{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/toronto-starts-fall-short-of-target\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:00:00","slug":"toronto-starts-fall-short-of-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/afsaneh-tehrani\/housing-starts-fall-remotion-videos-5d8c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Toronto housing starts are down 10% compared to last year, which points to a slowdown in construction across our city\u2019s larger urban market. Right now, there are 37 building permits in Toronto tied to about 6,600 condominium apartment units\u2014these are approved, but construction hasn\u2019t begun yet. Some of these projects may still progress, since many pre-sales were completed long before the recent dip in sales activity. It\u2019s important to remember that housing-start data can lag behind what\u2019s really happening, as major Toronto developments move through planning and pre-sales, then permits, before actual building begins. So, the current figures may understate the real level of activity, with more condo units poised to break ground as the pipeline continues to move forward. In my experience navigating Ontario\u2019s residential condo and housing market, understanding these cycles\u2014and what\u2019s truly in the pipeline\u2014can make all the difference when making informed decisions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto housing starts are down 10% compared to last year, which points to a slowdown in construction across our city\u2019s larger urban market. Right now, there are 37 building permits in Toronto tied to about 6,600 condominium apartment units\u2014these are approved, but construction hasn\u2019t begun yet. Some of these projects may still progress, since many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}