{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/mariusmitrofan-com\/2026\/09\/13\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","slug":"falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling home prices drive record 10th straight quarter of affordability gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>We\u2019ve now seen housing affordability improve for the 10th consecutive quarter\u2014an encouraging trend for buyers navigating today\u2019s real estate landscape. As home prices have fallen, they\u2019ve helped offset the impact of rising mortgage rates, with average payments now at 51.1% of median income. While Vancouver remains the least affordable market, future improvements will rely on steady income growth and controlled price appreciation. With more than two decades of experience guiding clients through shifting market cycles, I believe that careful strategy\u2014whether it\u2019s pricing, staging, or negotiation\u2014remains essential to making the most of every opportunity in the GTA. Every quarter brings new nuances, and an informed, hands-on approach ensures you\u2019re always positioned for results.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQSXBuMUZ5dkZid19qUF9CUGVaUFBCTDQ5NkxTdVpLemc0MVlPelNQZElFeVFDQzdIY25FXzdtRkFkTlRnMjhuODlWX1VEVUQxRkhrWkRTUmFPa0NkZi1ZWEVrRUtzeVdvRWlLdFZ1VVRVMGE0VlBQcFpHUWJIU3hrZkE4WV9mQWlxQXFkOU1WMWp0ZTE5MUctejl3TGktUTBGbXBRTHRDcjBsTmJ2dzM2eTJENXNVVG9mWkFUc3dIM08xczA?oc=5&#038;hl=en-US&#038;gl=US&#038;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve now seen housing affordability improve for the 10th consecutive quarter\u2014an encouraging trend for buyers navigating today\u2019s real estate landscape. As home prices have fallen, they\u2019ve helped offset the impact of rising mortgage rates, with average payments now at 51.1% of median income. While Vancouver remains the least affordable market, future improvements will rely on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariusmitrofan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}