{"id":1902,"date":"2026-07-25T08:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/gta-market-alert-cmhc-forecasts-continued-price-declines-through-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:01:20","slug":"gta-market-alert-cmhc-forecasts-continued-price-declines-through-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/gta-market-alert-cmhc-forecasts-continued-price-declines-through-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA Market Alert: CMHC Forecasts Continued Price Declines Through 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has released its mid-year 2026 Housing Market Outlook, and the news for Ontario remains sobering. As the GTA grapples with ongoing affordability challenges, the national housing agency expects market activity to stay weak for the remainder of the year. <\/p>\n<p>Key headwinds\u2014including high borrowing costs, sluggish population growth, and trade-related economic uncertainty\u2014are expected to keep sales volumes below historical averages. Crucially, the CMHC anticipates that home prices will continue to adjust downward throughout 2026, with only modest growth projected for 2027 and 2028. While Western Canada may see growth driven by commodity prices, Ontario and B.C. are expected to lag as they navigate these economic hurdles. For a deeper dive into the specific regional data and the potential impact of international trade tensions on your property portfolio, read the full report at BNN Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-original-url=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/business\/real-estate\/2026\/07\/22\/cmhc-predicts-weak-housing-market-activity-for-rest-of-year-in-updated-forecast\/\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/business\/real-estate\/2026\/07\/22\/cmhc-predicts-weak-housing-market-activity-for-rest-of-year-in-updated-forecast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Instagram Handles --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-instagram-handles=\"@cmhc_schl\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the CMHC forecasting continued price declines through 2026, GTA buyers and sellers face a landscape defined by economic uncertainty and weak demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,206],"tags":[313,182,221,213,223],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-data","category-residential","tag-cmhc","tag-gta","tag-housing-prices","tag-interest-rates","tag-real-estate-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","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=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}