{"id":13,"date":"2026-09-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/realestatebybrian-ca\/2026\/09\/09\/canadas-affordability-streak-hits-10-quarters\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:00:00","slug":"canadas-affordability-streak-hits-10-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/canadas-affordability-streak-hits-10-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Affordability Streak Hits 10 Quarters"},"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\/brian-mcquhae\/home-prices-affordability-remotion-videos-fcf4\"\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>Ten straight quarters of affordability challenges\u2014it&#039;s a stat that really hits home for anyone looking to buy or sell in the Cowichan Valley. As someone who&#039;s lived and worked all over this Island, I see firsthand how conversations about housing affordability have shifted. With mortgage rates now expected to hold steady or even creep up, much of the focus for the year ahead will be on how home prices and household incomes evolve. Economists aren\u2019t banking on mortgage relief any time soon; instead, slower population growth might help ease price pressures, while a stronger job market should help bolster incomes. But without a real cooling in prices, any affordability gains could be slim. What stands out is how market conditions differ\u2014even here on the Island, our realities aren\u2019t the same as in Vancouver or Toronto. Every community has its own story, and understanding those local details is key. That\u2019s always been my approach: listening to what truly matters to buyers and sellers here, so I can help them navigate these changing times with confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten straight quarters of affordability challenges\u2014it&#039;s a stat that really hits home for anyone looking to buy or sell in the Cowichan Valley. As someone who&#039;s lived and worked all over this Island, I see firsthand how conversations about housing affordability have shifted. With mortgage rates now expected to hold steady or even creep up, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}