{"id":1109,"date":"2026-02-07T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/gta-home-sales-dip-as-inventory-rises-market-update\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:01:55","slug":"gta-home-sales-dip-as-inventory-rises-market-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/gta-home-sales-dip-as-inventory-rises-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA Home Sales Dip as Inventory Rises: Market Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Greater Toronto Area housing market is starting 2026 with a shift in power towards buyers. According to a recent RBC Economics analysis, January saw a decrease in sales coupled with a rise in new listings, leading to a continued downward trend in prices. The GTA experienced a 9.9% seasonally adjusted drop in sales from December, marking the fourth consecutive month of decline. Meanwhile, new listings saw a slight increase of 1.1%, adding to the growing inventory. The MLS Composite Home Price Index for the GTA fell 8% year-over-year, the steepest drop in three years and the 22nd consecutive decline. This trend reflects a broader Canadian market dynamic, with increased buyer caution amid elevated inventory levels. For a deeper dive into the national perspective and expert analysis, read the full article on mpamag.com.<\/p>\n

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GTA home prices continue to slide as inventory swells, giving buyers more leverage. Sales fell 9.9% in January, while listings increased slightly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,206],"tags":[182,221,193,214,557,207],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-data","category-residential","tag-gta","tag-housing-prices","tag-market-trends","tag-real-estate","tag-sales-data","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}