Reduced GTA Home Sales and Drop in Property Listings in August 2026 may Renew Price Growth The number of homes available for sale in August 2026 was down noticeably compared to last year in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Following this trend, home sales also edged lower, as the number of transactions was arguably limited by less choice in some neighbourhoods. Less choice and more competition between buyers could ultimately result in renewed price growth in the months ahead. GTA... [read more]

2026 Mid-Year Market Check-In: What the First Half of the Year Tells Us About Your Next Move For two years, most Canadians watching the housing market have been braced for one of two dramatic endings: a deeper slide, or a rate-cut-fuelled boom. Buyers waited for prices to fall further. Sellers waited for 2022 prices to come back. Both camps sat on the sidelines, watching for a signal. Neither ending arrived. The market didn't crash, and it didn't take off. It did something... [read more]

2026 Home Design Trends: What's In, What's Out, and What Buyers Are Responding To After a decade of cool grays, crisp whites, and spaces that looked more like showrooms than homes, buyers have changed what they're looking for. Call it quiet luxury — the idea that richness comes from depth, craft, and intention rather than flash and excess. It's not maximalism. It's a shift toward spaces that feel like somewhere you'd actually want to live. That shift is... [read more]

Is Buying a Home Together Right for Your Family? How to Approach Multigenerational Living For a long time, multigenerational living had a reputation problem. It was the option families turned to when something had gone wrong — a job loss, a divorce, a health crisis. Moving back in with your parents, or having your parents move in with you, meant something hadn't worked out. That story has changed pretty significantly. Today, families are choosing this arrangement on... [read more]

More than 100,000 GTA home buyers holding off as Real Estate Sales and Prices slide further in February 2026 Greater Toronto Area (GTA) resale housing market conditions tightened in February 2026 compared to February 2025. While sales were down year-over-year, new listings declined by a greater annual rate. The dip in new listings is in line with recent polling results from Ipsos which show listing intentions are down for 2026. “Many would-be homebuyers are waiting for selling... [read more]