{"id":60,"date":"2026-10-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=60"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:00:00","slug":"canada-needs-more-homes-to-sustain-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/canada-needs-more-homes-to-sustain-affordability\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Needs More Homes to Sustain Affordability"},"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\/sarah-fleming-1\/home-construction-affordability-04b5\" 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>We&#039;re seeing some welcome, but fragile, gains in housing affordability across Canada. As a Homelife Higher Standards Sales Representative, I keep a close eye on the numbers\u2014and the latest estimates show we\u2019d need between 417,000 and 469,000 new housing starts each year to restore affordability to what we saw before the pandemic, by 2036. That\u2019s a tall order, and the gap isn\u2019t shrinking. Most of the new builds we\u2019re seeing lately are rentals, with ownership-focused construction lagging behind. Even though recent population growth has slowed, construction activity has dipped even faster, so supply could fall short the moment demand picks up again. For anyone hoping to own a home, it\u2019s crucial that ownership construction keeps pace. Staying informed and prepared at every stage is key to navigating these market shifts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#039;re seeing some welcome, but fragile, gains in housing affordability across Canada. As a Homelife Higher Standards Sales Representative, I keep a close eye on the numbers\u2014and the latest estimates show we\u2019d need between 417,000 and 469,000 new housing starts each year to restore affordability to what we saw before the pandemic, by 2036. That\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}