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How many resale homes trade hands across Canada each year, per CREA's MLS® Systems data — the confirmed actuals for 2023 and 2025, and CREA's own forecasts for 2026 and 2027.
homes sold across Canada in 2025 via MLS® Systems
— down 1.9% from 2024, after a tariff-driven pullback in early 2025.
CREA National Statistics
Annual home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems; 2026 and 2027 are CREA's own forecast, not actuals.
2023 and 2025 are CREA's confirmed annual actuals (2024 is omitted here because no directly comparable confirmed annual total for 2024 could be verified in the sources checked for this page). 2026 and 2027 are CREA's July 2026 forecast. Source: CREA.
2023 was a 15-year low: Just 443,511 homes sold nationally in 2023 — the lowest annual total since 2008, as higher interest rates froze the market.
2025 came in down again: Sales totalled 470,314 units in 2025, a 1.9% decline from 2024, weighed down by a tariff-driven pullback in the first quarter.
CREA sees 2026 as another soft year: CREA's July 2026 forecast calls for 463,336 sales in 2026, a further 1.4% pullback, before a 3.7% rebound to 480,567 in 2027.
Volume, not just price, drives broker workload: Every one of those transactions needs a broker-side team behind it — fulfillment capacity matters as much when volume is flat as when it's surging.
| Year | Home sales | Change | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 443,511 | — | 15-year low; actual |
| 2025 | 470,314 | -1.9% | Actual |
| 2026 | 463,336 | -1.4% | CREA forecast (proj.) |
| 2027 | 480,567 | +3.7% | CREA forecast (proj.) |
Figures are CREA's annual home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems. 2026 and 2027 are CREA's published quarterly forecast, updated July 2026.
Canada's national average home price at the end of 2025
CREA
Months of inventory nationally at the end of December 2025
CREA
Housing starts across Canada in 2025, up 5.6% from 2024
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National purpose-built rental vacancy rate in 2025, up from 2.2% in 2024
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Flat-to-declining transaction counts mean the fight for each file matters more, not less. A broker who can turn files faster and follow up on every lead — not just the obvious ones — wins share even when the overall pie isn't growing. That's a capacity and speed-to-lead problem before it's a marketing problem.
Last updated August 1, 2026. Each figure carries its source; projections are labelled. Page reviewed on every major source release. Information only — not advice.
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