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This indicates a patient, selective buyer pool that is price-driven and taking its time to evaluate options. <br \/><br \/>Please call or email if you would like more detailed information about your specific neighbourhood. <br \/>Karen Kenyon PREC* <br \/>E: karen@vidreamhomes.ca <br \/>P: 250 741 7517<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of Canada maintained its overnight policy rate at 2.25% amid a broad-based economic recovery and rising inflation risks stemming from the Iran conflict and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interest Rates on Hold - What this means for our Local Market - Vancouver Island Dream Homes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement andour Local Mid-Island Real Estate Market - Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanoose Bay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interest Rates on Hold - What this means for our Local Market - Vancouver Island Dream Homes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement andour Local Mid-Island Real Estate Market - Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanoose Bay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vancouver Island Dream Homes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-03T00:44:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Bluffs-Stock-12.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2133\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dream Homes Vancouver Island Group\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dream Homes Vancouver Island Group\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/\",\"name\":\"Interest Rates on Hold - What this means for our Local Market - Vancouver Island Dream Homes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-03T00:44:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-03T00:44:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8384e1a6285de28648c68c4a099fff\"},\"description\":\"Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement andour Local Mid-Island Real Estate Market - Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanoose Bay\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/interest-rates-on-hold-what-this-means-for-our-local-market\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vancouverislanddreamhomes.ca\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interest Rates on Hold &#8211; 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