加拿大房地产市场三月销售基本持平

New data from the Canadian Real Estate Association shows national home sales were essentially unchanged in March 2026, ticking down just 0.1% month-over-month — but the stability masks a more complicated picture. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) sales came in 2.3% below March 2025, while the national average home price landed at $673,084, down 0.8% year-over-year. The MLS® Home Price Index Composite fell 0.4% month-over-month and was down 4.7% compared to March 2025 — though the month-over-month decline was smaller than in February, and roughly half the drop recorded in January. New listings edged down 0.2% month-over-month, leaving overall supply at its lowest levels since mid-2024. With sales and new supply both little changed, the national sales-to-new listings ratio held steady at 47.8% — below the long-term average of 54.8%, but still within the range generally considered balanced market territory. There were 167,524 properties listed for sale across Canadian MLS® Systems at the end of March, up just 1% from a year earlier and 10.6% below the long-term average for this time of year. Months of inventory sat at five nationally — unchanged from January and February, and in line with the long-term average. CREA Senior Economist Shaun Cathcart pointed to a confluence of headwinds keeping buyers on the sidelines. "Home sales activity remained at lower levels in March, as rising global economic uncertainty, along with a mid-month jump in fixed mortgage rates tied to incoming higher inflation, piled on to an already shaky economic start to the year," he said. "2026 is still expected to see a modest amount of upward momentum in sales and a stabilization in prices as some pent-up first-time buyer demand enters the market, but the forecast for the year has had to be revised downward. The timing of higher mortgage rates, along with the perception they may be temporary, could keep would-be buyers away at the most active time of year – April, May, and June – as they wait fo…