{"id":25,"date":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/rontenbrinke-ca\/2026\/10\/04\/canada-poised-for-homebuilding-growth-beyond-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","slug":"canada-poised-for-homebuilding-growth-beyond-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/canada-poised-for-homebuilding-growth-beyond-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Poised for Homebuilding Growth Beyond 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s been investing in and managing real estate across Ontario and beyond since my early days, I\u2019m always watching the numbers\u2014especially when it comes to housing starts. Recently, Canada saw a 2% monthly dip in national housing starts, down to 17,691 units, with a 4% decline year-to-date. While Montreal and Vancouver showed some growth and Toronto stayed steady, the overall trend is concerning. High construction costs, softer demand, and more inventory on the market could mean we\u2019ll see construction activity continue to slide right through 2028. These shifts don\u2019t just affect the big cities\u2014they ripple out to regions like Quinte West and the communities I\u2019ve come to know so well. For anyone considering buying, investing, or evaluating cash flow opportunities, it\u2019s more important than ever to understand how these trends might impact your plans. My years of experience in single family, multi-family, and investment properties have shown me how quickly the landscape can change\u2014and why staying informed is key to making smart real estate decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/industry-trends\/canadas-homebuilding-pace-falls-further-behind-2025-levels\/589964\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s been investing in and managing real estate across Ontario and beyond since my early days, I\u2019m always watching the numbers\u2014especially when it comes to housing starts. Recently, Canada saw a 2% monthly dip in national housing starts, down to 17,691 units, with a 4% decline year-to-date. While Montreal and Vancouver showed some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rontenbrinke.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}