Ottawa Mayor Election 2026: What It Means for Real Estate

Email: Mark@markbelangerrealty.com Calendar: calendly.com/markbelangerottawa Website: markbelangerrealty.com What could the 2026 Ottawa mayor election mean for Ottawa real estate, housing, property taxes, development and transit? Ottawa votes October 26. I'm Mark Belanger, an Ottawa Realtor with Mark Belanger Realty, and I look at four mayoral candidates (Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper, Alex Lawson and Neil Saravanamuttoo) through one lens: what their policies could mean for Ottawa housing and real estate. ▶ THINKING ABOUT YOUR OWN NEXT MOVE? Not ready to talk yet? Take the Wealth Journey Assessment: [ASSESSMENT LINK]?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_content=v-election26 Have something specific to discuss? Book a 15-minute strategy call: https://markbelangerrealty.com/contac... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ IN THIS VIDEO: SEVEN QUESTIONS What are the Ottawa mayoral candidates proposing for housing? How could the election affect development costs? What could happen to Ottawa property taxes? What are the candidates proposing for OC Transpo and LRT? What are they proposing about homelessness? How will Ottawa grow: build out or build up? What will drive Ottawa's economy next? This isn't about who's "best for house prices." A healthy real estate market needs a healthy city underneath it. Over a 10-, 20- or 30-year ownership period, municipal decisions on housing approvals, development charges, taxes, transit and infrastructure shape the neighbourhoods we own in. We're not just buying a house. We're buying into a city. WHO AM I VOTING FOR? I disclose my personal vote (Mark Sutcliffe) and explain why, where I think Ottawa still needs real progress, and why I wouldn't mind a close result. That's my view. Review the candidates and make your own decision. Any political views are my own. I've been involved with Operation Come Home and United Way, and I do not speak for either organization. Nothing here implies an endorsement or political position from them. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Why Ottawa Real Estate Owners Should Care 01:40 Who Is Running for Ottawa Mayor in 2026? 02:15 Candidates' Housing Plans 04:20 How the Election Could Affect Development Costs 05:55 What Could Happen to Ottawa Property Taxes? 07:00 Ottawa Transit: OC Transpo and LRT 08:15 Homelessness in Ottawa 10:15 How Will Ottawa Grow? 11:20 What Will Drive Ottawa's Economy? 12:30 Who I'm Voting For 13:45 Why I Wouldn't Mind a Close Election 14:35 What the Election Means for Your Real Estate IMPORTANT DATES Voting Day: Monday, October 26, 2026 Special advance voting: October 1–4 Advance voting day: October 16 Confirm locations and details at ottawa.ca/vote Information current as of September 26, 2026. Platforms may change after recording. Check current information from the City of Ottawa and the candidates before voting. SOURCES City of Ottawa, Municipal Elections GOHBA / OREB, September 24 housing mayoral debate Official campaign sites: Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper, Alex Lawson, Neil Saravanamuttoo ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Mark Belanger | Mark Belanger Realty ✉️ mark@markbelangerrealty.com 🌐 https://markbelangerrealty.com/?utm_s... [BROKERAGE LINE, per compliance] General educational content, not political, legal or financial advice. #Ottawa #OttawaRealEstate #OttawaElection