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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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Ishiba Steps Down: Japan Faces Political Uncertainty After PM’s Resignation

                                            Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced his resignation after less than a year in office, following a string of damaging election defeats that cost his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) its majority in both houses of parliament.

The 68-year-old leader, who took office in late 2024 promising to tackle rising living costs, faced mounting pressure from within his party after July’s upper house loss compounded earlier setbacks. Public frustration over inflation — including a sharp rise in rice prices — and criticism of his cabinet appointments eroded his support.

Ishiba’s final act as premier was sealing a major trade deal with the United States, securing $550 billion in Japanese investments in exchange for reduced tariffs on auto exports. He said the agreement marked “a key hurdle” and that it was time to “pass the baton to the next generation”.

Potential successors include Sanae Takaichi, a fiscal expansion advocate critical of recent interest rate hikes, and Shinjiro Koizumi, the high-profile farm minister focused on curbing food prices. With the LDP lacking a parliamentary majority, the next leader may face calls for a snap election, adding to the political uncertainty already rattling Japan’s markets.


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