{"id":97,"date":"2026-10-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2026-10-11T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T14:00:00","slug":"canada-poised-for-homebuilding-growth-beyond-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/canada-poised-for-homebuilding-growth-beyond-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Poised for Homebuilding Growth Beyond 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>We\u2019re seeing national housing starts in Canada drop by 2% this month, down to 17,691 units, and the year-to-date numbers are off by 4%. While Montreal and Vancouver have managed some growth, Toronto\u2019s market has stayed pretty steady. With high construction costs, softer demand, and more inventory than usual, the outlook is that new builds could keep slowing through 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Living and working across the Cowichan Valley, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how shifts like these ripple out to our local communities. It\u2019s one of the reasons I keep such a close eye on the trends\u2014understanding what\u2019s happening nationally means I can offer grounded, honest advice when you\u2019re making a move here in the Valley. There\u2019s always something unique about our vibrant corner of Vancouver Island, and I\u2019m here to help you feel right at home, no matter how the numbers change.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/industry-trends\/canadas-homebuilding-pace-falls-further-behind-2025-levels\/589964\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing national housing starts in Canada drop by 2% this month, down to 17,691 units, and the year-to-date numbers are off by 4%. While Montreal and Vancouver have managed some growth, Toronto\u2019s market has stayed pretty steady. With high construction costs, softer demand, and more inventory than usual, the outlook is that new builds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","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\/97","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=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}