{"id":20,"date":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/comehome-ca\/2026\/09\/11\/toronto-starts-fall-short-of-target\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","slug":"toronto-starts-fall-short-of-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/toronto-starts-fall-short-of-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Starts Fall Short of Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sia-mansouri-1\/housing-starts-fall-remotion-videos-5d8c\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>We\u2019re seeing a 10% drop in Toronto housing starts compared to last year, signaling a slowdown in construction activity across our urban market. As someone who\u2019s closely watched Toronto\u2019s real estate landscape for years, I know these numbers only tell part of the story. Right now, 37 building permits are tied to 6,600 condo apartment units that haven\u2019t broken ground yet\u2014a reminder that what\u2019s in the pipeline doesn\u2019t always show up in current stats. Many of these projects likely secured pre-sales well before the recent dip in sales activity, so some could still move forward. It\u2019s important to remember that housing start data often lags behind what\u2019s really happening, since large Toronto developments go through lengthy planning, pre-sale, and permitting phases before any construction even begins. So, while the headline numbers might look subdued, the true level of activity often emerges as these projects progress. My role as a top producer since 2003 has given me a front-row seat to how these cycles play out and why reading between the lines is so critical for buyers and investors alike.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing a 10% drop in Toronto housing starts compared to last year, signaling a slowdown in construction activity across our urban market. As someone who\u2019s closely watched Toronto\u2019s real estate landscape for years, I know these numbers only tell part of the story. Right now, 37 building permits are tied to 6,600 condo apartment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comehome.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}