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REMAX continues to be the voice of real estate in Canada – having generated an estimated 5.66 billion impressions in 2024.
Behind every REMAX Report there’s an asset designed for you to share!
Over the past few years, RE/MAX has shifted its focus to adapt a broader range of topics for which our network can speak to and provide value. From taxation to liveability to hot pocket communities and our annual housing market outlook reports – there’s sure to be something you can leverage throughout the year to share insights and knowledge with your clients and sphere of influence.
Explore the 2025 REMAX Reports
(this list will continue to be updated as new reports are released)
Following a period characterized by consumer uncertainty and a pull-back of buyers during the first quarter of 2025, the Canadian housing market may be turning a new leaf this fall. Improved affordability and a boost in inventory levels could entice cautious buyers back into action.
Report Highlights
- 2025 Price Outlook: -6.5% Looking ahead, REMAX Canada expects average national price to decrease by 6.5% this fall, bringing more affordability back to the market.
- 2025 Sales Outlook: -5% Following year-over-year sales declines in 62 per cent of markets analyzed between January 1 – July 31, sales are expected to decline further through the remainder of 2025.
- 28% of Canadians planning to buy their first home in the next 12 months say they have saved at least 20 per cent for their down payment.
- 68% of Canadians say a five- to 10-per-cent drop in property prices would make a meaningful difference in their ability to enter the market.
- 63% of those planning to sell believe they’ll be able to secure their asking price.
Regional Market Insights
REMAX brokers and agents across Canada shared a year-over-year analysis of their local market between January 1 and July 31, 2025 and offer their estimated outlook for fall 2025. According to their insights, 26.4 per cent of housing markets are expected to favour sellers this fall, and 38.2 per cent sitting firmly in buyer’s territory.
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When it comes to buying a home, what’s on the outside might matter more than what’s within for some Canadians, according to a recent Leger survey commissioned by REMAX Canada. The data indicates that the look of neighboring properties is key with 18 per cent of Canadians saying neighbouring homes in poor condition would be their number one deal breaker.
Top 5 Deal Breakers Revealed by Canadians
Rounding out the top five deal breakers identified in the survey are:
What Sellers Can Do (and Can Control)
Practical tips for sellers looking to make their property stand out include:
- Clean landscaping, fresh paint, and proper outdoor lighting
- Planting hedges or adding greenery can block unsightly views and create a more private
- Maintaining a neighbour’s lawn—mowing or watering—could improve overall curb appeal.
- Proper communication is key in getting neighbours to help out with a sale. Often, leading to small compromises that make a big difference.
Customize Social Graphics
Need more social content? We’ve got you covered! Share the Deal Breakers for Homebuyers Report on your channels with customizable graphics that let you add your name, logo, and contact info. Plus, we’ve included ready-made captions to go along with the graphics.
The latest REMAX report found signs of the much-anticipated spring market finally materialized in June as greater inventory and softer overall values reinvigorated buyer intentions and bolstered demand for detached housing in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Top Trends:
- More Sales are Occuring at Affordable Prices: In the Greater Toronto Area, homes priced from $850,000 to $1.2 million in key microcosms are moving quickly, while sales in the $1 million to $1.5 million price point in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are most active.
- Year-round Living is Moving into Recreational Areas: Purchases in more recreational markets such as Bowen Island, the Gulf Islands, Squamish and the Sunshine Coast continued in the first six months of 2025.
- Rental Suites Continue to be in Demand: Buyers continue to offset their mortgage costs by renting suites within their homes out to tenants.
- The Luxury Market is Less Impacted: Buyers at this price point continue to make moves, regardless of market conditions, as evidenced by rising values in the Bridle Path, Rosedale and West Vancouver.
Hot Pockets For Detached Home Sales
Key 416 neighbourhoods led the way in terms of percentage increases in sales, including central core communities Yonge-St. Clair, Casa Loma, Wychwood, Annex (C02) up 31.3 per cent (63 sales in 2025 compared to 48 sales in 2024); and Mount Pleasant East, Mount Pleasant West (C10) up 6.7 per cent (48/45).
Hot Pockets For Price Growth
While there has been an upswing in detached housing values in key areas, most markets remain slightly off year-ago price levels for the same period.
