{"id":7,"date":"2026-09-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/olgashvetsov-ca\/2026\/09\/09\/home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:00:00","slug":"home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Home affordability improves in 10 of 13 Canadian cities in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Great news for homebuyers: in July, home affordability improved in 10 out of 13 major Canadian cities, thanks to falling home prices. Vancouver stands out, with the largest drop in the income needed to buy a home. Even more encouraging, mortgage rates have edged down slightly, and there are still discounted fixed-rate options available under 4%. As someone who\u2019s spent over 20 years navigating the mortgage landscape\u2014often behind the scenes as an underwriter\u2014I know how much a shift like this can mean, especially for those who feel stuck or overlooked by the traditional system. Whether you\u2019re facing unique challenges or just want to make a confident, well-informed decision, understanding these trends can be a powerful first step in finding the right solution for you.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/home-affordability-improves-in-10-of-13-canadian-cities-in-july\/587609\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news for homebuyers: in July, home affordability improved in 10 out of 13 major Canadian cities, thanks to falling home prices. Vancouver stands out, with the largest drop in the income needed to buy a home. Even more encouraging, mortgage rates have edged down slightly, and there are still discounted fixed-rate options available under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olgashvetsov.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}