2025 came in like a lion and went out like a blindfolded sheep trying to find warmth in a polar vortex.
Not great. Not subtle. Like a very Canadian winter.

A lot of the year’s energy got vacuumed straight out of the room by… well… everything:

• Prime Minister resigns
• Parliament shuts down for months
• New U.S. president sworn in
• Federal election
• Ontario election
• Tariffs. Then un-tariffs. Then re-tariffs.
• “Canada as the 51st state” circus
• International markets wobbling as U.S. policy shifts like a drunk GPS

Basically, the news cycle spent the year on Red Bull.

And yet, quietly, some good stuff happened.

The Bank of Canada cut rates four times, sliding from 3.25% to 2.25%.
The Dow Jones started the year at 42,800 and ended at 48,300, a 13% rocket ride.
Not nothing.

Now let’s talk Real Estate.

The Market Did a Full Costume Change

Here’s how the number of available homes in January 2025 looked versus November 2025:

City	Jan 2025	Nov 2025
Oshawa	363	566
Whitby	214	369
Clarington	176	347

In eleven months the market flipped on its head.
Oshawa inventory alone jumped 42%.
When supply swells, buyers get choosy and prices soften.

Oshawa’s average price:

• January 2025: $780,000
• November 2025: $731,000

Gravity did its job. Prices softened. Frustrated Sellers left the market..

And Then… 2026 Walked In With a Plot Twist

As of the first week of January 2026:

• Oshawa: 333 homes for sale.
• Whitby: 212 homes for sale.
• Clarington: 220 homes for sale.

Oshawa is now sitting at its lowest inventory in years.
Clarington’s higher, but the overall picture screams one thing:

Spring might get spicy.

Canadians may not love uncertainty, but they’ve clearly decided it’s the new normal.
That means life decisions restart: upsizing, downsizing, investing, making moves.

Last time this happened – a year starting off with low inventory was spring 2024:

• Oshawa values jumped 14% in the first quarter.
• Clarington jumped 15% in the first quarter.

If that pattern even partially repeats, Oshawa could see prices climb by ~$110,000 by the end of Q1 2026.

Yes.
You read that correctly.
Put your Red Bull down.

Translation: This Is a Rare Window

Low inventory favours sellers.
Early-spring timing helps buyers avoid blood-sport bidding wars.

If a move is anywhere on your radar, this window matters.

Let’s talk strategy before the herd wakes up.

📧 lindsay@buyselllove.ca
📞 905-743-5555

We’ll game this out properly.