Regional Highlights
In the newly released report, REMAX dives into the population and infrastructure booms that are redefining neighbourhoods in and around the Greater Vancouver and Greater Toronto Areas, turning once-overlooked neighbourhoods into the next hot spots.
Key Neighbourhood Trends
- Four in five Canadians would recommend their neighbourhood as a great place to live.
- Three-quarters of Canadians (76 per cent) have made compromises to live where they do, mainly accepting higher housing costs in urban areas (37 per cent, down from 44 per cent in 2024.
- 64 per cent of Canadians see local population growth as a positive characteristic in their communities, with younger Canadians (18-34) most likely to agree.
Topline Regional Insights
Unique neighbourhoods exist in the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver Area, which have historically been undervalued due to unfair misconceptions or for being “too far away” from the city centre. Such communities are often well established but overlooked compared to neighbouring catchments.
Greater Toronto Area
Clairlea-Birchmount (Toronto)
Wexford-Maryvale (Toronto)
Crown Point (Hamilton)
Aldershot South (Burlington)
Downtown Markham (Markham)
Seaton (Pickering)
Don Mills – Victoria Village (Toronto)
Greater Vancouver Area
Bridgeport (Richmond)
Ladner (Surrey)
Mount Pleasant East (Vancouver)
Willoughby Heights (Langley)
Fraser Mills (Coquitlam)
Coquitlam West (Coquitlam)
Capstan Way (Northern Downtown Richmond)
Leverage the Digital Content Kit
Looking for some digital content for your social channels, website and newsletters? We’ve got you! Our Digital Content Kit includes customizable, regional infographics and carousels that you can share with your clients. Not sure where to begin? The kit also includes caption ideas to go along with your posts.
The newly released REMAX report analyzed first-quarter activity across 12 major Canadian commercial real estate markets and found that investors are capitalizing on opportunities that allow for strategic repositioning, adaptive reuse and targeted investment, as escalating global trade tensions, economic concerns and evolving market conditions loom large.
Canada’s Commercial Growth Leaders in 2025
Western Canada’s commercial markets, alongside Newfoundland-Labrador, led the country in terms of commercial growth in 2025, buoyed by an increase in population, greater investment activity, and solid economic performance.
Trends to Watch in 2025
- Office/retail-to-residential conversions continue, yet at a slower pace.
- Grocery-anchored retail centres remain a preferred asset for private and public investors.
- The mall experience continues to transition.
- Mid-market industrial with flex-space is popular with owner-occupiers.
- Value of farmland and agri-industrial properties spikes in Saskatchewan.
- Older multi-family building portfolios attract capital.
- Seniors and students fuel demand for affordable housing.
Regional Market Trends
Explore the regional insights across 12 major Canadian commercial real estate markets. Use the assets to share the report findings on your social channels.
According to the newly released REMAX 2025 Canadian Cabin and Cottage Trends Report, lower interest rates that motivated recreational property buyers in the latter part of 2024 and in early 2025 have been overshadowed by more-recent economic uncertainty. With that said, the underlying desire is still there and may resurface, should a trade deal and/or tariff pullback materialize.
Emerging Trends in 2025
- Demographic Shift in the Recreational Market: According to REMAX brokers and agents, families are the primary drivers of current recreational market activity in 83 per cent of regions surveyed.
- New Legislation and Policies Influence Investment Appeal: With the introduction of short-term rental restrictions in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and some parts of Ontario,19 per cent of Canadians who are selling a cabin/cottage in the next one to two years say that they no longer see the investment potential.
- Transfer of Generational Wealth: A $1-trillion wealth transfer is currently underway. A large portion to move from boomers to younger generations by 2026, according to Chartered Professional Accountants Canada.
- Recreational Property as a Primary Residence: Affordability challenges are pushing buyers further out of larger urban areas, 30 per cent of Canadians who are planning on purchasing a cabin/cottage in the next one to two years see a cabin or cottage as a viable primary residence.
Regional Insights
Some of the overarching regional trends pinpointed by the REMAX network include: 46 per cent of regions noted that buyers are coming from urban centres and 29 per cent from local communities, with demand from out of province buyers dwindling compared to previous years at 16 per cent.
Leverage the Digital Content Kit
Looking for some digital content for your social channels, website and newsletters? We’ve got you! Our Digital Content Kit includes customizable, regional infographics and carousels that you can share with your clients. Not sure where to begin? The kit also includes a “How To” guide for customizing the graphics, along with caption ideas. Feel free to tailor the graphics to match your branding or use them as they are.
