{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/donnamalonehomes-com\/2026\/09\/10\/what-buyers-should-know-after-rate-hold-by-boc\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:00:00","slug":"what-buyers-should-know-after-rate-hold-by-boc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/10\/what-buyers-should-know-after-rate-hold-by-boc\/","title":{"rendered":"What Buyers Should Know After Rate Hold By BoC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/donna-malone\/rate-what-buyers\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>With the Bank of Canada holding rates steady, many buyers are wondering what comes next. Global tensions and higher oil prices are adding to inflation pressures, so central banks are taking a cautious approach\u2014don\u2019t expect significant cuts in the near future. Fixed mortgage rates are likely to stay put, and variable rates aren\u2019t expected to drop meaningfully any time soon. If you\u2019ve been waiting for a big decrease in borrowing costs, that strategy may not serve you well right now. As someone who\u2019s been guiding buyers and sellers in Bridgewater since 2010, I always encourage clients to focus on what\u2019s truly affordable and consider their long-term goals, especially as we head into the busy spring market. Confidence and clarity are key to making the right move, no matter what the market\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Bank of Canada holding rates steady, many buyers are wondering what comes next. Global tensions and higher oil prices are adding to inflation pressures, so central banks are taking a cautious approach\u2014don\u2019t expect significant cuts in the near future. Fixed mortgage rates are likely to stay put, and variable rates aren\u2019t expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}