{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jonathanwu-ca\/2026\/09\/11\/home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:00:00","slug":"home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Home affordability improves in 10 of 13 Canadian cities in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>July brought encouraging news for many across Canada: home affordability improved in 10 out of 13 major cities, thanks to declining home prices. Notably, Vancouver experienced the largest drop in income needed to buy, making the market a little more accessible. Mortgage rates also edged down slightly, with some discounted fixed-rate options now dipping below 4%. As someone who has navigated both residential and commercial real estate markets since 2006, I always keep an eye on these shifts. I believe that understanding the numbers\u2014whether you&#039;re considering a first purchase, a strategic move, or a renovation\u2014helps you make well-informed decisions. My background in analytics and supply chain management has taught me that details matter, especially in changing markets. If you&#039;re weighing your options, now might be an interesting time to assess how these trends could impact your next step.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july\/587609\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July brought encouraging news for many across Canada: home affordability improved in 10 out of 13 major cities, thanks to declining home prices. Notably, Vancouver experienced the largest drop in income needed to buy, making the market a little more accessible. Mortgage rates also edged down slightly, with some discounted fixed-rate options now dipping below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}