{"id":27,"date":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/shirleymbrown-ca\/2026\/10\/06\/tariffs-add-pressure-to-canadas-housing-market\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:00:00","slug":"tariffs-add-pressure-to-canadas-housing-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/06\/tariffs-add-pressure-to-canadas-housing-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariffs Add Pressure to Canada\u2019s Housing Market"},"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\/shirley-brown-prec-269707\/trade-war-mortgage-remotion-videos-0091\" 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>Canada\u2019s trade dispute with the US was adding pressure across housing and mortgages, from borrowing costs and construction expenses to weaker near-term demand.<br \/>\nAn economist estimated ~50% tariffs on selected exports could cost Canada ~90K jobs, with Ontario and Quebec expected to feel the biggest effects.<br \/>\nA bank projected tariffs could trim Canada\u2019s GDP by &lt;0.5% and lift inflation similarly, a mix seen keeping the central bank sidelined.<br \/>\nRising bond yields pushed fixed mortgage rates higher recently, while more borrowers turned to shorter-term and variable options as lenders watched vulnerable sectors.<br \/>\nCounter-tariffs on steel and aluminum were expected to raise building and renovation costs, slow new construction, and make mortgage advice more valuable for homeowners.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s trade dispute with the US was adding pressure across housing and mortgages, from borrowing costs and construction expenses to weaker near-term demand. An economist estimated ~50% tariffs on selected exports could cost Canada ~90K jobs, with Ontario and Quebec expected to feel the biggest effects. A bank projected tariffs could trim Canada\u2019s GDP by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}