{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/remaxshan-com\/2026\/09\/11\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","slug":"falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/falling-home-prices-drive-record-10th-straight-quarter-of-affordability-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling home prices drive record 10th straight quarter of affordability gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>After two decades of helping clients navigate the ups and downs of the real estate market, I\u2019m always watching the numbers that truly matter for families and investors. Recently, we\u2019ve seen housing affordability improve for the 10th quarter in a row\u2014an encouraging trend, mainly thanks to falling home prices balancing out those persistent mortgage rate increases. Right now, housing payments sit at 51.1% of the median income. Vancouver continues to be a challenging market in terms of affordability, and whether this momentum continues will come down to income growth and stable price trends. My approach, shaped by years in real estate and a background in IT, business, and community service, is all about helping you look at property as both a home and a long-term investment. My team and I are always focused on strategies that protect and grow your most important asset in any market cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQSXBuMUZ5dkZid19qUF9CUGVaUFBCTDQ5NkxTdVpLemc0MVlPelNQZElFeVFDQzdIY25FXzdtRkFkTlRnMjhuODlWX1VEVUQxRkhrWkRTUmFPa0NkZi1ZWEVrRUtzeVdvRWlLdFZ1VVRVMGE0VlBQcFpHUWJIU3hrZkE4WV9mQWlxQXFkOU1WMWp0ZTE5MUctejl3TGktUTBGbXBRTHRDcjBsTmJ2dzM2eTJENXNVVG9mWkFUc3dIM08xczA?oc=5&#038;hl=en-US&#038;gl=US&#038;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two decades of helping clients navigate the ups and downs of the real estate market, I\u2019m always watching the numbers that truly matter for families and investors. Recently, we\u2019ve seen housing affordability improve for the 10th quarter in a row\u2014an encouraging trend, mainly thanks to falling home prices balancing out those persistent mortgage rate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"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.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remaxshan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}