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Or sign-in if you have an account.Home prices have fallen 8.1 per cent in the Niagara Region in Ontario, while sales have fallen 6.4 per cent, marking it the country's most advantageous market for buyers. 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Please try againOther opportunity spots include Greater Vancouver, where prices have fallen three per cent and sales are down 2.9 per cent, and Hamilton-Burlington, where prices and sales have dropped 6.2 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively.Other buyer-market regions include Sudbury, Ont., Gatineau, Que., Regina and the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.“For buyers who’ve been waiting for more selection and more negotiating power, these markets are worth watching closely,” Zoocasa said in the report.As a whole, Canadian home prices were up 2.2 per cent year over year in April to an average of $695,412, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).Home sales were up 0.7 per cent month over month in April, with activity expected to be even stronger in May.“Notwithstanding April’s bounce-back, the housing market continues to face several headwinds, like weak population growth, elevated supply in key regions and shaky job markets,” Rishi Sondhi, an economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, said in a note last week. “These factors suggest 2026 could be another subdued year for Canadian housing.”There are, however, areas that are particularly hot right now, mostly in Quebec.Saguenay, Quebec City, Sherbrooke and Montreal are among the regions where both housing prices and sales are on the upswing, along with Thunder Bay, Ont., and Newfoundland and Labrador.“Mid-priced cities are posting double-digit price gains, several higher-priced regions are seeing meaningful corrections and a handful of markets are quietly heating up across both prices and sales,” the Zoocasa report said. 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