After a couple of years of a steady increase in interest rates in the post-COVID period, rates in 2025 were reduced slightly, and the outlook appears to be for little change in the coming 12 months ... .
With a doubling of interest rates during the last few years and an affordability index at an all-time low, it would seem likely that the demand for housing would slump and prices fall ... .
The commercial real estate market could be in for some big changes in the years ahead as new legislation allows for redeveloping commercial properties for residential use ... .