{"id":2017,"date":"2026-08-19T08:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/gta-market-shift-why-julys-balanced-housing-stats-are-misleading\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:31","slug":"gta-market-shift-why-julys-balanced-housing-stats-are-misleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/gta-market-shift-why-julys-balanced-housing-stats-are-misleading\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA Market Shift: Why July\u2019s &#8216;Balanced&#8217; Housing Stats Are Misleading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is the GTA housing market finally finding its footing? Recent data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) suggests a &#8216;balanced&#8217; market, with national sales edging up 0.5% in July. However, a closer look reveals that this stability isn&#8217;t born from a surge in buyer confidence, but rather a significant retreat by sellers. In the Greater Toronto Area, new listings plummeted by 17.8% compared to last July, while sales remained largely flat. This reduction in inventory is doing the heavy lifting, artificially tightening the market. While a 0.1% uptick in the National Composite MLS Home Price Index has some calling a bottom, the reality remains that buyers are still scarce and affordability is stretched thin. For a deeper dive into why this &#8216;boring&#8217; market might actually be the progress we need, read the full analysis at Storeys.<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-original-url=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/july-housing-balance-sellers-retreating\/\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/july-housing-balance-sellers-retreating\/\" 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=\"@CREANational\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July\u2019s &#8216;balanced&#8217; market stats hide a deeper trend: GTA sellers are pulling back, not returning. Here is what that means for your next move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,206],"tags":[182,221,193,214,207],"class_list":["post-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-data","category-residential","tag-gta","tag-housing-prices","tag-market-trends","tag-real-estate","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017","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=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}