Market data · October 7, 2026

Housing markets are diverging across Canada’s largest cities

An RBC Economics report says conditions now differ widely across Canada’s big markets, with trade tensions re-escalating last month. Greater Montréal is reported to be shifting toward buyers.

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Source: CTV News (citing RBC Economics), reported in CREA “Read All About It”, 8 Oct 2026

An RBC Economics report says conditions now differ widely across Canada’s big markets, with trade tensions re-escalating last month. Greater Montréal is reported to be shifting toward buyers.

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Rates & policy · October 22, 2026Bank of Canada increasingly expected to raise interest rates this monthCBC reports that markets now price a quarter-point Bank of Canada hike on 28 October as likely, and that several major bank economists have moved from expecting a hold to expecting a hike. It pairs that with weak buyer demand: CREA has cut its 2026 sales forecast again, and an analyst quoted calls national sales volume a 25-year low.CBC News

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Pre-construction · October 16, 2026CMHC releases September housing startsCMHC says it will publish September starts on 16 October at 8:15 a.m. ET. August’s annualized pace was 229,046 units, barely changed from 229,360 in July, and CMHC expects the trend to keep drifting down toward year-end. Starts are the early signal for how many new homes reach the market in two to four years.CMHC (release schedule stated in its August 2026 release)

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Market data · October 16, 2026CREA quarterly forecast updateCREA’s quarterly forecast update is listed for Friday 16 October. Last year the national September sales figures came out in mid-October alongside it, so they may arrive together.CREA

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