4 hours ago · Canada
CREA revises down 2026 home sales forecast again as September transactions fall 7.7% over same month last year
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. CBC Canada is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Canada. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC. The headline in use is “CREA revises down 2026 home sales forecast again as September transactions fall 7.7% over same month last year”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The potential for rate hikes by the Bank of Canada and already-increasing fixed-rate mortgages are weighing on prospective buyers, according to CREA, leading the association to revise down its forecast for 2026. Those factors were already showing up in September, when home sales fell 7.
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