{"id":11,"date":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/realtyren-ca\/2026\/09\/12\/montreal-affordability-gains-10-straight-quarters\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","slug":"montreal-affordability-gains-10-straight-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/12\/montreal-affordability-gains-10-straight-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Affordability Gains: 10 Straight Quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/ming-xing-ren\/falling-home-prices-remotion-videos-b46f\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>While much of Canada saw affordability improve in Late-Q2 2026, Montreal told a different story. In fact, we were one of only four metro areas where affordability slipped\u2014driven primarily by continued increases in home prices throughout the quarter. Unlike other cities that benefited from price drops, Montreal\u2019s unique price momentum meant that ownership costs kept climbing, even as national trends pointed to relief for buyers. For anyone looking to purchase in Montreal, it\u2019s a reminder to keep a careful eye on pricing\u2014rising values can erode affordability, even when broader market signals seem positive. With little relief expected from mortgage rates, it\u2019s clear that stable home prices and income growth are what will make the difference for buyers in our region. As a licensed residential and commercial broker serving Laval and the surrounding areas, I\u2019m always monitoring these shifts to help clients navigate a market that doesn\u2019t always follow the national script.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While much of Canada saw affordability improve in Late-Q2 2026, Montreal told a different story. In fact, we were one of only four metro areas where affordability slipped\u2014driven primarily by continued increases in home prices throughout the quarter. Unlike other cities that benefited from price drops, Montreal\u2019s unique price momentum meant that ownership costs kept [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":33,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyren.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}