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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market+ {# _ |: f+ C3 m* c$ x+ G
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
+ u5 t- l/ }1 L/ H5 C w; O0 {Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today./ @' L4 K# `: s$ ?; [
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,4 L: H4 b, j- v, E
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period9 a5 C- Z9 y5 P _/ ^5 d( S9 G
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.# Q2 R7 r6 A4 M* G3 W7 z: ^
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21. R4 S9 y! A! q: a
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
/ v* N/ {$ E/ S8 @- [; p* Y; h8 ucent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.. v6 T8 h8 t3 K! V6 ]5 h* v/ m
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent- |! f+ \- ~$ D" s' S, p, n
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and
* C5 F- U0 l5 E& a/ }$ }) {% {down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.( f8 q! @6 ?: P2 C5 M Y# h
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price, }8 Q% @, Y1 T( Q+ F3 D8 s
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable% \: U- y: s, G4 X, W9 u/ z3 E @
period in 2007.
/ {9 F( `! q) VIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
- K S L, H2 h! G0 O+ ~$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
% F S: ~9 @# [8 ~4 i, {In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight) h) k. t& H" y& d
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.: N) W! ], K; \$ Y1 Z% S2 e
With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent$ G I" z; _2 k9 K- p
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were% r, e( `5 T2 T% ^. q! }
listed.8 u" H4 P2 C% ]) \* u" P' \" R9 m4 R* y
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,% Z- v/ [) ]# x& I! x
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The4 Z) ~, `4 O3 r" d
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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