{"id":52,"date":"2026-10-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/slopez-ca\/2026\/10\/08\/toronto-condo-supply-faces-tariff-exposure-experience-matters-results-follow\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:00:00","slug":"toronto-condo-supply-faces-tariff-exposure-experience-matters-results-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/toronto-condo-supply-faces-tariff-exposure-experience-matters-results-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Condo Supply Faces Tariff Exposure | Experience matters. Results follow"},"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\/sylvia-lopez-283833\/tariff-rent-declines-remotion-videos-8711\" 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\u2019s condo market is feeling the strain as construction costs climb\u2014something I\u2019m watching closely for my clients. With fewer new condo projects breaking ground and the ongoing trade tensions driving up material prices, the cost of building in our city is becoming even more challenging. The latest federal construction index reports a 2.1% jump in fabricated metal costs over the last quarter, while structural steel rose by 1.8%. For Toronto, where many developments are still heavily reliant on steel and rebar, these increases add real pressure, especially with little new supply in the pipeline. The reality: weaker condo starts combined with rising steel costs have left our market especially sensitive to supply-side price shocks. After more than 20 years helping families and investors navigate Toronto real estate, I know how important it is to keep a close eye on these market shifts\u2014they can impact everything from pricing to availability for buyers and sellers alike.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto\u2019s condo market is feeling the strain as construction costs climb\u2014something I\u2019m watching closely for my clients. With fewer new condo projects breaking ground and the ongoing trade tensions driving up material prices, the cost of building in our city is becoming even more challenging. The latest federal construction index reports a 2.1% jump in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":53,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slopez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}