{"id":6033,"date":"2025-12-15T21:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:32:11","slug":"stand-off-between-buyers-and-sellers-leaves-canadas-housing-market-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/monthly-housing-market-update\/stand-off-between-buyers-and-sellers-leaves-canadas-housing-market-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand-off between buyers and sellers leaves Canada\u2019s housing market stuck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<p>Canadian homebuyers are playing the waiting game in a showdown with sellers, whose ranks have swelled in the past couple of years in parts of the country. The fall market has largely been a non-event as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home resales have neither grown nor shrunk across the country since July. They fell slightly by 0.6% in November from October, nearly offsetting a small increase the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-WbDaNFaW-\" class=\"everviz-WbDaNFaW-\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether buyers\u2019 measured approach is tactical or out of caution amid economic uncertainty, the implication is the same: Strong-arming sellers into reducing prices in many markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, it\u2019s working to a degree. Canada\u2019s composite MLS Home Price Index edged 0.7% lower in the past four months and is now down 3.7% from a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The softness remains concentrated in Ontario and British Columbia, though prices have also dropped in Alberta. Buyers in these markets have a lot more choice than a year ago and are able to shop around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong competition among sellers could also be causing prospective sellers to hold off from listing properties. New listings have fallen 4% in the past three months nationwide, including a 1.6% decline in November from October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If sustained, it would help drain some of the inventory built in Ontario and B.C., rebalance supply and demand, and stabilize prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, buyers will no doubt continue flexing their bargaining muscle to extract further price concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-4Yab5zQKz\" class=\"everviz-4Yab5zQKz\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-major-reg-font-size wp-elements-ec2358cb60e6470a8de26783b27f1a01\" id=\"h-conditions-vary-across-regions\"><strong>Conditions vary across regions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than half of local markets saw resales drop in November from October including Toronto (-0.6%), Ottawa (-6.7%), Montreal (-2.8%), Halifax (-12.8%), Victoria (-6.6%) and Winnipeg (-2.1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The small majority that notched an increase include Vancouver (4.6%), Edmonton (3.6%), Calgary (0.3%), Regina (6%) and Saskatoon (6.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regions outside Ontario, B.C., and to a lesser extent Alberta are still generally running relatively hot with tight supply sustaining upward pressure on home values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, prices continued trending higher in Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Saskatoon (6.4%), Regina (6%), Winnipeg (5.3%), Montreal (5.7%), Quebec City (12.5%), Moncton (6.8%), Halifax (5%) and St. John\u2019s (10%) recorded some of the strongest annual increases in MLS HPIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect these trajectories to be sustained in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-ChktDf1z9\" class=\"everviz-ChktDf1z9\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-major-reg-font-size wp-elements-934dae48f68b60d04955d03cb96becfd\" id=\"h-could-the-end-of-the-rate-cutting-cycle-get-buyers-moving\">Could the end of the rate cutting cycle get buyers moving?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stalled sales momentum this fall occurred despite further interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada in September and October, which further improved affordability for buyers. The lack of response, perhaps, in part reflected an anticipation that rates might be cut even lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, with the central bank signalling it\u2019s done this cycle, it could be the hint some buyers were waiting for to make a move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect past rate reductions and price drops in certain markets to draw more buyers from the sidelines in the year ahead, unlocking some pent-up demand accumulated during the period of elevated borrowing costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improving job prospects, and rebuilding confidence would also support a gradual market turnaround.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the road ahead is poised to be bumpy with affordability challenges persisting in several major markets, and sharply lower immigration creating headwinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10979\" height=\"6577\" 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