{"id":81,"date":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","slug":"canada-buyers-see-a-small-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/06\/canada-buyers-see-a-small-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Buyers See a Small Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/ravi-chadha\/home-buyers-prices-remotion-videos-5530\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Nearly half of Canadians planning to buy within 2 yr said now was the right time, even as ~three-quarters said economic uncertainty made them cautious.<br \/>\nOptimism centered on affordability: ~six in 10 expected lower prices to help them buy, and just over half said interest rates supported that view.<br \/>\nMore than half believed the window was small before prices climbed again, and nearly half expected interest rates to rise in 2026, pushing action.<br \/>\nRising costs squeezed savings, and confidence stayed limited: inflation reduced saving for ~seven in 10, while fewer than half of intended buyers felt ready.<br \/>\nProspective buyers and renewal households largely said expert advice was essential for major ownership decisions, especially as many weighed how higher rates could affect affordability.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of Canadians planning to buy within 2 yr said now was the right time, even as ~three-quarters said economic uncertainty made them cautious. Optimism centered on affordability: ~six in 10 expected lower prices to help them buy, and just over half said interest rates supported that view. More than half believed the window [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}