record 10th consecutive quarter\u2014something we haven\u2019t seen in years. Even with mortgage rates on the rise, the recent dip in home prices means that, as of now, payments are at 51.1% of the median income. In my experience working across Toronto and the GTA, I see how these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":329,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtorbhanu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}