{"id":7,"date":"2026-09-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/josephbitton-com\/2026\/09\/05\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:00:00","slug":"falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/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>It\u2019s encouraging to see housing affordability improve for the 10th consecutive quarter\u2014a rare streak, and one that\u2019s making a real difference for buyers. Falling home prices are helping to balance out those persistent mortgage rate increases, and now we\u2019re seeing payments at 51.1% of median income. Of course, Vancouver continues to lead as the least affordable market, but the broader trend is positive. The real key moving forward will be steady income growth and keeping price jumps in check. As someone who\u2019s been navigating the Toronto real estate market since 1987, I\u2019m always looking for ways to help my clients SAVE MONEY and make informed decisions, whether you\u2019re buying, selling, or investing. My approach is simple\u2014more service, less pressure, and a sharp focus on your bottom line.<\/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>It\u2019s encouraging to see housing affordability improve for the 10th consecutive quarter\u2014a rare streak, and one that\u2019s making a real difference for buyers. Falling home prices are helping to balance out those persistent mortgage rate increases, and now we\u2019re seeing payments at 51.1% of median income. Of course, Vancouver continues to lead as the least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephbitton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}