{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kbhanna-com\/2026\/09\/11\/rate-cuts-boost-housing-demand-faster-than-supply-boc-research-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","slug":"rate-cuts-boost-housing-demand-faster-than-supply-boc-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/rate-cuts-boost-housing-demand-faster-than-supply-boc-research-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rate cuts boost housing demand faster than supply, BoC research finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Interesting new research from the Bank of Canada highlights something I see regularly in our local market: when interest rates drop, home sales pick up quickly, but new construction takes much longer to respond. This means prices keep rising, as demand far outpaces the number of homes available\u2014especially when employment stays strong. It\u2019s another reminder that while rate cuts make it easier for buyers to enter the market, they don\u2019t do much to solve our supply challenges. In my 15+ years helping clients across the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver, I\u2019ve found that long-term affordability depends on increasing the actual number of homes available, not just adjusting borrowing costs. If you\u2019re thinking about your next move\u2014whether buying, selling, or investing\u2014understanding these dynamics can really make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianmortgagetrends.com\/2026\/08\/rate-cuts-boost-housing-demand-faster-than-supply-boc-research-finds\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting new research from the Bank of Canada highlights something I see regularly in our local market: when interest rates drop, home sales pick up quickly, but new construction takes much longer to respond. This means prices keep rising, as demand far outpaces the number of homes available\u2014especially when employment stays strong. It\u2019s another reminder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbhanna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}