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3 Things to Know in the Guelph Market This Week

• Detached homes are still moving. Roughly half of detached listings are selling.

• Condos remain slower. Only about 30% of condo listings are finding buyers.

• Mortgage rates have not moved. Despite global market volatility, borrowing costs remain largely unchanged.

​Over the past several days, global headlines have focused on the escalating conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. Whenever events like this unfold, people naturally begin asking what it might mean for the economy,...

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It has been another difficult stretch of weather in Guelph. Add economic uncertainty and the Olympic distractions, and it would be easy to assume the market has stalled. Sales activity remains measured. Energy feels subdued. Decisions feel slower. But if you watch and listen carefully, there is movement.

Inside our brokerage this week, agents have been talking about an uptick in showings. Not dramatic, but noticeable. Offers continue to move through the system, particularly in the entry-level segments. What’s changing isn’t the presence of...

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For much of the past year, the explanation for slower housing activity was straightforward: interest rates moved higher and buyers stepped back. That explanation made sense when borrowing costs were climbing and uncertainty was acute. But January’s numbers suggest something slightly different.

Mortgage rates for insured buyers have largely settled into the mid-3% range. The Bank of Canada has held steady. Yet national resale activity declined again in January, down 5.8% month-over-month and more than 16% year-over-year, according to the Canadian...

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One of the most common frustrations we hear from sellers sounds like this: “We’re getting showings… but no offers.” Or: “We’ve had some interest… but it’s not converting.” In today’s market, that pattern usually isn’t random.

Markets like this tend to give feedback early, but they do it quietly. And sellers who know how to interpret the early signals are the ones who protect leverage.

The first thing to understand: activity isn’t the same as alignment

It’s easy to assume that showings mean the price is right and offers are just around the...

After last week’s discussion on why renters feel stuck — and how constrained movement continues to support prices — a natural follow-up question comes up for homeowners: If supply is limited, doesn’t that protect sellers?

At a market-wide level, the answer is often yes. At an individual neighbourhood and property level, the answer is more nuanced. What we’re seeing right now is a market where supply constraints exist, but outcomes vary widely. Some homes sell smoothly and close on strong terms. Others linger, adjust, and negotiate harder than expected.

The difference usually isn’t the...

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One of the most common conversations we’re having right now sounds like this: “We’d like to move… but we can’t.” That feeling is widespread and it’s not just about interest rates.

The hidden reason renters feel frozen

In Ontario, rent control has unintentionally created a lock-in effect for many long-term renters. If you’re in a rent-controlled unit, your monthly housing cost may be hundreds — sometimes thousands — below today’s market rent. Moving means giving that up. Buying means resetting your housing costs entirely.

So people stay put:

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Over the past few months, you may have seen articles—often from U.S. markets—arguing that home prices will eventually fall to match what people can afford in rent. It’s a tidy theory, and in some American cities it largely holds true. Here in Guelph and Southern Ontario, however, the reality is more nuanced. While the market has clearly slowed from its 2021–2022 pace, local home prices have not collapsed to “rent-supported” levels, nor is there strong evidence they need to in order for the market to function.

What the rent data in Guelph is...

The Three Quiet Mistakes Costing Sellers Time and Money

If selling your home is part of your plan for 2026, it can feel like there’s still plenty of runway. And in one sense, that’s true. But markets like the one we’re in right now have a habit of quietly penalizing sellers who wait too long to prepare, not dramatically, but through longer days on market, tougher negotiations, and avoidable price adjustments.

The biggest mistakes sellers make rarely happen at the moment they list. They happen months earlier. Here are the three most common ones we’re seeing today.

Mistake #1: Waiting for...

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If the last few years in real estate felt anything but predictable, 2025 was the year the Guelph market quietly found its footing again. Sales activity slowed meaningfully across all property types, yet home values, particularly in Guelph and Centre Wellington, proved far more resilient than many expected. Rather than signalling weakness, 2025 became a year of recalibration: a necessary reset after several years of distorted demand, rapid price escalation, and mounting affordability pressure. In many ways, this is exactly what a healthier market...

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If you’ve been paying attention to real estate headlines lately, you’ve probably heard the word balanced more than once. And in many ways, that’s true. Inventory has grown. Buyers have more choice. The pace has slowed from the extremes we experienced over the past few years.

But here’s the part that matters most if you’re thinking about selling: Balanced does not mean equal.

Why outcomes are diverging

What we’re seeing on the ground in Guelph and Wellington County is a market producing very different results — often within the same...