By Sammy Hudes
The month-to-month information offered by Leases.ca and Urbanation, which analyzes listings within the former’s community, says rents had been down 2.8% final month in contrast with March 2024.
On a month-over-month foundation, rents rose 1.5% from February, the primary improve since final September.
Urbanation president Shaun Hildebrand mentioned renters had been extra energetic in March than they’d been in current months, probably because of enhancements in affordability.
“Nonetheless, rents are more likely to proceed going through downward stress within the near-term because of the anticipated damaging financial affect and job losses attributable to the commerce battle with the U.S.,” he mentioned in a press launch.
The report mentioned common asking rents in Canada are nonetheless 17.8% increased than they had been 5 years in the past when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020.
Objective-built residence asking rents declined 1.5% from a yr in the past to a median of $2,086, whereas asking rents for condominium residences fell 3.8% to $2,232.
Rents for homes and townhomes declined 5.6% to $2,186.
Ontario recorded the steepest hire declines, with mixed residence and apartment rents falling 3.5% to a median of $2,327 in March, adopted by Quebec’s 2.5 per cent lower to $1,949.
B.C. noticed a slight 0.6% lower in common asking rents to $2,480 whereas Alberta’s common ask was down 0.4% to $1,721.
Saskatchewan led the best way for year-over-year hire development, at three per cent, to a median of $1,336, adopted by Nova Scotia at 2.4% to $2,199 and Manitoba at two per cent to $1,592.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 8, 2025.
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