{"id":83,"date":"2026-10-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:00:00","slug":"canadas-affordability-improves-as-fixed-rates-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/canadas-affordability-improves-as-fixed-rates-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Affordability Improves as Fixed Rates Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/donna-malone\/fixed-mortgage-rates-rise-as-home-affordability-improves-in-august-remotion-videos-f221\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>When it comes to understanding affordability in the Canadian housing market, it&#039;s important to note that recent updates haven&#039;t provided specific data for our local areas\u2014including right here in Nova Scotia. The numbers released focus on Canada as a whole and a few major cities, so we don\u2019t have clear figures for home prices, mortgage rates, or sales activity specific to Bridgewater or our surrounding communities. Without those details, it\u2019s not possible to draw accurate conclusions about how affordability is shifting at the local level. My approach as your REALTOR\u00ae has always been to guide you with reliable, relevant information. For now, I recommend a cautious outlook until we see more concrete data that speaks directly to our market here at home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to understanding affordability in the Canadian housing market, it&#039;s important to note that recent updates haven&#039;t provided specific data for our local areas\u2014including right here in Nova Scotia. The numbers released focus on Canada as a whole and a few major cities, so we don\u2019t have clear figures for home prices, mortgage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnamalonehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}