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Canada's Rent Slide Is Finally Stalling — What It Means If You Rent or Rent Out

  Published August 13, 2026 For nearly two years, "Canadian rents are falling" has been one of the safest headlines in personal finance. The August 2026 National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, released last week, suggests that streak may finally be running out of road — and the shift matters whether you're the one paying rent or the one collecting it. The Numbers National avg. asking rent (July) $2,037 Year-over-year change -4.0% (22nd straight monthly decline) Month-over-month change +0.2% (4th straight monthly rise) Toronto, month-over-month +1.6% to $2,577 Falling, But Not as Fast Rent is still dropping on a year-over-year basis nationally — that's now been true for 22 straight months. But the pace of the decline has been easing since it bottomed out in March, and July marked the smallest annual drop since February. On a month-to-month basis, rent has now risen for four months running, which typically happens every summer as the market hits its season...
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Norway’s $2 Trillion Wealth Fund Cuts Ties with Six Firms over West Bank and Gaza Links

                                A view shows the building of Norway’s central bank (Norges Bank) in Oslo, Norway.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund — the largest in the world, valued at around $2 trillion — has announced it will exclude six companies connected to activities in the West Bank and Gaza from its portfolio.

The decision follows an ethics review of the fund’s Israeli investments, triggered by reports it had acquired a stake in an Israeli jet engine manufacturer servicing the country’s armed forces. While the fund has not yet named the companies, it confirmed their identities and the reasons for exclusion will be made public once divestment is complete.

The move is part of a broader reshaping of the fund’s holdings in Israel. Since June 30, the number of Israeli companies in its portfolio has dropped from 61 to 38, representing a reduction of 23 firms. This figure will fall further once the latest exclusions are finalized.

Norway’s parliament recently rejected a proposal to divest from all companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, but the fund’s ethics council will continue quarterly assessments of Israeli firms. The fund has also ended contracts with three external asset managers who oversaw some of its Israeli investments.

The exclusions underscore the growing role of ethical considerations in the investment strategies of major global funds — and the political sensitivities tied to operations in conflict zones.

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