{"id":87,"date":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/?p=87"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","slug":"toronto-vancouver-housing-still-hugely-desirable-despite-recent-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/toronto-vancouver-housing-still-hugely-desirable-despite-recent-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto, Vancouver housing still hugely desirable despite recent challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Having lived and worked across three continents, I\u2019ve seen how international buyers still view Toronto and Vancouver as highly attractive cities to call home\u2014even as we navigate some tough realities. Both cities now rank 20th and 24th globally, thanks largely to their robust economies. Yet, the high cost of housing continues to push down overall Quality of Life scores. Canada needs to build between 430,000 and 480,000 new homes each year to truly address affordability, but this ambitious goal is still out of reach. As someone who combines an analytical background with a passion for real estate and design, I often discuss these challenges with clients\u2014from first-time buyers to investors\u2014so they can make informed decisions in a competitive landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/news\/general\/toronto-vancouver-housing-still-hugely-desirable-despite-recent-challenges\/590121\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having lived and worked across three continents, I\u2019ve seen how international buyers still view Toronto and Vancouver as highly attractive cities to call home\u2014even as we navigate some tough realities. Both cities now rank 20th and 24th globally, thanks largely to their robust economies. Yet, the high cost of housing continues to push down overall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","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\/87","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=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}