This week’s standout is the continued summer slowdown, with August increasingly looking like a true summer market. Appointments declined 9.3% in just one week, while new listings fell 15.7% and sales dropped 13.0%, signalling a quieter final full week of the month as buyers and sellers took a late-summer pause. Buyer attention, however, continues to shift depending on location: Hamilton held at $500K–$599K, Halton moved up to $1M–$1.49M, Haldimand saw $400K–$499K and $700K–$799K share the #1 spot, while Niagara remained at $500K–$599K. With August showing the kind of slowdown we typically associate with summer, the focus now shifts to September—and whether the return to fall routines brings renewed activity, fresh inventory, and a noticeable change in buyer demand.