RE/MAX Canada’s 2025 Spotlight on Luxury Report examined luxury real estate trends and developments in 12 major Canadian housing markets in the first two months of 2025 compared to the same period one year ago, and found that smaller markets with lower price thresholds experienced greater sales activity, while higher-priced markets saw a contraction in year-over-year sales.
Luxury Market Outlook & Trends
- The rising trend of downsizing: Downsizing is ramping up among aging luxury buyers, as the number of people nearing or entering retirement or becoming empty nesters grows.
- Multi-generational living: The trend is materializing at all price categories and the luxury market is no exception. Builders are taking note, with some incorporating secondary units or suites in new luxury builds, while more custom-build end users also design with secondary suites in mind.
- Infill and new construction: This continues unabated in Edmonton, which recorded the most housing starts since 1990, as well as Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, London, Moncton and Halifax. In Greater Toronto, builders have paused on speculation and end users are now hesitant to move forward as tariffs threaten to increase construction costs.
- Outward moves: In half of all markets analyzed, peripheral areas outside the urban core were attracting more luxury buyers, as some look to stretch their dollar or seek larger lot sizes.
Regional Overview
Explore regional luxury insights across 12 major Canadian housing markets.
Leverage the Luxury Report Findings on Social
Download and share the various report graphics and reels on your social channels to keep clients informed on the latest trends in Canada’s luxury market.
First-time homebuyers throughout the country are facing some of the most challenging obstacles to home ownership in decades, due to the convergence of factors that have deepened Canada’s housing crisis, driven down home-ownership rates, and locked a growing number of would-be buyers into the rental market.
The latest RE/MAX Canada report examined how price appreciation, rapid population growth, and a limited supply of affordable housing stock have propelled rental markets in six major Canadian cities in recent years.
Key Challenges
The Supply Shortage: Housing supply shortages have also been responsible for rising prices. Builders and developers are eager to get shovels in the ground, but projects need to be financially viable to proceed.
Hefty Development Charges: Development costs and municipal charges also need to be addressed in major urban centres including Toronto, where they have risen to their highest level on record, to $189,325 per low-rise unit in 2022, up 21 per cent over 2020 levels, according to the Canada Home Builders Association Municipal Benchmarking Study, prepared by Altus Group in October of 2022.
Unprecedented Population Growth: Population growth has both underscored and exacerbated the undersupply of housing in Canada’s major cities. Looking forward, serious housing gaps exist in relation to projected population growth.
The Buy or Rent Debate: Those hoping to enter the housing market for the first time have been caught in the middle, unable to afford to buy, as they continue to rent at rates that are on par with mortgage carrying cost in many cities.
Problematic Policy: Canada was once more vested in home ownership.
Creating Opportunity for First-Time Homebuyers
Share the Report on Social
There are national report insight tiles and regional tiles for you to download and leverage on your social channels to help keep your clients and network informed on the market.
Canadians are looking ahead to 2025 with a positive outlook on the housing market, prompted by a series of interest rate cuts in the latter part of 2024. RE/MAX Canada and its network of brokers and agents are expecting a more active market next year, with the national average residential price likely to increase by five per cent, and sales anticipated to rise in 33 out of 37 regions surveyed, with sales increases of up to 25 per cent.
National Market Trends
- National average price expected to rise 5% in 2025: Average price growth in RE/MAX regions surveyed to range from 0.1%-10%.
- Seller’s markets likely to dominate in 2025: 44% of regions will favour sellers, 33% will balance out, and 17% will favour buyers.
- Consumer optimism is on the rise enterting 2025: 36% of Canadians are optimistic that the housing market will improve in 2025.
Canadian Consumer Trends
We surveyed Canadians on their perceptions of the 2024 housing market, and their expectations for 2025. Explore all the consumer trends in the report on remax.ca.
Regional Market Trends
The majority of the regions surveyed noted that first time homebuyers are one audience group driving the market across the nation, and many are looking for townhomes and small residential properties such as bungalows, while move-up and move-over homebuyers are looking for larger properties with additional space. On the flip side, retirees are seeking to down-size in most regions, with the exception of Calgary who are seeking villas and larger condominiums. Explore more regional insights from RE/MAX brokers across the country in the report on remax.ca.
