{"id":41,"date":"2026-10-18T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/ynottony-ca\/2026\/10\/18\/august-brings-more-affordable-options-for-canadian-homebuyers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:00:00","slug":"august-brings-more-affordable-options-for-canadian-homebuyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/august-brings-more-affordable-options-for-canadian-homebuyers\/","title":{"rendered":"August Brings More Affordable Options for Canadian Homebuyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a small shift in the Canadian real estate landscape, with home sales dipping by 0.7%\u2014the first drop we&#039;ve seen since the spring. At the same time, new listings climbed 3.3%. What does this mean if you\u2019re watching the Edmonton market with an eye on your next move? The market stayed balanced overall, and prices held steady compared to July, though they&#039;re about 3% lower than a year ago. With inflation and talk of more rate hikes in the air, it\u2019s natural to feel cautious. After helping Edmonton families navigate ups and downs for over 20 years, I\u2019ve learned that staying informed is half the battle. If you\u2019re looking for straightforward insight and a no-nonsense approach to your real estate plans, you know I\u2019m always here to talk things through\u2014no fluff, just honest perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/canadian-home-sales-slip-in-august\/589817\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a small shift in the Canadian real estate landscape, with home sales dipping by 0.7%\u2014the first drop we&#039;ve seen since the spring. At the same time, new listings climbed 3.3%. What does this mean if you\u2019re watching the Edmonton market with an eye on your next move? The market stayed balanced overall, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}