{"id":66,"date":"2026-09-05T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/sammehrbod-com\/2026\/09\/05\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:00:00","slug":"falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.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>For the 10th straight quarter, we\u2019ve seen housing affordability improve\u2014this time thanks to falling home prices counteracting rising mortgage rates. At this milestone, average payments now sit at 51.1% of median income. Yet, Vancouver continues to stand out as the least affordable market in Canada\u2014a reality that those of us working and investing here know all too well. As someone who specializes in Vancouver\u2019s high-value and investment spaces, I\u2019m always watching how these shifts affect long-term value, renovation potential, and portfolio growth. The path forward for further affordability gains? It hinges on income growth and keeping price increases in check. For buyers, investors, and developers navigating these conditions, a strategic approach\u2014grounded in analytics and a real understanding of property fundamentals\u2014remains essential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQSXBuMUZ5dkZid19qUF9CUGVaUFBCTDQ5NkxTdVpLemc0MVlPelNQZElFeVFDQzdIY25FXzdtRkFkTlRnMjhuODlWX1VEVUQxRkhrWkRTUmFPa0NkZi1ZWEVrRUtzeVdvRWlLdFZ1VVRVMGE0VlBQcFpHUWJIU3hrZkE4WV9mQWlxQXFkOU1WMWp0ZTE5MUctejl3TGktUTBGbXBRTHRDcjBsTmJ2dzM2eTJENXNVVG9mWkFUc3dIM08xczA?oc=5&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 10th straight quarter, we\u2019ve seen housing affordability improve\u2014this time thanks to falling home prices counteracting rising mortgage rates. At this milestone, average payments now sit at 51.1% of median income. Yet, Vancouver continues to stand out as the least affordable market in Canada\u2014a reality that those of us working and investing here know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sammehrbod.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}